The New York Police Department stated that no fewer than 200 people, mostly Jewish, have been arrested following a large demonstration on Friday after taking over the main hall of Grand Central Station in protest of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
However, protest organizers put the number at more than 300.
Photos from the scene showed long lines of young people standing in handcuffs and wearing black sweatshirts with the words ‘Not In Our Name’ and ‘Cease Fire Now’ printed in white.
The massive sit-in was called by the group Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City, which said thousands of its members had attended the protest, blocking the main concourse of the city’s central rail station.
Organizers called the peaceful sit-in “the largest civil disobedience New York City has seen in 20 years.”
