ＮＹ市警、ユダヤ系デモ参加者数百人を逮捕　駅占拠しガザ停戦訴え

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米ニューヨークで２７日、ユダヤ人団体がグランド・セントラル駅の中央コンコースを占拠し、イスラエルによるパレスチナ自治区ガザ地区への攻撃に抗議する座り込みを行った。警察はデモを解散させ、参加していた数百人を逮捕した。（写真は米ニューヨークのグランド・セントラル駅で行われた、イスラエルとハマスの停戦を求めるデモを取り締まる警察）
　ニューヨーク市警は、少なくとも２００人を逮捕したと発表した。一方、デモの主催者は３００人以上としている。
　デモを主催したのは、イスラエルによるシオニズム運動に反対するユダヤ人団体「平和へのユダヤ人の声」ニューヨーク支部。同団体によれば、デモにはユダヤ系ニューヨーク市民を中心に数千人が参加した。
　現場の画像には、「パレスチナ人は自由であるべき」などと書かれた横断幕を掲げた参加者がターミナルを埋め尽くしている様子や、「今すぐ停戦を」などのメッセージが入った黒いトレーナー姿で拘束された若者たちの長い列が捉えられている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/10/30-16:54）

Hundreds of people were arrested Friday when police broke up a large demonstration of mostly Jewish New Yorkers who had taken over the main hall of Grand Central station in protest of Israel's bombardment of Gaza, police and organizers said.
The New York Police Department said at least 200 people had been arrested, while protest organizers put the number at more than 300.
Photos from the scene showed long lines of young people standing in handcuffs and wearing black sweatshirts with the words Not In Our Name and Cease Fire Now printed in white.
The massive sit-in was called by the group Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City, which said thousands of its members had attended the protest, blocking the main concourse of the city's central rail station.
Pictures showed the terminal packed with protesters who held up banners reading Palestinians should be free and Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living.
Organizers called the peaceful sit-in the largest civil disobedience New York City has seen in 20 years.
Rabbis launched the event by lighting Shabbat candles and reciting the Jewish prayer for the dead, known as the kaddish.
While Shabbat is typically a day of rest, we cannot afford to rest while genocide is unfolding in our names, said Rabbi May Ye, in a statement released by organizers.
The lives of Palestinians and Israelis are intertwined, and safety can only come from justice, equality, and freedom for all, the rabbi said.
Israel launched its bombardment of Gaza after Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 220 others, according to Israeli officials.
The Hamas-run health ministry said Friday that Israeli strikes on Gaza had now killed 7,326 people, more than 3,000 of them children.