Horrified NYC leaders gathered in Times Square Monday to show support for the Israeli community in New York City, reeling over the lives lost during Hamas’ surprise invasion of Israel over the weekend.
Speaking at Golda Meir Square in Midtown, Mayor Eric Adams condemned the assault as “antisemitism at the highest level.”
“Yes, I stand with Israel. Yes, I stand with the Jewish people. But most importantly, I stand with humanity,” he said to roughly 100 attendees. “That terrorist act that we saw cannot be defended anywhere on this globe. You cannot rationalize it.”
Americans linked arms with Israelis as they sang the Israeli national anthem in an attempt to find solidarity with one another after Israel’s darkest day.
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