Nakba 2026 Washington Sq NYC

 May 15, 2026 - Washington Square-NYC. the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, or ''catastrophe'', when over 750,000 Palestinians were ''ethnically cleansed'' from their homes and countless villages; they claim they were wiped off the map during the establishment of Israel.

The 'Pali" version of  the so called Nakba also claims that since  1948, the Israeli government has continued the Nakba by carrying out a policy of occupation, apartheid, and genocide enabled by U.S. weapons.

Nerdeen Kiswani's excerpted speech gives a look-see at the reasoning behind Within Our Lifetime's lock-step version of 1948. (she actually spoke for a full 15 minutes)

The rally and march in Washington Square were organized by New York-based Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, with contingents led by groups like the Muslim American Society and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Also in attendance were members from Brooklyn Against War, Al-Awda, and the New York Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, as well as a contingent of "Orthodox" Jewish (aka Neturei Karta) protesters led by Rabbi Dovid Feldman. [https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-york-hundreds-rally-at-washington-square-park-to-commemorate-al-nakba-day]

The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. "Our home is in the working class."  ... This Muslim Socialism connection includes New York's Mayor Mamdani.

Nerdeen Kiswani then asked in the chant video, "Will they stand with the 'palestinian' revolution or look away and make things look as normal." She continued, " The people of Gaza have let us know there is no normal. Normal died on October 7th." (The only reference heard regarding the murders of innocent Israels on October 7th)) Flickr Slide Show

  

. "The Nakba lives in every bombing campaign … but the struggle also continues to live with every resistance fighter, with every Palestinian mother who continues to bear children." Nerdeen Kiswani

“The state of Israel and Zionism must be abolished.”

Before the very public Asr prayers, heard the speaker refer to Islam as a "Living Tradition". (Did some research on that near the end of this post.)

 
.Should be obvious what they are protesting for and against in the Flickr slideshow

.NEXT a look at the pro-Israel counter to the anti-Israel rally

The police were forced to re-locate a pro-Israel table that had been surrounded by the anti-Israel protestors. But the anti-Israel protestors followed the pro-Israel contingent to where the NYPD relocated them. And continued harassing them. Near the end of photos is anti-Israel protestor, Emily Marnell. She seemed to start the whole kerfuffle with the police earlier causing them to be moved.

Flickr Slide Show  

Conclusion of my coverage of protest in Washington Sq
Did not follow the march thru NYC streets**

A final note on what is a Living Tradition

ISLAM: a Living Tradition

Nov 26, 2025 —  This perspective re-frames Islam as a living tradition, deeply intertwined with local cultures and histories, while also engaging universal human questions of meaning, beauty and transcendence.

... to understand Islam beyond doctrine and law ... a book that will not only be useful to students embarking on the study of Islam, but will also help foster inter-religious understanding.”

The Institute of Ismaili Studies [https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2025/november/ali-asanis-new-publication-living-islam/]

What is the living tradition?

... the living tradition ... it’s something .. done by a large group of people and passed down through generations. For example the Amal of Ahlul Madinah

The ʿAmal of Madinah (Practice of the People of Madinah)

 Ahuhl: translates to "people," "family," or "household."

Amal: Meaning:Hope; Labour, hard work; Pure.

 The ʿAmal of Madinah is The Original Way of the Salaf.

Salaf (Arabic for "predecessors" or "ancestors") refers to the first three generations of Muslims.... the Companions of Prophet Muhammad, 

Sunnah refers to the teachings, sayings, actions, and approvals of Prophet Muhammad.

Is this something that’s used as a source of sunnah?  ... something they use to establish things not found in the Quran,  like how to pray.

Mutawatir (Arabic: متواتر, "successive") is an Islamic term for a highly corroborated transmission of knowledge.

And is the living tradition related to Mutawattir? ... when a practice is mass transmitted such as salat?

Salat (or Salah) is the daily ritual prayer performed by Muslims,

Core Expressions of the Living Tradition

• The Five Pillars: The foundational acts of worship that create a rhythmic connection to God daily, annually, and across a lifetime.
  
  • Shahada: The declaration of faith.
  • Salah: The five daily prayers.
  • Zakat: Charity and almsgiving.
  • Sawm: Fasting during Ramadan.
  • Hajj: The pilgrimage to Mecca.

Ismailis are a branch of Shia Islam who believe in the absolute unity of God and the finality of Prophet Muhammad.  ... the spiritual successors to Prophet Muhammad—who provide ongoing moral guidance and interpret the faith for contemporary times.

[https://www.amazon.com/Islam-Middle-East-Living-Tradition/dp/140511603X]

Mayor Mamdani ... follows the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, the one that forms the basis of Iran’s Islamic Republic.

Is Zohran a product of the Academia’s Iran Lobby

The Joint U.S.-Israel Attacks Against Iran in 2025 and 2026 Have Exposed Some of the Most Egregious Pro-Iran Academics to the General Public

What drives the members of Academia’s Iran lobby is equal parts hatred of Israel and U.S. foreign policy. Throw in a measure of Netanyahu and Trump Derangement Syndrome, and the combination becomes an academic Iran lobby that the regime couldn’t purchase even if it was selling millions of barrels of oil every day.

