{"id":367751,"date":"2026-10-08T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367751\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:06:16","slug":"pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-nyc-vigil-for-victims-oct-7-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367751\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down NYC vigil for victims Oct. 7 Hamas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

A vigil at Manhattan’s Union Square to remember the 1,200 Jews killed during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel three years ago was thrown into chaos Wednesday when more than 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators swarmed the plaza<\/a>, officials said.<\/p>\n

Waving Palestinian flags and screaming “Normalize the intifada!” and “There is only one solution \u2026 Revolution!,” protesters began taking over the seats that were set aside for mourners at the 7 p.m. vigil, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani was expected to attend, but not speak.<\/p>\n

There were only about 50 attendees at the vigil when the protesters arrived. Although the vigil’s program was sidelined, pro-Israeli mourners lit candles and stood silently, holding signs reading “Not one more life” as they faced off against Palestinian protesters.<\/p>\n

Comptroller Brad Lander was already in attendance at the vigil and was cursed out by the protesters as he stood with pro-Israeli mourners.<\/p>\n

Vigil organizers asked for more time to reconsider their plans as protesters shut them down at every turn.<\/p>\n

Mamdani, who is walking a political tightrope between Jewish and Palestinian New Yorkers, was nowhere to be seen when screaming protesters began taking over seats.<\/p>\n

NYPD officers managed to corral the Palestinian protesters to the southern end of the plaza. No violence occurred and no arrests were immediately made.<\/p>\n

The pro-Palestinian protesters marched up from City Hall, where they spent the afternoon rallying in support of Palestine \u2014 and against the mayor.<\/p>\n

“Mayor Mamdani, you can’t hide \/ We charge you with genocide,” the group chanted, some hoisting anti-Mamdani signs.<\/p>\n

Organizers said memorials of those who died and testimonials of those who survived were going to be read aloud at the vigil.<\/p>\n

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