NEW YORK (AP) — Several hundred demonstrators are gathering in New York to protest Israeli actions against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.
The protesters have gathered near Columbus Circle Saturday and plan to march to United Nations headquarters.
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Zouleikha (Zoo-LAY’-kah) Ban of Staten Island says she was born in Algeria. But she says protesters feel they are all Palestinians because “there is no justice” in Gaza.
Protest organizers are calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
A social media movement aimed at uniting Jews and Arabs is holding a silent protest and candlelight vigil in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near U.N. headquarters later Saturday.
Hundreds of Palestine supporters demonstrated in front of a midtown Manhattan office building on Aug. 1 after a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire broke down in Gaza.
