A crowd of hundreds rallies outside a federal court in New York during a hearing for a detained anti-Israel protest leader from Columbia University.
Protesters carry signs with a photo of the activist, Mahmoud Khalil, and chant for his release and for the Palestinians.
“We want justice, you say how? Lift the siege on Gaza now,” they chant.
Speakers tie Khalil’s detention to domestic issues including affordable housing, health care and poverty.
A speaker from the Democratic Socialists of America says the US is providing funding to “exterminate whole families in Gaza” instead of “ending homelessness.”
“This is what Mahmoud is being detained for protesting,” he says.
The White House has said Khalil was detained for distributing Hamas propaganda material.
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