Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have rallied in the streets of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities across the United States, demanding an end to deadly Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip.
In Los Angeles on Saturday, protesters waving signs that said “Free Palestine” shut down traffic on a major thoroughfare, while in New York, huge crowds marched through Brooklyn, chanting “Free, free Palestine” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
Several people also carried placards that said, “Not in my name” and “Solidarity with Palestine”.
“I’m here because I want a Palestinian life to equal an Israeli life and today it doesn’t,” said 35-year-old Emraan Khan, a corporate strategist from Manhattan, as he waved a Palestinian flag at a protest in Brooklyn.
“When you have a nuclear-armed state and another state of villagers with rocks, it is clear who is to blame,” he added.
Alison Zambrano, a 20-year-old student who had travelled from neighbouring Connecticut for the demonstration, said “Palestinians have the right to live freely and children in Gaza should not be being killed”, while Mashhour Ahmad, a 73-year-old Palestinian, urged US President Joe Biden to “stop supporting the killing”.
“Support the victims, stop the oppression,” Ahmad said, describing the violence committed by the Israeli military against Palestinians as “genocide”.
The protesters were angered by six days of violence that have left at least 145 Palestinians dead in Gaza and 10 dead on the Israeli side.
Hours before the marches, Israel had stepped up its assault on Gaza, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp and flattening a building that house the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders showed no sign of backing down, however, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledging to continue the offensive on Gaza for “as long as necessary”, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said, “the resistance will not give in.”
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They don't understand that ME Palestinians have Terrorist fractions that don't care about the people; the Palestine's tolerate Fatah, Hamas Leaders, even Iran reputedly, eliciting much of their problems, IMO! Why don't those protesting go over there, and help the families out if so concerned?
Also, if Israel is attacked, it's their right to hunt down the cowards, we know it will never be enough for Palestine's that want more & more, IMO. It takes lots of funding to ambush with expensive weapons the innocent Israel/Israelis so why don't those protesting suggest to terrorists to fund improving lives for the Palestine people instead??? Then, when criminal Hamas does not want to help, protestors will understand it's not about help for their people, it's about the Criminal power land grabs/moves by other's in the region that want Israel's land/goods, in my opinion!
Prayers for all innocent victims of the terror occurring in ME for all those families on both sides that do want peace! ��
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