Thousands of pro-Palestinian marchers gather in Seattle after communications cut off in Gaza Following a night in which both power and internet service were largely cut off in the Gaza Strip, at least four thousand people, by a KUOW crowd calculation, marched through downtown Seattle on Saturday in support of Palestinians and to demand that elected officials call for an immediate ceasefire. “[I’m here] to speak for the people who can’t speak right now,” said Layth, a protester who has extended family in Gaza. They did not want to provide...

ALBANY — Local Muslims gathered outside the state Capitol Sunday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to send in humanitarian aid as Israel moves toward a ground war against Hamas in response to the terrorist group's attack on Israel Oct. 7. The Sunday gathering was under the umbrella of Capital Region Islamic centers and mosques. Meanwhile, Democrat U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko of the Capital Region's 20th Congressional district put out a statement Friday calling for "a humanitarian pause to facilitate the return of Israeli hostages and deliver relief...

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday. On Friday, a Jewish organization advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza forced service to be suspended at Grand Central Terminal. The protest at Grand Central Station was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace – self-described as: "The largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world" that is "organizing a grassroots, multiracial, cross-class, intergenerational movement of U.S.

About 70 to 80 people gathered late Sunday morning in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood in support of the country’s attempts to destroy Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza and launched attacks on Israeli settlements earlier this month. The crowd was calm as of 11 a.m., wearing white shirts that say “I stand with Israel” and holding signs with similar messages. The rally comes as the war has entered a new phase, with intensifying ground attacks on Palestinians by Israeli troops. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Saturday that the...

Massive pro-Palestine protests erupted across the United States since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel that left more than 1,400 dead. This weekend alone, thousands of anti-Israel protestors stormed cities spewing antisemitism amid Israel's war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza. At least 7,000 protestors rushed to the Brooklyn Bridge, halting traffic and cheering on the barbaric attacks Israel has endured for the past four weeks. Demonstrators held signs that read, "By any means necessary" and "NYC stands with Gaza," while waving Palestinian flags.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It started outside City Hall and as this pro-Palestinian rally grew larger, the crowd's chants grew louder. "End the occupation now. End the occupation now," the group chanted Saturday night. Demonstrators waved the Palestinian flag Saturday night as others held signs to end the occupation. "We're also here to send a clear message that Philadelphia stands with the people of Palestine and the Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation," a demonstrator said. Hundreds of protesters also marched down Market Street.

Thousands of demonstrators protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza descended upon and shut down the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday. The protest is one of several global protests that have taken place in the past three weeks, following a surprise attack on Israel launched by Hamas militants on October 7 that killed 1,400 Israelis and resulted in over 200 hostages being taken into Gaza. Since that initial attack more than three weeks ago, Israel has unleashed a fiery response, promising to declare a “total siege” of Gaza. Israel has...

BEIRUT, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Several thousand people took part in a rally in central Beirut on Sunday in support of Palestinians in Gaza, with organisers urging Arab countries to end efforts to normalise ties with Israel and calling on Syria to join the war. The rally was jointly organised by the Palestinian group Hamas which controls Gaza and by the Lebanese Sunni Islamist Jama'a Islamiya, a group inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, took place near Martyrs Square. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and the flags of the al-Qassam brigades, the...

More than 7,000 anti-Israel protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, marching to cheer on the Hamas terrorist group amid Israel's incursion into Gaza. "Freedom by any means, land back by any means," a 24-year-old man shouted during the three-mile Flood Brooklyn for Gaza march, the New York Post reported. "I believe the settler state of Israel must be taken down." The protest was like many around the world, but this one began near the Jewish Hasidic Lubavitcher headquarters where a Sabbath festival was being held, according to the...