New York Police arrest anti-Israel protesters who were demonstrating on Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in New York.Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

21 people arrested after anti-Israel protest at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York

Protesters sat down on the parade route with Palestinian flags and a 'Don't Celebrate Genocide' banner, police said

· National Post

NEW YORK (AP) — The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was drenched in rain Thursday and briefly disrupted by anti-Israel demonstrators.

New York City police said they arrested 21 people after protesters sat down on the parade route with Palestinian flags and a “Don’t Celebrate Genocide” banner.

Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate on Sixth Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in New York.Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

People protesting the Israel-Hamas war also interrupted last year’s parade.