2023-10-09 01:37:00
Hundreds of supporters of the Palestinian cause and defenders of Israel gathered this Sunday in opposing demonstrations in various parts of the United States, such as Times Square, in New York, or in front of the White House, in Washington.
At these rallies there were even clashes between supporters.
The sit-ins were called following the unprecedented and surprise attack by Hamas once morest Israel that has led to a new war with Gaza.
The president of United States, Joe Bidenhe promised the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuand “unwavering support“, which began to materialize this Sunday with the sending of an aircraft carrier to Israeli waters.
Dozens of pro-Palestinians gathered in front of the White House to demand that the Biden Administration cease economic and military assistance to the Jewish State.
The protesters carried banners with messages such as “Free Palestine”““Stop financing Israeli apartheid” o “Zionism is terrorism”.
The slogans were similar in the concentration of several dozen people who demonstrated in Times Square, in the center of New York.
The New York governor, the Democrat Kathy Hochulattacked the day before once morest the call for this demonstration, which he described as “morally repugnant.”
At the same time, separate groups with Palestinian flags and Israeli flags protested in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, where the Security Council was holding an emergency meeting to evaluate this new war.
While in San Francisco (California), the former president of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi He participated in a meeting to support Israel organized by the Jewish community in a synagogue.
Concentrations were also recorded in other cities, such as Chicago (Illinois) or Atlanta (Georgia).
Israel declared itself in a state of war on Saturday, following Hamas launched an unprecedented multiple attack by land, sea and air, which took the country by surprise with the launch of thousands of rockets and ground incursions into Israeli soil, where they have massacred and kidnapped dozens of Israelis.
In two days, the dead in Israel exceed 700 and more than 2,200 injured, although the numbers may rise as Israeli troops regain control of areas taken by Hamas; while heavy Israeli response bombings on Gaza have left more than 413 dead and 2,300 injured.
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