At a rally held in Times Square, N.Y., to mark International Quds Day, activists chanted anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans. One activist shouted that “the Zionist state has been helping ISIS since its creation” and that ISIS stood for “Israeli Secret Intelligence Service.” He further said that Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was a Mossad agent and that the Zionists had assassinated John F. Kennedy because he opposed Israel's obtaining nuclear weapons. Nerdeen Kiswani of the NYC Students for Justice in Palestine led chants of “We don’t want two states, we want ’48!” and “U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!” and Joe Catron of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network shouted: “Intifada, revolution!” and “Israel, go to Hell!” American-Filipino activist Mike Legaspi, of the “Bayan USA” alliance of Filipino organizations, accused the U.S. of “bombing the crap out of the Middle East” and demanded that “U.S. imperialism stop funding Israel.” Quds Day is an annual Iranian-led event, declared by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 and held on the last Friday of the month of Ramadhan.
Speaker: "There was an agreement between Hitler and the Zionist movement in 1934. It is called the Hasbara [sic] Agreement. The Zionist movement was the only movement that cooperated with Hitler in order to get the Jews out of Europe into Palestine. The Jews who wanted to go to Palestine were spared, but the Jews who didn't want to go to Palestine – the true Jews – were killed and butchered. Ask the other side about the Hasbara Agreement. Ask them! Do they know anything? No. Why? Because the media puts it under the blanket. In addition, I would like to add this. ISIS – how did ISIS come to be? Israel, the state, the Zionist state, has been helping ISIS since its creation. They have been helping terrorists in Syria, killing Syrians, killing Iraqis, killing Palestinians. These people don't just want Palestine – they want from the Nile River to the Euphrates River. They are like Hitler. They are like Nazis, the Zionist movement. I call on Donald Trump supporters, please. Do your research about the USS Liberty – the American soldiers that were killed, our troops, our troops who were killed. Let's talk about John F. Kennedy. Why was John F. Kennedy assassinated? Because he wanted to stop Israel from getting nuclear weapons. They killed JFK so that they could get nuclear weapons.
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"The Torah, the holy book of Judaism, has been hijacked by the Zionist Nazi terrorists, just like the Quran has been hijacked by ISIS. Just like the Quran has been hijacked by ISIS, the Zionists have hijacked Judaism. They have hijacked it. They have made it look like terrorism. These people... Ask them, ask them about the verses in the Torah where it says to kick out the Palestinians and take all their land. They can't find it.
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"Israel is not a democracy. It is a supremacist Jewish... I'm sorry, Naz... Zionist state.
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"You will find that ISIS stands for Israeli Secret Intelligence Service. And guess what? You know who supports it? Surprisingly, Israel – not surprisingly, actually... Israel, the West, its governments and army. In addition, ISIS was found using Israeli... I repeat, not Arab – Israeli weapons. Israeli weapons! How did they get these Israeli weapons? Did they fall from the sky? Did they come from God? Where did they come from? God knows, man. They came from the Zionist Nazi terrorists. That is where it came from. Zionist Nazi terrorists. Let's talk about Abu [Bakr] Al-Baghdadi for a second. Who is this Abu [Bakr] Al-Baghdadi guy? Is he Muslim? Is he Saudi? Is he Jordanian? Maybe Syrian, maybe Iranian, maybe Afghan, maybe Paki... No, he is Israeli. He is Israeli. They found evidence that the head of ISIS was funded by Israel and he is a Mossad agent. Can you believe that? I'm not surprised, personally."
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Joe Catron Samidoun Network: "Free free Palestine!"
Demonstrators: "Free free Palestine!"
Joe Catron: "There is only one solution..."
Demonstrators: "There is only one solution..."
Joe Catron: "Intifada, revolution!"
Demonstrators: "Intifada, revolution!"
Joe Catron: "It is right to rebel..."
Demonstrators: "It is right to rebel..."
Joe Catron: "Israel go to Hell..."
