BREAKING: Pro-Palestine protesters flooded Grand Central Station today, risking arrest to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. The protest also extended to the United Nations, the Egyptian embassy, and other Arab consulates. They marched with urgency and grief, calling on global leaders to invoke UN Resolution 377 and act where the US has blocked justice.
The protest was peaceful, but protesters were met with violence. Residents of a nearby high-rise hurled wastewater, dog faeces, and heavy objects at them, shattering a car windshield and injuring people in the crowd. WOL Chair Nerdeen Kiswani says when she tried to report the attack, she was assaulted by NYPD instead.
Even as they faced threats, hostility, and police intimidation, protesters kept going, refusing to let silence win while Gaza burns.
WOL Chair @NerdeenKiswani captures both the pain and resolve of the protest:
"We marched because every day Gaza is being bombed, and the world stays silent. When we were attacked and tried to seek help, we were met with more violence. But we won't be intimidated. Our voices will not be silenced while people are being slaughtered."
Mike