Most members of academia’s Iran lobby don’t really care about Iran or the Iranian people. Their main concern is the Islamic Republic’s status as the leading state sponsor of terrorism, especially terrorism targeting Israel. If the Islamic Republic falls, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis will likely follow.

The Islamic Republic of Iran provides ideological sustenance to its academic lobby. Without its actual “resistance,” the academic pretend “resistance” would have no role models.

Published originally on May 28, 2026.
[https://www.investigativeproject.org/9451/academia-iran-lobby]

New York City, home to the largest Jewish population in the world ... outside of Israel...  ELECTED this anti Semite. What were they THINKING?

[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

NYC Israeli ex-pats protest P.M. Netanyahu's threat to Israeli Democracy

 January 28, 2023. Washington Sq. - Noon.  SAVING Israeli Democracy

"Demonstrating for the establishment of a real democracy in Israel! Help us support the demonstrating masses in Israel, who call for human, civil and political rights for all, and maintaining the democratic institutions because democracy does not stop only at elections." [From Face Book ]

Hosted by @UnxeptableD, protesting the re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister. (he  previously served more than 15 years as Israel's P.M.)

• Israeli democracy is in danger
• The people of Israel ask Netanyahu to step down
• (Because) they are the Voices of Hope

Short Video:

Flickr Slide show:

Their signs consistently complained that Netanyahu's Far Right Government threatened peace and democracy in Israel.

Looking for more information, I googled " Why is Netanyahu a threat to democracy" .  Amongst many other links on this topic, NPR popped up at the top:

Israel's new government is the most right-wing government in the country's history. In order to regain his position as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was sworn into office Dec. 29, entered into a coalition with ultra-Orthodox religious parties and ultra-nationalist parties.

One issue at the forefront is the definition of who is Jewish.

 "One possibility is that they will change educational programs in schools so that they will reflect very narrow definitions of Jewishness and Jewish identity." Currently, anyone who is a child or a grandchild of a Jewish person – and their spouses - can immigrate to Israel, but some members of the new government want to change that."

Those gathered will meet again, Feb 5, at 11 am in Washington Square.

[Pictures and video property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

World Wide Freedom Rally NY: NO MANDATES/Save The Children in Washington Sq.

 

Nov. 19. 2022. The World Wide Freedom Rally-NY gathered at Union Square and then walked to Washington Sq. chanting "The Pandemic is over. We Will Not Comply and We Want Our Jobs Back"

But, Union Square was a mess. The holiday season ( pre Thanksgiving!) had already added a glut of seasonal merchant booths  - along with the ever present Green Market - making it impossible to find the Freedom Rally. So I headed to Washington Sq.

Video as they arrived at Washington Sq. while making a mighty noise with " We Will Not Comply"

 

Lots of camaraderie (and drums) as well as one strange fellow (making a film of some sort perhaps).... strange - but not shy.  That's so New York.

More signs as the crowd grew and speakers spoke to the continued need for a  Worldwide FREEDOM  Rally. Ending Illegal Mandates (that still haunt us).  As "Save the Children" and "My Body,My Choice" filled the air.

Flickr Slide Show- November 19, 2022.  Arriving at Wash Sq: Lots of camaraderie, drums  and signs.

 

.The people were warned that Gov. Hochul has big plans to create quarantine camps for a plandemic that BIDEN said has ended ... and yet, NY still elected this pretender, Kathy Hochul, Governor anyway.

We will NEVER comply as the LEFT continues to press for masks and illegal jabs.  As long as the tyranny of Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams continues, so will these rallies demanding our God-given Freedoms be restored.

Very short video from NY Freedom Rally:

 

Why is NYC’s arts community still punishing kids by forcing them to mask?  

[https://nypost.com/2022/12/01/why-is-nycs-arts-community-still-punishing-kids-by-forcing-them-to-mask/]

".... these cultural institutions have parents over a barrel. Because while New York City’s public-school kids 5 and up were freed from their masks March 7 (the mayor’s toddler mask mandate for ages 2 to 4 didn’t end until June 13), these partly publicly funded private fiefdoms can continue to mandate any ineffective mitigation they choose — with neither consequences nor motivation to restore normal for child visitors."

Natalya Murakhver is co-founder of Restore Childhood,
https://restorechildhood.com/ https://www.iamanantimasker.com/

And a helpful list that reveals the LEFT just can't let go.
[https://www.mandatemasksny.org/nycmaskguide]

[Where indicated, Pictures and videos, Property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

 

Black Lives Matter “Rise Up October” Washington Sq- 2015 (pics/vids)

RiseUpOctober, October 24, 2015, was part of the THREE DAY "Black Lives Matter" movement.

The racists assembled at Washington Square Park were predominately black, with hatred, angry race-hatred, dripping from the mouths of their leaders.

