New York City: Hundreds Attend pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian Protests | VOA News

Supporters of Israel and backers of the Palestinian cause held competing rallies in Times Square in New York City on Sunday over the conflict that has killed hundreds and wounded thousands in the Middle East.

The Israeli government formally declared war Sunday on Hamas militants in Gaza, setting the stage for a massive Israeli military response to the Islamist militant group’s surprise attack on the Jewish state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already said Saturday his country was at war with Hamas as the militants’ attack raged, but his assessment was rhetorical. The Cabinet decision was an official declaration of war.

Ahead of the Cabinet vote, Netanyahu declared that Israel would “take mighty vengeance” against Hamas, even as Israeli soldiers battled Hamas fighters Sunday in the streets of southern Israel and launched retaliatory airstrikes that leveled buildings in Gaza.

The White House said President Joe Biden ordered unspecified additional support for Israel after he and Vice President Kamala Harris heard a report on the attack from national security officials.

Hamas and Israel have fought four wars since Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007.

The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting for Sunday to discuss the latest violence. #israel #palestine #gaza

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[bullhead]

WTF are they protesting in the US for?

[GDoggy-emxc]

Should be more concerned over what is happening in our own country.

[september]

Freedom doesn’t mean you can kidnap/kill civilians, or rape.

[baxterscientific]

Hammas going to be referred to in the "past tense" pretty soon and the world will be that much safer for it...

[andrewlake]

They should all go join up, take that bs with them.

[dval]

Just one question. Who started the killings?

[g.w.hampton]

I look at these people and I wonder how many of them are just protesting for the sake of protesting.. not unlike the "other" protesters we see supporting this or that... I would like to see some of them answer questions about just what it is they believe in and what are they truthfully supporting. Do they even know??

[proline]

If ya so worried, head home and fight for the place you left

[bidenhasdementia]

Imagine seeing dead bodies paraded through the streets and saying, "we need to go protest FOR those people".

[soniamelendez]

Freedom of speech and decide who you want to support is the best feeling. God bless America.

[haileysun]

Why aren’t they protesting in their country?!

[ha_ross]

ليس عليك أن تكون مسلماً لدعم فلسطين، عليك فقط أن تكون إنساناً You don't have to be a Muslim to support Palestine, you just have to 🇵🇸be a human being

[turtelbro]

From Pharaoh to Hamen, to Hitler and Hamas, Jew hatred never ends.

[volkandowxki]

Flying the flag of a dfft country in american soil is insane , all these fools need to be sent back.

[PeterParker-gtxl]

Wish we have this much passion about our very own existence U.S.A.

[jasonpaz]

And of you're trying to understand what's happening in Israel here u go...they should be united against violence and protest for peace. Instead they're yelling at each other with literally zero solution

[tneace]

Yet they won't protest the American government 🤦

[jrimzhl]

If you don’t like the USA, then it’s time for you to go home.

[joivsnb]

I don't know how your logic works, everything that happens in Gaza is a response to the crimes committed by Hamas on October 7th. I see a huge difference between someone who kills innocents with his own hands with a knife and a gun and there is even a video I saw where you can clearly see that Hamas cuts off the head of an innocent Thai man, a man of the agricultural land and nothing more, and everything is done in the name of extreme Islam, so there is a difference between a deliberate inhumane attack and the murder of innocents a crime, and a response that I think is too subtle from the other side, because Hamas also knows the price in advance, if you really feel sorry for the Palestinian people, free them first from Hamas and from terrorism,

[jeremybrenneman]

Funny, don't know how they expect to free a country 6000 miles away when in fact they are 6000 Miles away 😂