Amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Palestine, footage shared to social media shows pro-Israeli and pro-Palestine activists fighting it out on the streets of New York.
The moment: Video captured by the independent news service Freedomnews.tv shows two opposing groups bearing Israeli and Palestinian flags clashing in Manhattan.
- According to Freedomnews.tv, confrontations occurred as protesters gathered around the Israeli embassy in midtown Manhattan.
- At least one man was left bloodied after wading into the crowd and yelling “you ain’t sh*t,” Freedomnews reported.
The hostilities: On Monday, Hamas militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem in what the organization framed as retaliation for Israeli police raids on the Aqsa Mosque, which left hundreds of Palestinians wounded.
- Israel returned fire with multiple airstrikes on Gaza.
- Israel on Wednesday claimed responsibility for killing 16 members of Hamas’ military wing.
- The escalating violence marks the worst fighting between Israelis and Palestinians since 2014, when militants in Gaza launched rockets into Israel during the Passover holiday.
What does America have to do with it? In the U.S., Israel has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
