March for Israel
As a bipartisan group of members of Congress spoke, chants broke out of “USA,” “Never Again” and “Bring them home.”
“When the sounds of life and laughter return to the villages, the kibbutzim and the cities, our constant yearning for peace will return as well,” said the Israeli president.
The actress told the estimated 300,000 that “we are engaged in a battle fighting for a civilized world.”
The social-media influencer noted that antisemitic lies reverberating around the world echo what her grandparents saw prior to the Holocaust.
“I want to be crystal-clear: A ceasefire with a terrorist organization is not a peace agreement. It’s a death sentence for Israelis,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) tells the crowd at the “March for Israel.”
“The unity in our community is almost unprecedented,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents.