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NYC police tell Elisha Wiesel to put away Israeli flag at anti-Israel protest

 
 Pro-Palestinian protesters attend "Flood Brooklyn for Gaza" demonstration, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in New York, US, October 28, 2023. (photo credit: CAITLIN OCHS/REUTERS)
Pro-Palestinian protesters attend "Flood Brooklyn for Gaza" demonstration, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in New York, US, October 28, 2023.
(photo credit: CAITLIN OCHS/REUTERS)

Police made several arrests at the protest, which began at Grand Central Station and continued onto Penn Station, stopping along the way at Port Authority Bus Terminal.

Police in New York City “insisted” that Elisha Wiesel put away an Israeli flag on Tuesday, as Weisel, son of the late writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel, attempted to counterprotest a hundreds-strong pro-Palestinian demonstration in the city’s Penn Station, Wiesel said on X.

The protest was organized by Within Our Lifetime, an activist group that has led near-daily protests since October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel’s south, initiating the ongoing war between Israel and the terror group that has controlled Gaza since 2006. 

Within Our Lifetime expressed support for the attack, defending “whatever means necessary… with no exceptions and no fine print.” 

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The group also organized a demonstration against the lighting of the Christmas tree in New York’s Rockefeller Center, calling the protest “Flood the tree lighting for Gaza,” evoking Hamas’s name for the October 7 attack, “Operation al-Aqsa Flood.” 

“NYPD insisted I remove the flag,” Wiesel wrote, “as [the] situation was getting dangerous.” He included a video in which he is seen draped in an Israeli flag arguing with a masked demonstrator.

People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, outside the New York Times building, in New York City, US, November 9, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)
People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, outside the New York Times building, in New York City, US, November 9, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)

Protest disrupted traffic, targeted transit hubs in New York

Police made several arrests at the protest, which began at Grand Central Station and continued onto Penn Station, stopping along the way at Port Authority Bus Terminal. Demonstrators marched behind a banner reading “From Gaza to Jenin: Revolution until victory.” The demonstration was billed as part of a “global strike” on that day, December 18. 

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