Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters calling for the elimination of the Jewish state stormed Grand Central Terminal on Friday night, furiously punching and kicking a closed entrance to the station that was forced to temporarily close due to the noisy demonstration.
The mob was part of a “Flood Manhattan for Gaza” protest that initially converged on Columbus Circle earlier in the evening, where they set fire to an Israeli flag and taunted a small faction of counterprotesters before marching through Manhattan and splashing fake blood. . The New York Times building.
“We do not want a Jewish state. We want 48!” chanted anti-Israel protesters at the starting point, referring to Palestine before the establishment of Israel.
“Settlers, settlers, return home! Palestine is ours alone! shouted the crowd.
“It’s okay to rebel. Israel is going to hell!” others chanted.
Across the street was a small group of Israel supporters. Gregory Jachts, 56, of Bergen County, said he found it “offensive that they were here singing for the elimination of Israel.”
“They were singing from the river to the sea and that calls for the elimination of Israel and the genocide of the Jews,” said Jachts, who is not Jewish but has family in Israel.
The entrance to the New York Times building is covered in fake blood. James Keivom Protesters are seen holding pro-Palestinian signs while standing in front of fake blood at the entrance of the New York Times building. James Keivom A police officer is seen in front of the Times building after the entrance was defaced.
Several protesters confronted a pro-Israel woman who covered her mouth with her hand trying to hold back tears as a New York police officer spoke to her.
“Cry, bitch, cry!” a masked man shouted at the distraught woman and a handful of other pro-Israel protesters from behind a police barricade.
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“You Zionist sons of bitches!” he said before the police pushed him away.
“You have no fucking support! Fuck you! I’ll fuck you if I see you! a Palestinian supporter shouted at another pro-Israel protester before police told him to move.
Protesters tear up copies of the Jewish Post newspaper during a demonstration Friday night outside Grand Central Station. James Keivom An Israel supporter was left in tears after being confronted by pro-Palestinian protesters in Columbus Circle. Steven Vago for New York Post protesters Signs left at a Dior store in Manhattan. Steven Vago for New York Post
The approximately 2,000 protesters marched east along 59th Street from Columbus Circle and posted stickers that read “Zionism is Terrorism” and “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza!” in the windows and doors of the Dior store on 5th Avenue.
Anna Ahmed, 40, who lives in Midtown, held a Palestinian flag as she marched. She told The Post that she wanted to see an end to the violence.
“Since ’48 Israel came and occupied Palestine. Since that day and today they are killing boys and girls. Every day they bomb hospitals, children, schools and homes,” he said.
More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, since Israel responded to the Oct. 7 Hamas surprise attack that left some 1,200 Israelis dead.
A man is arrested by members of the New York Police Department as protesters gather in front of Grand Central Terminal during a pro-Palestine demonstration.James Keivom A protester attempts to place the Palestine flag on top of a light pole near the Grand Central Station during a pro-Palestine demonstration. Palestinian demonstration Friday, November 10, 2023.James Keivom
Protesters projected messages “Palestine Will Be Free,” “Cease Apartheid,” “Cease Funding of Israel” and “Cease Imperialism” on the Museum of Modern Art building before heading toward Times Square.
The group turned south and attacked two different Starbucks stores on 6th Avenue and Madison Avenue, prompting workers to lock the doors at one location.
“Turn it off! Turn it off!” They shouted as customers and employees looked on.
“You make genocide drinks! You prepare drinks for genocide! others shouted.
Dozens of police surrounded the terminal and ordered the crowd to disperse. James Keivom Protesters set fire to an Israeli flag. James Keivom
Some left pro-Palestinian stickers on the windows while a large group of police stood outside the door.
They then splashed fake blood on the iconic New York Times building, where hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters took over on Thursday.
“Fuck the New York Times!” chanted the crowd.
“Zionist media. Those are the Zionist media. See you again, bitch! a Palestine supporter shouted at a journalist before police separated them.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Manhattan on Friday night demanding a ceasefire and the end of the State of Israel. James Keivom Protesters attempted to enter Grand Central Station but were blocked by members of the NYPD during a protest Friday night in Manhattan. James Keivom
“Go back to the damn place you came from! Do you feel a certain way? Go back to where you came from! a frustrated bystander said to a Palestinian supporter outside the Times building.
The march continued to Grand Central Terminal, where protesters attempted to force their way through closed doors.
“1,2, 3,4! Open the central doors! They shout at the police officers who were inside behind the barricades. Some protesters tore down signs showing missing hostages
A protester kicked down a door and broke the glass. Another hit a door with the tip of a flagpole.
A sign notifying that Grand Central Station is closed hangs in a window on Nov. 10, 2023. Peter Gerber NYPD officers stand behind a barrier blocking the entrance to Grand Central Station on Friday night due to a “demonstration in the area.” Peter Gerber An NYPD officer pushes back two protesters while protecting a Starbucks coffee shop in Columbus Circle on November 10, 2023. James Keivom
Dozens of police surrounded the terminal and ordered the crowd, which had dwindled to a few hundred, to disperse.
Entrances to Grand Central were closed Friday night due to the demonstration.
Pro-Palestinian protesters closed the train station during a demonstration last month in which more than 300 people were arrested.
At least one man was seen being arrested Friday night near Lexington Avenue and 43rd Street by several police officers as protesters berated police officers.
“NYPD, KKK, IDF! They are all the same! The crowd mocked the police.
Police confirmed that several people were detained, but did not have a final count.
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