Zionist protesters confront members of Neturei Karta during a pro-Palestinian protest in Cedarhurst, Long Island.
The Great Real Estate Event is touring the United States and Canada, showcasing stolen Palestinian land for sale. Each event sparked large-scale protests by Palestinian solidarity activists, sometimes leading to clashes with Zionist protesters and protesters.
These events are organized by Israeli real estate company My Home and sponsored by real estate companies such as Emanuel Group, International Marketing and Promotion (IMP), and JewishPress. Events are held in Montreal and Toronto, Canada, and in the United States in Teaneck, New Jersey, Lawrence, New York, and Brooklyn, New York.
The event website offers attendees the opportunity to “own a piece of sacred land.”
My Home is Israel is designed to make the process of illegal Israeli settlement as simple as possible. The company's FAQ page claims to be a foreign resident (someone who is not a tax resident of Israel).You can conduct a real estate transaction in Israel from start to finish without having to come to Israel. ”
A showcase of these illegal immigration cases is Not uncommon While it is an issue in the American Jewish community, the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip has brought increased attention to the Palestinian issue in North America. The Palestinian Solidarity Movement sprung into action, holding protests outside all five events across the United States and Canada. The final event scheduled for March 13 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, was a reaction to the planned large-scale protests and the fact that the previous four events had been met with unrelenting demonstrations. It was actually cancelled. All of these events were held in synagogues, making any protests vulnerable to accusations of anti-Semitism. Grant Miner, a Jewish graduate student at Columbia University, spoke at a protest in Brooklyn that was relocated after a real estate event in Flatbush was canceled. Hundreds of people gathered at Grand Army Plaza, 30 minutes north of the original event site, to celebrate the victory over canceling the event.
Miner spoke of what he considered a “particularly sinister part” of the event, where it took place at a synagogue. “As people of conscience, we would oppose this wherever it was done,” he said. “But why did they put it in a synagogue? It’s because a movement of multinational people, including Jews like ours, comes together to fight against this illegality. Because I want to be able to scream Judaism.”
surely, said by the Palestinian Youth Movementent, “In the event, Israeli real estate companies were planning to sell properties located in illegal settlements such as Neve Daniel, Efrat, Ma'ale Adumim…Most of these properties were sold with racist views. “and will be sold only to Jewish purchasers'' in violation of both national and international law. ”
Victory: Because of our pressure, today's Palestinian Stolen Homes Marketing and Sales event in Flatbush has been canceled.
At the event, Israeli real estate companies planned to sell properties located in illegal settlements such as Neve Daniel, Efrat, and Ma'ale Adumim. pic.twitter.com/LSUcYkZGBm
— Palestinian Youth Movement (@palyouthmvmt) March 13, 2024
Pro-Palestinian activists protesting a real estate event in Cedarhurst, Long Island City on Tuesday, March 12, were met by a crowd of several hundred racist counter-demonstrators.
A real estate event on Long Island, New York, to illegally sell stolen Palestinian land has been met with protests by Palestinians and anti-Zionist Jews.
Across the street, Zionist protesters chanted hatefully: “No ceasefire!” and “No Palestine!” pic.twitter.com/UOwkg8eIzB
— Breakthrough News (@BTnewsroom) March 13, 2024
Eyewitness video shows Zionist counter-protesters shouting a confusing mix of slogans such as “Palestine does not exist!” at Palestinian solidarity demonstrators. At the same time, he told the activists, “Go back to Palestine!” One of the Zionist counter-demonstrators was wearing an IDF uniform, waving an IDF flag from a moving car and making rude gestures toward the protesters. Witnesses reported that counter-protesters also displayed symbols of racism and violence against black people, with one person wrapping a noose attached to a black man's effigy around his neck.
As in Brooklyn, some members of the Jewish community also participated in pro-Palestinian protests against the real estate event. A rabbi from Neturei Karta, a well-known pro-Palestinian Jewish group, told a crowd of Palestine Solidarity supporters outside a real estate event: “Both people who sell stolen real estate and people who buy stolen real estate are thieves.'' ” he said. “Internationally, the world recognizes that settlements are stolen property.”
The rabbi pointed to the anti-Zionist demonstrators across the street and said, “Now you are not fighting against Palestine, you are fighting…the whole world without exception.” spoke directly.
said Rachel Hu, a Long Island resident and Socialist Liberation Party activist. dispatch of people About her experience protesting real estate events. Hu said he heard homophobic slurs, saw a truck displaying a “Make America Great Again” flag, and witnessed a car try to plow into pro-Palestinian protesters. I recalled.
President Hu spoke of the power of having members of the Jewish community on a decidedly pro-Palestinian side within the Zionist stronghold on Long Island, saying, “Young Jewish teenagers came in droves and started talking to the Palestinians.'' “I saw it,” he said. [Neturei Karta]And I could see the gears turning in their brains as something unexpected happened. ”
“I think they were really surprised by what all kinds of people were like there,” Hu said. “We had people from literally every background come to join us. And I think that really surprised some of them, at least some of the young people. They were coming in and talking to the rabbi, and their world I can see that my perspective is changing.”
“We are not here to protest against synagogues. We are not here to tell you to be frightened or be afraid of Zionist tactics. They are definitely against us in every way. We are a coalition of people who truly represent people around the world who stand with Palestine.”
