Fierce confrontations are unfolding in midtown Manhattan as demonstrators supporting a cause known as HANNAT clash with the NYPD. Large crowds, potentially numbering in the thousands, sympathetic to a particular ideology, have overwhelmed police presence in the vicinity of Fox News Channel and the Rockefeller Christmas Tree.
Video footage captures the mob hurling police barricades into a crowd of officers, and individuals dressed in Middle Eastern attire were seen burning a police officer’s hat. The NYPD faced significant challenges in managing the situation.
Anticipated protests by pro-Palestinian activists had raised concerns among law enforcement officers, who feared the potential for violence or even a terrorist attack. The ongoing clashes highlight the tension and volatility surrounding the demonstrations.
Pro-Palestine protesters attack NYPD officers as they try to shut down the Christmas tree lighting event at the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Video by @ViralNewsNYC: pic.twitter.com/4S5cksKgUo
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) November 30, 2023
🚨#BREAKING: Chaos erupts As Pro-Palestinian Protesters try to Disrupt the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting breaking through barricades and fighting with police ⁰⁰📌#Manhattan | #NewYork ⁰⁰Currently Chaos is unfolding in midtown Manhattan, in New York City, as reports of… pic.twitter.com/MdfiLxHdxr
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) November 30, 2023
#BREAKING Heavy Clashes and Arrests as NYPD takes down Pro-Palestine protesters outside of Fox News Christmas Tree, just a block away from Rockefeller Plaza during "Flood Tree Lighting for Gaza" Protest.
Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/rY10Ktv06s
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) November 30, 2023
BREAKING:
Arrests are being made as pro-Palestinian protestors clash with the NYPD on the streets of New York.
They're disrupting the Christmas Tree lighting, causing a huge scene. pic.twitter.com/8tLZo2XEhS
— Anthony Hughes (@CallMeAntwan) November 30, 2023
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lightning
NYC erupts into chaos during a Hamalestinian rally, and gates go flying into NYPD officers.
Khamas on our street
Source @ViralNewsNYC pic.twitter.com/u9SsFSaA8s
— MomsJustice (@MomsJusticeUS) November 30, 2023
Why do pro-Palestinian protestors hate Christmas? Anti-Christian?!🎄✝️ 🎅🏻 Pretty much. BTW, where are the USA 🇺🇸 flags, NYC?!
It’s sick. They ruined the Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting for families! They’ve now become violent! NYPD making arrests.pic.twitter.com/6TrA2Mt9xh— Carolina Castillo (@CaroCastilloCC) November 30, 2023
There’s someone with a swastika sign at the Free Palestine protest outside the Rockefeller Center tree lighting in NYC tonight. @CBSNewYork https://t.co/o8TOcH6zTj pic.twitter.com/5dMOBBftn2
— Ali Bauman (@AliBaumanTV) November 29, 2023
Protests led by pro-Palestinian groups erupted near the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting in Midtown Manhattan and outside Fox News headquarters. SkyFOX captured a poster from the demonstration that appears to show a swastika. https://t.co/r647uL346q pic.twitter.com/NcmaasF4lm
— FOX 5 NY (@fox5ny) November 30, 2023