New York Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Mark Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood Operation

IQNA – Marking the anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation carried out against Israeli by the Hamas resistance movement last year, large groups of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through the streets of Manhattan, New York, Monday night.

Several arrests were made during protests in New York coinciding with the October 7 anniversary, the NYPD said.

Protesters marched throughout Lower Manhattan from Wall Street to City Hall, Washington Square to Union Square and also marched through Times Square and Grand Central before gathering at Madison Square Park.

Simmering anger got added to the mix from the start when counter-demonstrators showed up on Wall Street -- leading to confrontation and hostility. There, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters unfurled a massive Palestinian flag in front of the New York Stock Exchange.

"It's important for us to also not be scared of coming out here today just because they don't want us to, if it was up to the other side we would never be allowed to protest at all," said protest organizer Nerdeen Kiswani.

However they came face-to-face with pro-Israel protesters.

The large crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters made their way to Union Square Park Monday evening and appeared to grow in numbers before heading north.

The protest halted briefly at Bryant Park at the New York Public Library then split off with some heading to Moynihan Train Hall.

Hundreds of demonstrators then gathered in Madison Square Park.

"Why is this the day that everyone came here to protest? This is the day that-the result of this day-led to genocide, led to starvation and led to destruction," said pro-Palestinian demonstrator Fahad Kiani. "We have protested peacefully. There have not been incidents of violence and, still, no one is listening to us."

Source: abc7ny.com