The demonstration on Dec 9, co-organized by Within Our Lifetime Palestine (WOL Palestine) and Decolonize This Place (DTP) to coincide with the 36th anniversary of the first Intifada, drew hundreds of protesters of all ages to the Brooklyn Museum.
Pro-Palestine demonstrators showcased their solidarity with Palestinians as well as their outrage at the United States for singlehandedly blocking the proposed United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters also reiterated WOL Palestine’s call for the Brooklyn Museum to “take a stand against genocide, and sever all ties to and divest from institutions and corporations complicit,” including its corporate partner, Bank of New York Mellon, which has a $13 billion investment in the Israeli weapons contractor Elbit systems and houses the Friends of Israel Defense Force Donor Advised Fund.
The gathering flooded the Brooklyn Museum’s exterior for over an hour, spilling over the sidewalk and curbs and onto the street, eventually blocking all of Eastern Parkway as over a hundred members of the NYPD stood by. The march continued toward the Barclays Center, across the Brooklyn Bridge, and before finishing in Manhattan.
