Most of NYC’s Democratic socialist pols refuse to condemn ‘hateful’ pro-Palestine rallyBy Jesse O’Neill and Josh Christenson
Published Oct. 9, 2023
Almost all of the local elected officials linked to the Democratic Socialists of America refused Monday to condemn the group’s hate-filled pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan a day earlier.
The widely criticized rally — where an Israeli flag was stomped on and burned and a pro-Israeli faction taunted with a swastika image — occurred just a day after Palestinian terrorists launched Saturday’s sneak attack on Israel on the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, killing more than 800 people, mostly civilians, and abducting at least 150 more.
In the midst of the deadly chaos and unspeakable tragedy, hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators still converged in the Crossroads of the World on Sunday — including some who grabbed an Israeli flag from counter-protesters and stomped on it before lighting it ablaze.
A pro-Palestinian supporter also was pictured flaunting an image of a swastika on their phone.
Yet the vast majority of elected, taxpayer-funded officials from New York City with ties to the DSA failed Monday — Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples Day, which is a city governmental holiday — to even respond to Post requests for comment on the rally as the Mideast grapples with one of its biggest crises in at least 50 years.
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https://nypost.com/2023/10/09/most-of-nycs-democratic-socialist-pols-refuse-to-condemn-hateful-pro-palestine-rally/
