BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Hundreds gathered outside the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on Saturday to protest Israel's deadly air strike in the Gaza strip.
"Palestine is ours, and we will not rest until we get back Palestine," one speaker said.
The protest came as Israel bombed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, killing 10 people living in a refugee camp. According to the Associated Press, the bombing also destroyed a building that housed the offices of Al Jazeera, The Associated Press, and other media outlets.
"What we are fighting for in Palestine is our total and absolute liberation from the Western outpost of Israel and this fight is a complete and total anti-colonial struggle," another speaker said.
In a tweet posted Saturday, the Israeli Defense Forces said the multi-story building that was bombed contained "Hamas military intelligence assets, [and] civilian media offices, which Hamas hides behind and deliberately uses as human shields."
Members of the Greater Boston Palestinian community were heard chanting phrases on Saturday like "Free Palestine" and "not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel's crime."
As a result of the demonstration, Boston Police shut down Dartmouth Street through Copley Square to traffic on Saturday afternoon. Protesters told WBZ NewsRadio that the rally was not against the Jewish people, but against Zionism, amid the decades-old conflict.
"Our movement cannot succeed without the movement for freedom for all oppressed people everywhere in the world, so when we say 'Free Palestine,' we also mean freedom for all people," a speaker said.
WBZ NewsRadio's Mike Macklin (@mikemacklinwbz) reports.
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