Dhaka, Saturday, Apr 18, 2026
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York City on Friday to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war in Gaza as he arrived to address the U.N. General Assembly.Demonstrators, waving Palestinian flags and wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves, carried banners reading “Free Palestine”, “Stop starving Gaza” and “Arms embargo now”, according to video footage.They initially gathered in Times Square, across from the United Nations building, before marching to the U.N., chanting slogans including “Netanyahu, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.”Netanyahu, in his U.N. address, criticised Western countries for recognising Palestinian statehood. Dozens of delegates reportedly walked out of the assembly hall as he took the stage.The protests were fueled by images of starving Palestinians and reports of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced the entire population of the densely populated enclave.Multiple human rights experts have described ...
