Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters arrested in New York after blocking traffic on Manhattan Bridge

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters have reportedly been arrested in New York, after blocking traffic on the Manhattan Bridge.

The New York Post reports that the protesters initially “blew off” police officers who tried to set up barricades to block the demonstration.

There is no immediate comment on the arrests from the New York Police Department.

The protest comes ahead of Israel’s Independence Day this week, which Palestinians call the “Nakba,” Arabic for “catastrophe” and amid the ongoing war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

Anti-Israel activists take part in a march to mark the 76th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, called the “Nakba,” or the catastrophe by Palestinians, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 11, 2024. (Leonardo Munoz/AFP)

Protesters, including anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox Jews, march through the the Brooklyn borough of New York waving Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyeh scarves.

Some protesters carry anti-Israel signs such as “Unending Nakba, unyielding intifada,” a reference to periods of deadly Palestinian terror attacks against Israeli civilians in the late 1980s and early 1990s and again in the early 2000s.

NOW: Hundreds of protestors arrested after crossing the Manhattan Bridge.

NYPD met them from the other side and loaded them into corrections busses. pic.twitter.com/urHd0xJHJk

— Peter Hambrecht (@peterhvideo) May 11, 2024