The pro-Hamas activists seem to be hitting all the notable Christmas tree lightings.
They hit the one that Joe Biden attended while he was visiting Nantucket. Then they hit the Capitol Christmas Tree lighting on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, they showed up for the Rockefeller Center tree in NYC. They'll likely hit the National Christmas Tree lighting at the White House on Thursday.
Hundreds crowded into the area around the tree at Rockefeller Center, near the News Corp building that houses Fox News, with the intent of trying to shut down the ceremony. They failed at that; the ceremony continued but the police flooded into the area, so the activists were unable to shut things down.
One activist climbed a pillar and waved a Palestinian flag. Another carried a sign with a swastika on it, accusing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of being Nazis, an outlandish attack that showed the twisted unreality of the event.
Happening now: Free Palestine protest outside Rockefeller Center tree lighting and in front of Fox News studios in NYC @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/zTGpwmeMmY
— Ali Bauman (@AliBaumanTV) November 29, 2023
There’s someone with a swastika sign at the Free Palestine protest outside the Rockefeller Center tree lighting in NYC tonight. @CBSNewYork https://t.co/o8TOcH6zTj pic.twitter.com/5dMOBBftn2
— Ali Bauman (@AliBaumanTV) November 29, 2023
Jamie Fry, 42, who flew in from the United Kingdom to watch the tree-lighting spectacle said the protest was “very annoying.”
“I had planned my holiday around this event, being a big fan of Christmas. Now I’m walled in by a bunch of terrorist-loving a–holes calling for intifada,” Fry told The Post.
“Their strategy for sympathy is disruption, but all they’ll get out of me is a big f–k you”
But they called their action "Flood the Tree Lighting for Gaza." Hamas called their Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Operation al Aqsa Flood, so the wording appeared to reference back to that.
They also bore signs calling for "Victory to the Palestinian Resistance" (with Worker's World Party listed at the bottom), as well as "Revolution until victory."
When news broke that Henry Kissinger had died, they let out a cheer. They managed to get a cop hat and burn it. They also put up graffiti claiming that "Jesus was a Palestinian," even trying to twist the history of Jesus.
A worker, perhaps speaking for all of us, yelled at them all to go to work and "get a f**king job."
But things deteriorated even further when they started getting into battles with the police. Mostly peaceful they were not, as Julio Rosas caught.
Warning for graphic language:
🚨: NYPD makes arrests after Palestinian protesters fight some of the officers. More video to come. pic.twitter.com/RJDSFtg4po
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 30, 2023
🚨: More videos of fighting between NYPD and the Palestinian crowd. pic.twitter.com/GinmfYzkNs
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 30, 2023
The officers had to deploy pepper spray to get control of the situation.
The Palestinian crowd continued to fight the NYPD until officers used pepper spray.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 30, 2023
I got hit by some of the pepper spray, first time that’s happened in awhile. pic.twitter.com/YlzNSDccJ7
They also tried to fight the police to free a person the police were trying to detain.
🚨: The Palestinian crowd became hostile and fought with NYPD once again when they tried to prevent officers from taking away someone they had arrested. pic.twitter.com/eUaCbePziP
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 30, 2023
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