Anti-Israel activists in New York City have announced mass rallies scheduled for Tuesday, the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terror invasion of Israel.
Within Our Lifetime, the leading anti-Israel activist group on the city’s streets, announced a plan to “Flood New York City for Gaza.”
The activists often dub their rallies “floods,” echoing the Hamas name for the October 2023 attack, the “Al Aqsa Flood.”
“Honor our martyrs. Break the siege. End the genocide. Resist for Palestine,” Within Our Lifetime announced in its plan for a citywide rally, centered in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon.
Activist groups across the City University of New York (CUNY) public system, including campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, have announced student walkouts to protest for Gaza on Tuesday.
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The student groups plan to join the Within Our Lifetime rally after leaving class.
Announcements for the student walkout were marked with inverted red triangles, a symbol Hamas uses to mark its targets in its promotional videos.
A mask-wearing pro-Palestinian protester stands outside the CUNY Grad Center as a pro-Israel demonstration takes place behind them, in New York, July 22, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
“Over 600,000 dead, CUNY your hands are red,” the announcements said, adding more than half a million deaths to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry’s reported toll.
Within Our Lifetime and National Students for Justice in Palestine backed the Hamas attack the day it happened and have rejected the Trump administration’s peace plan for Gaza.
Anti-Israel rallies marking the Hamas attack were announced in several other US cities, including San Francisco, Tampa and Boston, as well as Toronto, Canada.
Jewish groups in New York City are also holding several events to commemorate the attack, some of which are being kept under wraps ahead of time for security reasons.
Chabad of the Upper East Side will host a celebratory event because October 7 falls on the first day of the Sukkot holiday, saying the group plans “dancing for those who can no longer dance, celebrating the holiday and traditions for those who no longer can.”
At Columbia University, the pro-Israel groups DiploAct, Let’s Do Something and Students Supporting Israel said they will set up 1,200 empty chairs across the campus on Monday, one for each of the Hamas attack’s victims, with photos of the dead on each seat.
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