BY LISA ROZNER, CBS NEW YORK TEAM
UPDATED ON: OCTOBER 26, 2023 / 11:38 PM / CBS NEW YORK
Pro-Palestine March
NEW YORK — A pro-Palestinian rally that started outside the New York Stock Exchange marched through Lower Manhattan on Thursday.
This happened while in Times Square, an installation was put up to remember the hostages taken from Israel.
Demonstrators participate in “Flood Wall Street for Gaza” rally
Organizers asked participants to “Flood Wall Street for Gaza.”
The NYPD says at least 350 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered on Wall Street around 5:30 p.m.
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By 6:30 p.m., they started marching north, making their way to Foley Square, where Chopper 2 was over the burning of an American flag.
A flyer for the rally called out several American companies that organizers say are making bombs being dropped in Gaza.
“I am a Muslim, and I support my Palestinian brothers and everything that’s going on in the world right now,” one demonstrator said. Read the Full Article