Demonstrators: "Israel go to Hell..."
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American-Filipino Activist Mike Legaspi "Bayan USA" Alliance: "I have one thing to ask all of you and all of them: Was it Palestinians who killed Mike Brown? Was it Palestinians who caused the water crisis in Flint? Was it Palestinians who tried to wreck Standing Rock, by putting a pipeline over there, destroying indigenous people's lives? Was it Palestinians? Was it?"
Demonstrators: "No!"
Mike Legaspi: "Was it Palestinians who killed a quarter of Korea in the 1950s, who killed millions of Vietnamese people in the 1970s, and who continue to oppress people in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the whole world? Was it Palestinians?"
Demonstrators: "No!"
Mike Legaspi: "Is it Palestinians who take and steal money from the American working class?"
Demonstrator: "It is the Zionist movement!"
Mike Legaspi: "To bomb the crap out of the Middle East... Was it Palestinians?"
Demonstrator: "No!"
Mike Legaspi: "Who is it?"
Demonstrator: "Israel! The Zionist Nazi terrorists!"
Rally organizer: "You broke the mic…"
Mike Legaspi: "It is people like JDL! It is imperialism and the Zionists, like the Jewish Defense League, like the IDF. That's who it is. Zionism is terrorism!"
Demonstrator: "Zionism is terrorism!"
Mike Legaspi: "Zionism is terrorism. So if you are against war and you are for peace, you would be against Zionism. If you are against Zionism, you are against its ultimate lifeline here. The best way that we over here can help the people struggle all over the world is by demanding that U.S. imperialism stop funding Israel. I want to end with one chant, just to remind folks that the U.S. flag and the Israeli flag are together in oppressing the world's people. We understand over here that it is always right to rebel. It is right to rebel! Israel, go to Hell!"
Demonstrators: "It is right to rebel! Israel, go to Hell!"
Mike Legaspi: "It is right to rebel! Israel, go to Hell!"
Demonstrators: "It is right to rebel! Israel, go to Hell!"
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Nerdeen Kiswani NYC Students for Justice in Palestine: "We don't want two states..."
Demonstratros: "We don't want two states..."
Nerdeen Kiswani: "We want '48!"
Demonstratros: "We want '48!"
Nerdeen Kiswani: "We don't want two states..."
Demonstratros: "We don't want two states..."
Nerdeen Kiswani: "We want '48!"
Demonstrators: "We want '48!"
Nerdeen Kiswani: "Don't pay attention to them, because that is what they want us to do. But nothing they can say and nothing they can do can distract us from our fight for freedom for Palestinian people. Don't be distracted by them. Just chant: Free free Palestine!"
Demonstrators: :"Free free Palestine!"
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Nerdeen Kiswani: "U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!"
Demonstratros: "U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!"
Nerdeen Kiswani: "U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!"
Demonstratros: "U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!"
Nerdeen Kiswani: "U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!"
Demonstrators: "U.S. imperialist, number one terrorist!"
Nerdeen Kiswani: "Stop the U.S. war machine, from Palestine to the Philippines."
Demonstrators: "Stop the U.S. war machine, from Palestine to the Philippines."
Nerdeen Kiswani: "Stop the U.S. war machine, from Palestine to the Philippines."
Demonstrators: "Stop the U.S. war machine, from Palestine to the Philippines."
Nerdeen Kiswani: "When people are occupied, resistance is justified."
Demonstrators: "When people are occupied, resistance is justified."
Nerdeen Kiswani: "When people are occupied, resistance is justified."
Demonstrators: "When people are occupied, resistance is justified."
Shahid Comrade Sec.-Gen Pakistan USA Freedom Forum: "We are very worried because of what is happening in Syria. Syria has bombing. Yemen has bombing. In Africa there is bombing. In Afghanistan, there is bombing. Kashmir has bombing. Iraq has bombing. Pakistan has just lost so many people in an attack. We are against every terrorist mind which is killing the people. And how they happen is all the dirty games of the CIA."