ユダヤ人団体、「自由の女神像」の下でイスラエルに抗議デモ　米

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】米ニューヨーク市で６日、ユダヤ人団体がリバティー島にある自由の女神像を平和的に占拠し、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し、停戦を求めるデモを行った。（写真は、米ニューヨークの自由の女神像の前でイスラエルとハマスの停戦を訴えるデモの参加者。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」提供）
　「ユダヤ人は今すぐ停戦を求める」などのメッセージが入った黒いＴシャツ姿の人々は、「世界中が見ている」「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自由の女神像の下で掲げた。
　地元選出の議員らと並んでいた写真家のナン・ゴールディン氏は、「ガザの人々が悲鳴を上げている限り、私たちはもっと大きな声を上げなければならない」と訴えた。
　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」。同団体は１０月下旬にも、市内のグランド・セントラル駅を占拠するデモを主催し、数千人が参加した。
　また、今月４日に首都ワシントンで行われたデモには、同団体の動員した参加者を含め数万人が集まった。参加者らはガザでの即時停戦を求めるとともに、米政府のイスラエル支援政策に抗議の声を上げた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/11/07-16:55）

Hundreds of US Jewish activists peacefully occupied New York's Statue of Liberty on Monday to demand a ceasefire by Israel and an end to the genocidal bombardment of civilians in Gaza.
Dressed in black T-shirts emblazoned with the slogans Jews demand ceasefire now or Not in our name, the protestors unfurled banners reading The whole world is watching and Palestinians should be free at the base of New York's iconic landmark.
The huge copper statue sits on Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor.
The famous words of our Jewish ancestor Emma Lazarus etched into this very monument compel us to take action supporting the Palestinians of Gaza yearning to breathe free, Jay Saper of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), the gathering's organizer, said in a statement, referring to the 19th-century activist who helped Jewish refugees fleeing to New York from Europe.
The statement quotes Lazarus's poem New Colossus, which is engraved on the statue's base as an ode to US immigrants.
Participants from the Institute for Middle East Understanding demanded an end to Israel's genocidal bombardment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
As long as the people of Gaza are screaming, we need to yell louder, no matter who attempts to silence us, said photographer Nan Goldin, standing alongside several local elected officials, some with strong roots in the political left.
New York City, a famed melting pot of migrants, has been rocked for the past month by dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
The city is home to some two million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Muslims, and has so far avoided any violence related to the conflict, though tensions are palpable in certain spots such as university campuses.
But opinions are not monolithic in either community.
A liberal segment of American Jewish youth -- Jews vote overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party -- has unleashed harsh criticism of Israel, which it accuses of perpetrating genocide on Palestinians in Gaza.
They also denounce President Joe Biden's military and diplomatic support for Israel, which has engaged in a month-long bombardment of the Palestinian territory since Hamas's October 7 attack that Israeli officials said left 1,400 people.
The death toll in Gaza surpassed 10,000 people Monday, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators, some brought by JVP, gathered in Washington to call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and to denounce US policy of support for Israel.
In late October, thousands of protesters, many gathered by JVP, occupied the huge Grand Central station in Manhattan with the same demands.
Separately, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters, including some from US Jewish organizations, shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, leading from Manhattan to the multicultural and fashionable borough across the East River.