A nearly 90-year Christmas tradition took an ugly turn as hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors clashed with police and chanted “river to the sea” – a genocidal, antisemitic slogan – during the annual Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Event in New York City last night.
Demonstrators gathered on Sixth Avenue alongside tourists who were waiting in line to see the iconic ceremony.
Videos posted to social media showed several hundred chanting pro-Palestinian protesters, many carrying Palestinian flags and signs, crowded in front of the News Corp building, which is home to Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, demanding an “end to genocide” while simultaneously calling for genocide against Israelis.
#BREAKING: Chaos erupts As Pro-Palestinian Protesters try to Disrupt the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting breaking through barricades and fighting with police ⁰⁰#Manhattan | #NewYork ⁰⁰Currently Chaos is unfolding in midtown Manhattan, in New York City, as reports of… pic.twitter.com/MdfiLxHdxr
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 30, 2023
This is a beautiful, peaceful 90 year old American Christian tradition and the “river to the sea” narcissists can’t stand it. https://t.co/sxokUNUDVW
— Abigail Shrier (@AbigailShrier) November 30, 2023
Their controversial Hamas chant
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