More than 40 arrests amid protests on the Gaza war at Trump Hotel in New York |

More than 40 people protesting the war and aggravate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza were arrested outside Trump International Hotel New York Monday night city.

The protests organized by Jewish-American anti-occupation group Ifnotnow began earlier that night in the Columbus circle. Hundreds gathered under the banner of “Trump: Jews Don’t Say Again” to demand an end to the Gaza War, the Trump administration pressures Israel to allow greater humanitarian aid to enter the territory as health officials there continue to report Number of deaths From hunger and malnutrition.

“We don’t want to talk, the Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza is through a policy of ethnic cleansing that forces mass hunger,” Morriah Kaplan, interim executive director of Ifnotnow, said in a speech to the crowd. “It is an unbearable, unspeakable, unfathomable affront to our shared humanity and those who are carrying it out and are deploying our Jewish symbols, language and traditions to defend and justify it, which is why I’m heartened to see such a range of Jews and Jewish organizations coming together today to say with one voice that we oppose these atrocities, not in spine of our Judaismbut for many of us, therefore. ”

“We need the U.S. government to use its considerable leverage to eliminate these horrors,” she added.

Protesters hold signs of reading “Stop Ethnic Cleansing” and “Never Go Now” T’Ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs and New York City Auditor General Brad Lander.

“Yesterday was a Jewish holiday for Tisha B’av, where Jews mourn the destruction of the Israeli people, and what we are currently witnessing is the destruction caused by the State of Israel,” Rand said.

“It has been going on for months,” he added. “But to witness the forced mass hunger, thin children and hungry families, besides all the bombing, destruction and displacement, it is necessary for the Jews to shout out loud so that they can organize more to ensure that we no longer send off offensive weapons, bombs and guns to make us demand that Israel end Gaza in Gaza.

Attendance is Lily Greenberg Former special assistant to the U.S. Chief of Staff Biden-Harris Administrator Public resignation In May 2024, the government handles protests in the Gaza war.

“I was the first, and unfortunately, the only Jewish official was publicly resigning in protest of the government’s unconditional support for Israel during the Gaza War,” Greenberg Call said in an interview with The Guardian.

Greenberg said on the phone that she noticed new people among the crowd protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.

“Something is changing,” she said. “It’s really important to appear, and our role as Americans is especially – our government and taxes are funding it.”

Greenberg’s appeal added: “We have an obligation, especially as American Jews, to object to what is happening in our name.”

Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza was also among the crowd and gave a brief speech.

After 8 p.m., the organization began walking to the Trump International Hotel. They gathered in front of the hotel, sat on the street, singing and chanting scriptures.

At around 8.15 p.m. ET, New York Police Department officials began arresting protesters and blocking the streets. As of 9 p.m., it is not clear how many people have been arrested, but the guardian has calculated at least more than 40 people. The arrested were loaded onto a police van, and the crowds were dispersed soon after.

In a press release released after the arrest, Ifnotnow said the mobilization marked “the widest tent coalition in the Jewish community, opposing the atrocities in Gaza over the past two years, representing the vast majority of American Jews who were angry with the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza, Gaza.”