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Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Brooklyn, New York, USA yesterday to protest Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip.
Brooklyn, New York's largest borough, home to 1.6 to 2 million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Muslims, has been rocked for three weeks by pro-Palestinian or pro-Israel demonstrations, rallies.
A mass protest against Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza was also organized by a New York Jewish organization on Friday in Manhattan's Central Station, where hundreds of people were arrested by police.
Yesterday, Saturday, the organizations had called to "flood Brooklyn" with a sea of people to "clearly demand the release of all Palestinians" who have lived "under occupation for 75 years", said one of the protesters, the 21-year-old Abdullah Acc.
Nerdin Kiswani, an organizer of the demonstration, targeted American "politicians" whose government strongly supports Israel, such as "New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York State Governor Kathy Hokul, who have promised " unconditional support" of the Jewish state.
Adams, mayor of a city of nearly 9 million people, home to the world's largest Jewish community after Israel, has repeatedly asserted at pro-Israel rallies that Israel's "battle" is also New York's battle.
But for activist Nerdine Kiswani, local elected officials "do not represent New York City," a mosaic of many cultures and religions.
Police did not provide figures for the number of participants in the protests, but New York media and AFPTV estimated the crowd at "thousands" of protesters holding "Free Palestine" and "By Any Means Necessary" banners.
"We are here to support our Palestinian brothers. We are one nation, we are brothers, a Muslim country,” said 23-year-old New Yorker Yones Sahail.
The crowd, which started at the Brooklyn Museum, reached the famous Brooklyn Bridge, which connects it to the island of Manhattan, where the police were forced to stop traffic because of the crowd.
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