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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Hamas, Hezbollah flags flown at NYC anti-Israel march - Joshua Marks
by Joshua Marks
The White House condemned "any individual associating with the repugnant terrorist organization Hamas."
A person holds a flag with an image of Yahya Sinwar as people attend a
protest against the war in Gaza, on Labor Day on Sept. 2, 2024 in New
York City. Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images.
Thousands
of anti-Israel protesters, including some waving terrorist flags,
marched through New York City on Monday, lighting flares and setting off
smoke bombs, The New York Post reported.
The
demonstrators, who police said numbered up to 7,000 at one point,
stormed through Manhattan on Labor Day, a week before the anniversary of
the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, starting in the afternoon at Union
Square and making their way to Washington Square Park.
Video showed NYPD officers shoved aside while attempting to stop the march. Four were arrested in clashes with police.
Protesters
were documented waving Hamas flags, as well as Palestinian, Syrian,
Iranian and Hezbollah banners. Both Hamas and Hezbollah have been
designated foreign terrorist organizations by the United States since Oct. 8, 1997.
One
flag included images of Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar and
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah. Islamic Jihad has
also been a designated foreign terrorist organization since Oct. 8,
1997.
The protesters participated in violent chants of “Free Palestine!” and “Resistance is justified when people are occupied.”
Counter-protesters were documented at Union Square, with one counter-protester seen with a combined Israeli and American flag.
Counter-protesters
wave an Israeli-American flag during a demonstration against the war in
Gaza in New York City, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images.
The White House condemned the flying of Hamas flags at the demonstration, which came days after the terrorist group murdered six hostages in Gaza, including a U.S. citizen.
“As
President Biden and Vice President Harris have said, there is
absolutely no place in America for the poison of antisemitism—none,”
said White House spokesperson Andrew Bates.
“They
and the entire Biden-Harris Administration condemn any individual
associating with the repugnant terrorist organization Hamas,” the
statement continued.
“It
is especially heinous to express support for Hamas on the same day as
the funeral for an innocent American hostage who they brutally
murdered,” Bates added, referring to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose body was among the six recovered from Gaza by Israeli forces over the weekend.
“This
is a moment for all Americans to come together and stand against
antisemitism and against the sickening hate and evil that Hamas
represents,” Bates concluded.
In Times Square
in late July, anti-Israel protesters held up large photos of Hamas
leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr, both assassinated
on July 31, as well as flags of Hamas, Hezbollah and Hamas’s “military
wing,” Izz ad-Din al-Qassam. They also made an inverted-triangle hand
signal identified by the Anti-Defamation League as a symbol of support for Hamas.
In June, pro-Palestinian activists raised the flag of the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group during a rally outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan.
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