Overview

• Footage from a New York City march showed an activist flying what he identified to GB News as a Hamas flag, with other clips capturing chants praising October 7 and protesters stomping on an Israeli flag.
• University campuses in the UK, including Leeds, hosted rallies on the same day despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s appeal for students to stay away, according to Birmingham Live.
• The Union of Jewish Students’ Leeds president said the events glorified the October 7 attacks and reported that many Jewish students felt fearful and angry.
• Counter-demonstrators wrapped in Israeli flags attended some gatherings, with participants saying the protests disrupted a day of mourning.
• Some protesters framed their displays as free speech, with one in New York acknowledging the date was “a little bit disrespectful,” while background reports noted about 1,200 people were killed and roughly 251 taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023.