Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters broke into the lobby of the New York Times headquarters in New York City overnight, calling for the destruction of the State of Israel and accusing the Jewish State of "genocide."
The takeover of the paper's lobby followed a large anti-Israel rally in which protestors yelled “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," a chant calling for the eradication of Israel and the Jewish people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Protestors also screamed that Israel is a "terrorist state."
“Biden, Biden, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide,” they also yelled.
Inside the New York Times building, copies of a mock newspaper dubbed “The New York War Crimes” were handed out.
“We will continue holding the New York Times to account… for inciting genocide,” the occupiers chanted. “Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for the New York Times. Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crimes.
They repeated their chants against Joe Biden, with the Times' name replacing the President's.
Protestors also smashed the back window of a police cruiser behind the Times building and spray-painted “Free Palestine” on the window of a Starbucks in the building.
The New York Times has historically been extremely critical of Israel and even during the current war amplified the Hamas lie that Israel killed 500 people in a bombing of a Gaza hospital that was in reality caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket and killed only a small fraction of the number Hamas claimed. Days later, the paper apologized for its mistake.
Anti-Israel protests began as soon as word began to spread about the Hamas massacre of over 1,400 people in southern Israel on October 7, and have turned increasingly violent. Earlier this week, Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man, was murdered by an anti-Israel demonstrator who hit him over the head with a microphone in Los Angeles.
Also in Los Angeles, anti-Israel demonstrators protested outside the screening of a film compiling videos of the Hamas atrocities on Wednesday night. The demonstrators did not want anyone to see the proof of Hamas' crimes against humanity, and violent clashes broke out with pro-Israel counter-demonstrators.
