‘They’re in Wall Street, they’re in the White House’: Anti-Israel protest in New York draws thousands

Several thousand activists protest against Israel in New York City, in the largest recent pro-Palestinian rally in the city.

The crowd beats spoons against pans and holds signs that say, “Stop starving Gaza,” “Stop killing journalists,” and “Defeat imperialist/Zionist genocidal war-makers.”

Brian Becker of the far-left Answer Coalition tells the crowd, “The US government is standing with the fascist regime in Tel Aviv, but we, the American people, stand with you, the Palestinian people.”

“They’re in Wall Street, they’re in the White House, they’re in the center of imperialism,” Becker says. “We will not stop, we will keep marching, we will keep demanding divestment, we will keep mobilizing.”

Some in the crowd shout “murderers” and “shame.”

The rally takes place in front of the New York Public Library in Manhattan, next to Bryant Park.

The protest was organized by an array of Arab-led and far-left, socialist activist groups.

Anti-Israel protests had slackened in the city in recent months, but have been reenergized by recent reports about starvation in Gaza and alleged killings of journalists.

The rally appears to be the largest since the Trump administration’s arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil in the spring mobilized several thousand protesters.