Naked aggression towards WHITE people is their goal. With FISTS bumping towards the sky.


Communists. Marxists. (hard-core)
Anarchists. On-stage and in-the-crowd.

Led by icons like, Cornel West and Carl Dix, an associate of Bob Avakian. This is their game.


RACE Wars, assisted by WHITE celebrities for whom a fist-bump orgasmically validates their white presence on that stage. Like useful idiot, Eve Ensler, of v-jay-jay fame.

VIDEO excerpt of Eve Ensler's speech



She was followed at some point by the cop-hating Quentin Tarantino. Preening and Proud, these two OWN the moniker Fools and Tools.


It's open-season on cops; white cops in particular. No matter that the police, far and wide, are not all white. The officers being murdered are NOT all white. The cops watching and listening to this angry display of cop-hatred are NOT all white.
Inconvenient facts, ignored as the cops are taunted and vilified.
The white participants at these hate-fests are uniformly Marxists, even worse (perhaps) they are Anarchists. Familiar faces all, going from one protest to another preaching "HATE COPS", "HATE AMERICA", "HATE WHITE PEOPLE".  On and on, round and round they go on their carousel-of-hate.

Standing in the midst of this emotional chaos is unpleasant. But, with so many police of color on hand, I proceeded with my filming, hoping to proceed safely. If the crowd turned on white photographers, like myself, perhaps I'd be able to get away with a little assistance from a demoralized police force.

The police, thankfully, forge ahead, trying to do their jobs regarding public safety. So, did I, with pie-eyed hopes. I might be standing in-line to purchase some swamp-land to hell, still, I filmed-on... taking a hard look at the wild-side.


I made a decision to only cover the first hour, avoiding two hours of aural and visual assault, demagoguery and hatred; of diatribes and agitprop, before they 'peacefully' marched uptown to Bryant Park.  So one hour it was.


A playlist of seven short videos


As I arrived and exited the subway, the police presence on Sixth avenue was already lined up a couple of blocks west of the protest-stage in Washington Square.


The cops had to stay with their bikes and wait on corners for 2-3 hours, waiting for the march of planned chaos that would crawl up Sixth Avenue.
NYC has a shortage of police. And those we have, get tied up at these Marxist protests (the insurgents KNOW what they are doing) and it is NOT keeping the streets safe. As 2016 approaches, the murderous hate-screeds of the Marxist insurgency is bearing bitter-fruit.


A Slideshow of Pictures:



The younger Marxists are nurtured - bred in our colleges - like THIS woman  holding the sign.


A fan of Cornel West (Obama's Professor and America's Cultural Crisis )

I had noticed her when she arrived.

Later, exposed in the press as part of the pre-planned arrest-hoards - so often WHITE -
In contrast was this ONE Brave American (in red) who wore his thoughts 'on his cap'. However, I didn't see him til I went through my pictures - What a gaze. Intense. With purpose.

Without apology in a crowd incited with RACIST HATRED towards police, towards WHITE America.Yet, there he stood.

"Make America Great Again" - his cap-and "ALL Lives Matter"- on his button


++ They write the text books. They train the teachers. They school the media. The ignorant masses manipulated, ready to march, to swarm against the police and the perceived ENEMY: WHITE people. We should be very afraid.

Can the tide be turned?  Will our personal safety remain at question? Will our police recover from these assaults? TAKE BACK our Country.  "Stand Up. Fight Back."


The Time is NOW, to arm yourself in this information war. I recommend three small booklets++


Oleg Atbashian, "Shakedown Socialism ( It failed in the USSR, Now it's moved to the USA)"
Cliff Kincaid, "The Sword of Revolution and the Communist Apocalypse"
David Horowitz- "Hating Whitey and other Progressive Causes"

And for some comparison reading :

A Restatement of Some Fundamentals of Marxism against ‘pseudo-Marxism’


++ In closing, some words of advice and inspiration from a black American, Lloyd Marcus, "Wake Up America: Democrats at War with the People"  October 25, 2015 (excerpts)

I am the first to say all people are solely responsible for their behavior.  However, I see these black assaults on whites as the fist of the Democratic Party punching out innocent whites – the hand of the Democratic Party pulling the trigger assassinating police officers across America.

Democrats with MSM assistance have successfully convinced many black youths to believe that white America is a collection of racist murderers and responsible for all of black America's woes.  This Democrat-media insidious lie has caused black youths to feel morally justified in punishing their white nemesis.

Few people realize that the Democratic Party is at war with America...the Dems’ hidden war against Americans.

The nationwide epidemic of blacks attacking innocent whites is due to a clarion call to attack by Democrat-inspired and supported Black Lives Matter.  What is so frustrating and crazy is that the BLM movement was founded on the lie that white cops and white civilians routinely murder blacks.

It is extremely chilling that a major political party places its liberal agenda above the lives and best interest of Americans.  This is how their party rolls, folks: Democrats versus the People.

Lloyd Marcus, The Unhyphenated American
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