White House condemns pro-Hamas demonstrators outside exhibit for Oct. 7 victims as 'horrifying'

[tritsofme]

The White House condemned the pro-Palestine protest outside of the Nova exhibit in New York, which honors the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

In a statement Tuesday, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates called the demonstrations “horrifying behavior.”

“The events at yesterday’s memorial to those murdered at the Nova music festival are outrageous and heartbreaking,” Bates said.

“Profane banners of terrorist organizations should not be flown anywhere, especially not on American streets. Antisemitism has no place in the United States. This horrifying behavior is all the more reason for ‘Americans to stand united against antisemitism and hate in all its forms,’ like President Biden urgently called for at the Holocaust Memorial Museum last month,” he added.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4717007-white-house-pro-palestine-protest-outside-new-york-exhibit-for-oct-7-victims-horrifying/

These people are disgusting filth.

[TheRickles]

1. Minor typo in the headline - instead of the original article's "pro-Palestinian" description of the protestors,

it now says the demonstrators were "pro-Hamas". Come on - we all know the two terms are not equivalent, unless you're just trying to score rhetorical points. This sort of black-and-white, either/or languaging won't make it any easier to resolve an already difficult situation.

[The Magistrate]

2. Of Course They're Equivalent, In Fact, Pro-Hamas Is The Truth, Pro-Palestine The Lie

The demonstrators made no attempt to conceal their allegiance, they brayed it clear for all to hear.

[tritsofme]

3. Seeing as they chanted "long live the intifada" and had signs celebrating 10/7, I think the description I chose was

quite charitable.

This group seems quite proud of their Hamas support, pellucidly clear even, no need for you to be embarrassed on their behalf.

[TheKentuckian]

4. What about this one are we supposed to be pretending isn't pro terror?

Why are you attempting to leap to the defense of vile garbage celebrating the massacre, mutilations, rapes, and hostage taking?

Come on...indeed.

[tritsofme]

6. I guess it's rude to call them what they call themselves? Very odd, or perhaps not.

[sarisataka]

5. They cheered for the Hamas attack of October7,

called the Nova slaughter and gang rape "Zionist propaganda". They marched carrying the banner of an antisemitic terrorist group.

The OP's headline is accurate.

[Cha]

9. This Time As With Many Other Protests.. it IS Dead on Equivalent...

"Profane banners of terrorist organizations should not be flown anywhere, especially not on American streets. Antisemitism has no place in the United States. This horrifying behavior is all the more reason for ‘Americans to stand united against antisemitism and hate in all its forms,’ like President Biden urgently called for at the Holocaust Memorial Museum last month,” he added.

The protests took place Monday night; a large crowd gathered outside the exhibit, where they lit flares and chanted “long live the intifada,” CBS reported. New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he was “extremely troubled” by the protesters, adding, “you cannot call for peace while you’re celebrating what happened on October 7,” The Jerusalem Post reported.

[betsuni]

7. I'm watching the Netflix "Hitler and the Nazis" documentary right now.

Horrifying, outrageous, disgusting behavior celebrating the genocide of Oct. 7.

[SunSeeker]

8. The pro-Hamas idiots who trapped people in the Nova exhibit should have been arrested.

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