INSIDE
Your entertainment
guide Page 25
Police Blotter ..........................8
Opinion ...................................22
Letters ....................................23
HOW TO REACH US
COURIER L 2 IFE, MAY 21-27, 2021
‘THE PEOPLE
Thousands rally in Brooklyn’s
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK &
JESSICA PARKS
Thousands of demonstrators
took to the streets of Bay
Ridge on May 15 to support the
Palestinian people amid rising
tensions in the Middle East on
Nabka Day — the day Palestinians
mark as the genesis of
their permanent displacement
from the State of Israel in 1948.
The march, which started
near the corner of 74th Street
and Fifth Avenue on Saturday
afternoon, lasted well into
the evening with loud chants
of “Free Palestine.” The rally
was organized by Within Our
Lifetime, a Palestinian-led
community organization that’s
been building the movement in
support of Palestine since its
founding in 2015, in collaboration
with Equality for Flatbush,
Jewish Voice for Peace, and
United for Palestine.
Nerdeen Kiswani, chair and
co-founder of Within Our Lifetime,
said the rally united Palestinians
in Brooklyn and New
York City with others around the
world who are fi ghting against
Zionism and for the right to return
to their homeland.
“The rally was a way to show
how united the Palestinian
people are in their resistance
against Zionism,” Kiswani told
Brooklyn Paper. “Not just here
in New York but all over the
world there are rallies like this
happening, especially on the
15th, it was happening everywhere.”
Within Our Lifetime’s goal,
according to its website, is
to “revitalize the revolutionary
spirit of the Palestinian
diaspora to complement the resistance
in Palestine in pursuit
of a free homeland.”
Saturday’s rally wasn’t the
group’s fi rst demonstration in
Bay Ridge. Last July, Within
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Our Lifetime led a similar,
though not as large, rally in the
southern Brooklyn neighborhood,
which is home to a sizable
Palestinian population and has
been referred to by some across
the city as “Little Palestine.”
This year’s Nabka Day remembrance
came as tensions
continue to escalate between
Palestinians and Israelis in the
Middle East.
The organizer credits the
heightened momentum in support
of Palestine — which, she
said, manifested Saturday with
approximately 50,000 attendees
— to increased awareness of the
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Photo by Caroline Ourso
This newspaper is not responsible for typographical errors in ads beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2021 by Brooklyn Courier Life
LLC. The content of this newspaper is protected by Federal copyright law. This newspaper, its advertisements, articles and photographs may not be reproduced, either in whole
or part, without permission in writing from the publisher except brief portions for purposes of review or commentary consistent with the law. Postmaster, send address changes to
Brooklyn Courier Life LLC, One MetroTech North, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Mail:
Courier Life,
1 Metrotech Center North
3rd Floor, Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11201
General Phone:
(718) 260-2500
News Fax:
(718) 260-2592
News E-Mail:
editorial@schnepsmedia.com
Display Ad Phone:
(718) 260-8302
Display Ad E-Mail:
rdonofrio@schnepsmedia.com
Display Ad Fax:
(718) 260-2579
Classified Phone:
(718) 260-2555
Classified Fax:
(718) 260-2549
Classified E-Mail:
classified@schnepsmedia.com
link
link
link
link
link
link