'Gas the Jews': Anti-Israel rallies break out following Hamas attack

By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, October 12, 2023

New York City

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters gathered in Times Square for dueling protests on Sunday.

Organized by the New York City chapter of Democratic Socialists of America, anti-Israel demonstrators expressed support for Hamas' attack.

As The New York Daily News reported Sunday, the protesters chanted phrases like, "Resistance is justified when people are occupied!" One of the event attendees claimed that Palestinians have lived under "occupation" for more than 60 years and that they "have every right to defend themselves."

One day before the event, Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres condemned the NYC-DSA for organizing a demonstration that glorified Hamas terrorism as "resistance" and called the group "an antisemitic stain on the soul of America's largest city."

"There is a special place in hell for those who glorify the cold-blooded murder of civilians and children," Torres wrote in a Saturday X post.

Today NY politicians tried to block our right to protest. We joined with thousands in Times Square to stand in solidarity with Resistance in Palestine & say NO to Israeli apartheid & occupation!

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— The People's Forum (@PeoplesForumNYC) October 8, 2023

The Israeli Consulate in New York held a rally Sunday on E. 43rd St., away from the anti-Israel rally taking place on the same day in Times Square.

According to the New York Daily News, despite the tense atmosphere and the two sides facing off, no violence is believed to have occurred at either event.

"It's just ridiculous, I can't believe they are standing here after slaughtering people," one of the attendees said about the anti-Israel protest. "Have some reverence. Let people mourn. How dare you!"