Pro-Palestine rally shuts down Manhattan Bridge calling for ceasefire
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators have vowed not to leave the bridge on the busiest travel day of the year until the US President demands a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators at the Manhattan Bridge on November 26. 2023 (Social media)
Thousands are blocking the Manhattan Bridge in New York, United States, on the busiest travel day of the year, refusing to leave until US President Joe Biden calls for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
The bridge allows the passage of roughly 450,000 people per day.
#BREAKING Mass arrests expected as hundreds of protesters with Jewish Voice For Peace are occupying roadway of Manhattan Bridge, bringing its Brooklyn Bound Traffic to a halt.
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) November 26, 2023
Video by Ed Quinn [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/Cy9tw6GTUT
According to Jewish Voice for Peace, demonstrators refuse to leave "until the US stops funding and fueling a genocide."
🚨#BREAKING: Thousands of #ProPalestine Protestors are Occupying the #ManhattanBridge, Bringing Traffic to a Halt and Forcing Shutdown.
— Mahalaxmi Ramanathan (@MahalaxmiRaman) November 26, 2023
📌#Manhattan | #NewYork #HostageRelease #ceasefire pic.twitter.com/utgMP5WSur
Protesters can be heard chanting in the videos: "President Biden pick a side, ceasefire not Genocide."
They are also demanding an end to all US military aid to "Israel", chanting, "US out of the Middle East, end the war on Gaza!”
Manhattan Bridge Shutdown: Activists Demand Ceasefire in Gaza#USA #ManhattanBridge #CeaseTheViolence #SolidarityForGaza #EndGazaOccupation #BidenPickASide #UnityAgainstInjustice
— Rizwan Shah (@rizwan_media) November 26, 2023
Read more: https://t.co/9pUP24pLFQ pic.twitter.com/BWgyyokZwd
According to Jewish Voice For Peace, the protesters include hundreds of rabbis and Jews.
Two days ago, Pro-Palestine groups throughout the United States organized Black Friday protests, demanding a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
As hundreds of millions of Americans headed to retailers on Friday, protesters planned to gather at commercial centers, boycott large corporate stores, and participate in virtual demonstrations.
Organizations such as Shut It Down 4 Palestine, Calling Up Justice, and the ANSWER Coalition are orchestrating boycotts, rallies, and other protests to convey a message to the Biden administration.
black friday reminder and don't you forget it. they can't "pause" a genocide right before one of the biggest spending holidays. that is not how it works. follow the bds boycott list because if there's one thing companies listen to it's money.
— sam | free palestine ‼️ (@sgb7262) November 23, 2023
🍉 free palestine 🍉 pic.twitter.com/3boTTt996h
Not only is "Israel" violating the terms of the current truce, but Netanyahu recently informed Biden that "Israel" will resume operations in Gaza with full force after the truce ends.
Hamas expressed its readiness to extend the existing truce to increase the number of liberated Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
This comes after AFP quoted a Hamas source as saying that the Resistance movement is prepared to extend the existing truce agreement for another two to four days.
According to David Ignatius in The Washington Post, after "Israel" paused its war on Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) are faced with a "controversial dilemma" of considering how exactly they will resume their bombardment of the strip in their alleged effort to "eradicate" Hamas.
One Israeli senior official did not back down from the IOF's intention to destroy Hamas, in turn destroying Gaza and yet killing thousands more Palestinians, despite the mounting international pressure for a permanent ceasefire.
