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BDS NGOs demonstrate in NYC to support ‘Palestinian resistance’
A demonstration on Wednesday to support “Palestinian resistance” is established to be held by Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement NGOs at the Israeli consulate in New York City, as Palestinians continue to fight with Israeli forces on the Temple Mount.
Support for “Palestinian resistance”
The Wednesday demonstration authorized an “emergency rally to defend Palestinian resistance and liberation by any means necessary.” Organizers also reported on social media advertisements for Wednesday’s march that “Israel has no place in Palestine and it must be eradicated to achieve full liberation.”
“A rally to support ‘resistance’ by ‘any means necessary is an open call to violence in the streets of New York City,” warned Israeli writer Emily Schrader. She urged the New York Police Department to shut down the event before it ended in “bloodshed against the local Israeli community.”
“Join us to demand an end to the ongoing Nakba and escalation of Zionist colonial violence at al-Aqsa and all of Palestine and declare your support for the heroic Palestinian resistance defending Palestinian people and land, and their right to resist until liberation and return, by any means necessary,” said protest organizers Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM).
The organizers criticized Israeli security forces’ raids to quell Palestinians on the Temple Mount, claiming that “hundreds of Palestinians continue to be attacked, shot at, beaten, and prevented from worshipping by Israeli occupation forces. Christians and Muslims alike are risking their lives just to be able to worship.”
Both WOL and PYM have conveyed a considerable amount of social media content promoting the actions of what PYM called “the protectors of al-Aqsa.” Israeli troops have attacked Palestinians since Friday when they gathered stones and other objects to throw down at armed Israeli troops.
On Sunday, WOL shared a photo of some suspects after they had been detained, claiming that “nearly 500 Palestinians who have been apprehended since Friday while attempting to pray at al-Aqsa.”
