Hundreds of protesters called for an “intifada revolution” in Times Square on New Year's Day, hours after a terrorist carrying an ISIS flag mowed down dozens at a New Orleans New Year's parade.
Participants took part in the protest in New York City, which was organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Socialism and Liberation Party, and the People’s Forum, according to what Reuters reported. New York Post “There is only one solution: the uprising revolution,” they chanted.
Other chants included: “Resistance is glorious and we will win.” “We will honor all our martyrs” and “Gaza, you are proud of us.”
Protesters called for an “insurrection” in New York City's Times Square on New Year's Day. (Luke Trace/The Times of Israel)
The demonstrators carried banners reading: “Zionism is cancer,” “No war on Iran,” and “Stop all American aid to Israel.” The Times of Israel reported.
A woman wearing a keffiyeh shouted at anti-protesters in an exchange captured on video: “We will send you back to Europe, you white man.” “Back to Europe!”
One speaker shouted over the loudspeaker that “2024 was the year of struggle against the crime of Zionism.”
Photo of Chams Al-Din Jabbar, the suspect in the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. (@FBI via X)
The spokesman said, according to the Times of Israel: “We will be here every year, generation after generation, until complete liberation and return.”
Several hours before the demonstration, 42-year-old Shams al-Din Jabbar plowed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's Eve revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Jabbar – who was shot and killed in a shootout with police – was an American-born citizen He lived in TexasFBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
The attack occurred at approximately 3:15 am on Wednesday, and led to the death of 15 people, including Jabbar, and the injury of 35 people.
ATF agents continue to investigate the rental home used by Shams Al-Din Jabbar in New Orleans on Thursday, January 2, 2024. Several people were killed and dozens injured after Jabbar rammed his car into crowds of New Year's Eve revelers on Bourbon Street on Wednesday. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raja Investigators recovered several weapons from the crime scene and surrounding areas, including two explosive devices in coolers located at the intersection of Bourbon and Orleans streets and at a second intersection just two blocks away, he said Thursday. He added that the FBI wants to talk to witnesses who may have seen the coolers containing explosive devices.
Jabbar served in the Army as a Human Resources Specialist and Information Technology Specialist from March 2007 until January 2015. After active duty, he served in the Army Reserves as an Information Technology Specialist from January 2015 until July 2020.
During his tenure, he was deployed to Afghanistan from February 2009 to January 2010.
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Jabbar said in Facebook videos before the attack that he joined ISIS before this summer and submitted a will and testimony, according to the FBI.
Fox News Digital's Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
