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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Audra Heinrichs

‘We stand against genocide’: Gaza peace protesters target New York Christmas tree lighting

People hold Palestinian flags and signs calling for a cease-fire at a rally in New York.
Pro-Palestine supporters gather for a rally at the News Corp building near the Rockefeller tree lighting in New York, New York, on Wednesday. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

Hundreds gathered around Manhattan on Wednesday night, outside iconic locales like the Rockefeller Center, in support of the people of Palestine amid a truce between Israel and Hamas.

Outside the News Corp Building, there was an interfaith protest organized by Within Our Lifetime, a Palestinian-led community organization. A few blocks away, at Rockefeller Center, a starkly different scene was playing out: the 90th tree lighting ceremony where scores of people gather each year to witness the illumination of the 80ft-tall Norway spruce.

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