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Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower to demand activist Mahmoud Khalil's release [View all]
A massive group of anti-Israel protesters crowded a dining area at Trump Tower on Thursday afternoon to rally for the release of former Columbia student and protest ringleader Mahmoud Khalil.
Videos show the crowd of at least 100 — from the pro-Palestinian group Jewish Voice for Peace — wearing red shirts emblazoned with the message, “Jews Say Stop Arming Israel” as they gathered outside the Trump Grill restaurant.
The group waved signs demanding, “Fight Nazis not students,” “No Muslim Ban Ever” and “Jews for Palestinian Freedom.”
Protesters from Jewish Voice for Peace took over the Trump Tower lobby in New York City, demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist arrested by immigration authorities.
Wearing red shirts reading “Jews say stop arming Israel,” demonstrators chanted, “Bring Mahmoud home now!” before police arrested at least 65 people.
Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower to demand activist Mahmoud Khalil’s release
NEW YORK (AP) — /snip/
Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen and who hasn’t been charged with breaking any laws, was arrested outside his New York City apartment on Saturday and faces deportation. President Donald Trump has said Khalil’s arrest was the first “of many to come” and vowed on social media to deport students who he said engage in “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.”
Among the protesters was actor Debra Winger, who has discussed her Jewish faith and upbringing over the years.
Winger accused the Trump administration of having “no interest in Jewish safety” and “co-opting antisemitism.”
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Protester Sophie Edelhart, who studies Yiddish at a school in Canada, said she took part in the demonstration because she didn’t want to “cede ground” to Trump and “fascism.” She said the building, with its golden elescalator that Trump rode before announcing his 2016 presidential run, was a symbolic target.
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Khalil, whose wife is pregnant with their first child, finished his requirements for a Columbia master’s degree in December. Born in Syria, he is a grandson of Palestinians who were forced to leave their homeland, his lawyers said in a legal filing.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jewish-protesters-flood-trump-tower-to-demand-activist-mahmoud-khalils-release
NEW YORK (AP) — /snip/
Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen and who hasn’t been charged with breaking any laws, was arrested outside his New York City apartment on Saturday and faces deportation. President Donald Trump has said Khalil’s arrest was the first “of many to come” and vowed on social media to deport students who he said engage in “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.”
Among the protesters was actor Debra Winger, who has discussed her Jewish faith and upbringing over the years.
Winger accused the Trump administration of having “no interest in Jewish safety” and “co-opting antisemitism.”
/snip/
Protester Sophie Edelhart, who studies Yiddish at a school in Canada, said she took part in the demonstration because she didn’t want to “cede ground” to Trump and “fascism.” She said the building, with its golden elescalator that Trump rode before announcing his 2016 presidential run, was a symbolic target.
/snip/
Khalil, whose wife is pregnant with their first child, finished his requirements for a Columbia master’s degree in December. Born in Syria, he is a grandson of Palestinians who were forced to leave their homeland, his lawyers said in a legal filing.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jewish-protesters-flood-trump-tower-to-demand-activist-mahmoud-khalils-release
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