- Title: USA: Thousands of people rally in New York City for Palestinian rights
- Date: 10th July 2014
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 09, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN RALLY (4 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LAMIS DEEK, PALESTINIAN RALLY ORGANIZER, SAYING: "We're standing to protest the Israeli war against the besieged, malnourished, imprisoned Palestinian people. We are standing here to demand an end to the hate, incitements and attacks of the settlers
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- Country: USA
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- Story Text: Thousands of people rallied in support of Palestine in New York City on Wednesday (July 09).
"We are standing here to demand an end to the hate, incitements and attacks of the settlers that have been happening not just in the past two weeks but that we've been enduring since the Israeli occupation," said rally organizer Lamis Deek.
The rally began outside of the Israeli Mission to the United Nations where supporters of Israel chanted across the street.
"Hamas has been firing countless and countless rockets against Israel and Israel responded, it gave them warnings and Israel is forced to protect its civilian population," said Israel supporter Joshua Seed.
Hostilities escalated between Israel and Palestine on Wednesday (July 09) as Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel's heartland in intensifying warfare that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 47 people in the Hamas-dominated enclave. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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