Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in the main concourse of New York City’s Grand Central Station, temporarily closing the doors to demand a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas war.
Transportation officials announced the temporary closure of the city’s main depot station and urged residents to find alternatives.
Thousands of Jewish and Palestinian protesters occupy the lobby of Grand Central during a protest calling for an immediate end to Israeli military attacks on Gaza, Friday, October 27, 2023, in New York. (Luis C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
A banner reading “Palestinians must be free” is held up during a demonstration by people calling for a ceasefire during the war between Israel and Hamas at Grand Central Station in New York City on October 27, 2023. It is being (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
The MTA advised customers to consider traveling to and from Penn Station as an alternative.
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“Grand Central Terminal is closed due to demonstrations in the area,” Metro-North Railroad wrote in the X-Post on Friday evening. “Customers should come to Harlem 125th Street for Metro-North service to points north.”
According to WABC television, the protest began around 6 p.m.
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Jewish Voice for Peace, a national Jewish anti-Zionist organization; I said I was holding it Protest at the station.
Hundreds of demonstrators flocked to the station, wearing black T-shirts that read “Jews cease fire now.”
People demonstrate calling for a ceasefire during the war between Israel and Hamas at Grand Central Station in New York City on October 27, 2023. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
Social media videos of the rally showed demonstrators chanting, “No more weapons, no more war.”
The demonstrators chanted, “Ceasefire now, ceasefire now.”
Some of the participants held placards reading “Never again to anyone” and “Palestine must be free.”
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Other videos showed New York City Police Department (NYPD) arresting protesters.
On October 27, 2023, handcuffed demonstrators arrested during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire during the war between Israel and Hamas are transported by the NYPD at Grand Central Station in New York City. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
The NYPD told Fox News Digital that it does not yet have a total number of arrests.
Last week, Jewish Voice for Peace organized a demonstration at the U.S. Capitol that led to about 300 arrests.
FOX News’ Bree Stimpson contributed to this report.
