A still growing crowd is marching north on Fifth Avenue, blocking traffic before cops warning they could be arrested barricaded the thoroughfare at 79th Street.
Over 1,000 anti-Israel demonstrators marched through upper Manhattan towards the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the star-studded Met Gala is in full swing — but were quickly blocked from reaching the event by dozens of cops in riot gear who began making arrests.
The still-growing crowd was marching north on Fifth Avenue Monday night — blocking traffic along the way — before cops stopped them at the East 79th Street Transverse in Central Park.
The protesters had set out from Hunter College, where the Palestinian activist group Within Our Lifetime called for a “Day of Rage” protest to form and then march towards the Met.
“Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest,” the group chanted as they waved Palestinian flags and wore keffiyeh face coverings.
