Tensions are flaring on the East Side, with dueling rallies over the war in Israel.
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian supporters gathered outside the Israel consulate starting at 2 p.m. Monday.
There were passionate pleas from both sides, speaking to New Yorkers who have relatives in both Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The NYPD stepped up security to make sure things didn’t get out of hand.
This isn’t 9/11 anymore. Israel wants to have their Iraq and Afghanistan now, at the same time, at the same place. Condemning Hamas is one thing, but if the international community doesn’t intervene now we might have the humanitarian disaster of a generation. Israel is already dropping the “roof knocking” policy that was at least minimizing civilian casualties.