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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt NYC’s Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting

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Several people were arrested on Wednesday night after fights broke out between demonstrators and police during a pro-Palestine protest near the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting event in New York City.

The pro-Palestine protest allegedly planned to “flood the tree lighting for Gaza,” as was written on the X account of Within Our Lifetime, the demonstration organisers.

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