According to reports yesterday, Pro-Palestinian activists sitting in the New York City Council Chamber gallery timed their protests to coincide with a Council resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. While Council was discussing the resolution, protesters unfurled a Palestinian flag and started shouting slogans at the Council.
Councilman David G. Greenfield, the grandson of holocaust survivors, made the following remarks on the Council floor shortly after the protest.
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Grandson of Holocaust survivors denounces repulsive behavior of pro-Palestinian activists

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Antisemitism, Auschwitz concentration camp, David G. Greenfield, General-antisemitism, New York City Council
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