HAMAS NOW UP IN THE AIR AS
PROTESTERS CONTINUE TO CALL FOR
A CEASE FIRE.
MELISSA COLORADO FOLLOWED
PROTESTERS HERE IN THE CITY
UNTIL THEY REACHED UNION SQUARE
TONIGHT.
THAT’S WHERE WE FIND HER LIVE.
MELISSA.
>> Reporter: RANA, THE QUESTIONS
MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING
THEMSELVES TONIGHT, HOW WILL
THIS WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS END, AND WHEN WILL IT END?
PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS
TO THOSE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS,
BUT THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS
TOOK TO THE STREETS OF BROOKLYN,
LOWER MANHATTAN TO DEMAND AND
CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE.
THE LARGEST PRO-PALESTINE
DEMONSTRATION TO DATE SHUT DOWN
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE THIS
EVENING.
THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS MARCHED
FOR MILES.
CALLS FOR A CEASE FIRE ECHOING
IN FRONT OF THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM
THIS AFTERNOON.
>> I DON’T AGREE WITH WHAT
ISRAEL IS GOING OR WHAT THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT IS DOING AND I WANT
IT TO STOP.
>> Reporter: DEMONSTRATORS
WAVING PALESTINIAN FLAGS MARCHED UP ATLANTIC AVENUE PASSED BY
BARCLAY CENTER, CROSSED THE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND BROUGHT
THEIR CHANTS TO BROOKLYN SQUARE.
>> I DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT
CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE
OVERWHELMING SIZE OF THE CROWDS
IS PROOF THAT THE FIGHT FOR
PALESTINIAN RIGHTS IS BECOMING A
GLOBAL MOVEMENT.
>> THEY’RE CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD.
WE GOT TO BE OUT HERE IN THE
STREETS AND SPEAK FOR THE
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THEY’RE ALSO
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, CRITICIZING THE
PRESIDENT FOR HIS STAUNCH
SUPPORT OF ISRAEL, WHICH
INCLUDES SENDING MILITARY AID.
>> I THINK HE’S BEING TONE DEAF
TO WHAT THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
WANT, WHICH IS PEACE.
>> Reporter: WITH GAZA UNDER A
COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT AND
ENDURING A BARRAGE OF ISRAELI
AIR STRIKES.
>> WHERE ARE THE GAZANS GOING TO
GO?
>> Reporter: PRO-PALESTINE
SUPPORTERS SAY SATURDAY’S MARCH
IS PROOF THAT THE CALLS FOR
PEACE ARE GROWING LOUDER AND
LOUDER.
>> WE WANT THIS TO END NOW.
>> Reporter: AS WE SPENT THE DAY
FOLLOWING THAT MASSIVE CROWD, IT
CERTAINLY BROUGHT TO MIND THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER
DEMONSTRATIONS WE SAW BACK IN
2020, WHICH ALSO DREW THOUSANDS