Hundreds of demonstrators marched through Midtown Manhattan Saturday to protest Israel's sending ground troops into the Gaza Strip.
Beginning at 1 p.m., the protesters held a rally in Times Square and went across town to the Israeli Consulate - near the United Nations.
In one of the largest recent protests in the city about the Middle Eastern violence, marchers called for an end to shooting and referred to the Israeli military actions in Gaza as a "massacre."
Dozens of police officers maintained crowd control and redirected traffic, as marchers took over the sidewalks of Second Avenue and chanted "Free Palestine" for blocks.
Meanwhile, the United Nations scheduled emergency consultations for Motzei Shabbos to address the escalating violence in the region.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several Arab foreign ministers planned to head to New York to urge the council to adopt a resolution condemning Israel and demanding a halt to the Israelis bombing campaign.
The New York City protest was one of dozens of worldwide demonstrations regarding the situation in Gaza.
(Eli Gefen - YWN Queens Ops' Desk)
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