Statue of Liberty Shut Down by Protesters Calling for Gaza Cease-fire
Statue of Liberty Shut Down by Protesters Calling for Gaza Cease-fire
At the sit-in by Jewish Voice for Peace, which occupied a national monument to demand an immediate end to the Israel-Hamas war.
Dressed uniformly in black, the protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace gathered on the pedestal shortly before 1 p.m. when they dropped massive banners with calls for a cease-fire and other slogans, such as “The Whole World Is Watching” and “Never Again for Anyone.” The group sang “Cease-fire now” and occupied the national monument for about 20 minutes before dispersing. The protest, which the group said included more than 500 people, continued on a ferry headed back to Manhattan.
“We came to the Statue of Liberty today because we are inspired by the words of our Jewish ancestor, Emma Lazarus, that are etched into the monument,” said Jay Saper, an JVP organizer. “Those words compel us to take action to support the Palestinians of Gaza yearning to be free. And we will continue to take action until we bring about a cease-fire and until Palestinians are free.”
"This is one of the greatest symbols of New York City and our supposed commitments to universal values of liberty and freedom and respite,” he said. “And yet what we’ve seen is our country allowing for a genocide to take place.”
Cutting Israel from SWIFT, stop exportation/importation, freeze assets, stop providing weapons/ammunition, put in "technical" quarantine any co-israeli officers/white collars in our countries.
For a country like Israel, I think it might be a little bit more effective. At least, let's see, they never got "punished", they are like spoiled kids, so a bit of education, you know.
I think this is self-preservation and humanitarian at this point. Racists don't care if you are Zionist or Jewish, just like they don't care if you are an innocent civilian or Hamas. Hamas and Zionists are on the same page of terror. Needs to end before innocent Jews who have nothing to do with this are attacked and killed, and of course, people trying to just get away from US-funded bombs.
Or maybe it's just basic human decency not wanting babies to be killed.
Person super ignorant about the situation here:
When they say the Palestinians "want to be free" do they mean from the war, or were they not previously?
They not previously.
People who fled previous wars are not allowed to come back. People who are in west bank can't move easily due to many many checkpoints. People who became Israeli are not allowed the same right as "European Jew". People who are living in Isreal are bing "legally" kicked out from there homes if a jewsh family claim the area as there own. People who are Yemenian or Ethiopian Jew got their kids missing in the past, they took their kids and most likely these kids died and never documented. Occupiers,"called settlers", get free arms, ( claimed to protect themselves) but they go around to humiliate other plastenian in villages while the Israel, "security", is watching.
Everything I mentioned can be easily verified by a google search.
Thanks for the reply. That sounds horrific
I feel like it would be more effective to shut down a large street and for more than 20 minutes but it's better than nothing
This protest is aimed at the government, not US society. While not the most radical, its important to show just how many people care about this cause.
All that accomplishes is pissing people off and making them less empathic to your cause. Not to mention it has killed people by blocking emergency services.
I guess someone should tell the Black Panthers, Stonewall and every successful worker right movement they did it all wrong and they shouldn't have inconvenienced anyone.
Also Rosa Parks should have just sat down, why be such a bother, everyone is on the same bus.
Go do it.
A cease fire just means more dead Israelis. At least according to the Palestinians the other day when interviewed. The leadership is openly saying they intend on doing 10/7 style attacks again and again....so what country could possibly go ahead with a ceasefire?
At least according to the Palestinians the other day when interviewed.
I think you mean to say Hamas, who are not supported by the majority of Palestinians.
A cease fire just means more dead Israelis
A cease fire means no more dead anyone. A lack of a cease fire means you just want more dead Palestinians.
Israel is perfectly capable of defending itself without committing genocide
a cease fire means no more dead anyone
On 6/10 there was a cease fire - that didn't prevent Israelis from being slaughtered. Hamas showed no* indication of stopping their massacares. In fact, they did the opposite - they only talk about how glad they are with the massacare and how they intend to do that again.
Israel is perfectly capable of defending itself without comitting genocide
Then what was the 7/10 attack? Even with oppressing the region they can't defend against such terror acts without their air force.
Bunch of clowns
Protesting is clown behavior now?