Pro-Palestinian group marks locations in NYC as 'targets' in antisemitic map

A terrifying map of New York City was shared by a pro-Palestinian activist group in which they marked businesses, newsrooms and landmark buildings, and appealed for “direct action” to “globalise intifada.” Intifada is the Arabic word for an uprising or rebellion.

Palestinian-led community organisation Within Our Lifetime, also appealed followers to target some technology companies' offices.

“Each of the locations on this map reflects the location of an office of an enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonised people all over the world. Today and beyond, these locations will be sites for popular mobilisation in defence of our people,” read the post shared by the group.

“May this map serve as a call for every struggle to act in their own interest. As we do so, we uplift one another’s struggles and free Palestine from the river to the sea,” it added while repeating the calls of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Hamas to eradicate Israel.

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However, later the pro-Palestinian group pulled down the controversial post.

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“As Mayor Adams has said repeatedly, hate has no place in our city,” stated a City Hall spokesperson.

“We are continually monitoring multiple channels to identify any potential threats to New York City. The NYPD is aware of a social media post urging ‘direct action’ towards several institutions in the city and is deploying resources to protect public safety at these locations. But to be clear, threatening businesses and organisations and referring to them as the ‘enemy’ is exactly the kind of hateful rhetoric that seeks to divide New Yorkers, but it won’t work, because we are better than that,” he added.

The group did not clarify why the locations needed to be targeted, or what kind of action they should take, however, the map was denounced by New York lawmakers, who insisted that the violence was implied.

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Taking to X, Democratic Bronx Representative Ritchie Torres on Thursday (Nov 16) warned that the messaging was an example of “Coded calls for violence against Jews”that are “proliferating on social media.”

Democrat Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine wrote it was “dangerous and reprehensible.”

“This is clear incitement against a group of predominantly Jewish institutions, based on the trope that they are ‘enemies’ of ‘colonized people all over the world,” he added.

Speaking to The New York Post, Levine said, “I reject this hateful language and am grateful that the NYPD is taking this threat seriously.”

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(With inputs from agencies)