by ABC 7 NY News Staff at ABC 7 Eyewitness News
Over 300 people were arrested after peace activists rallied inside Grand Central Terminal Friday evening calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
The protests forced the MTA to restrict access to Grand Central, but it has since reopened for ticketed customers at the 105 East 42nd Street entrance.
The rally began at 6 p.m. inside Grand Central Station with hundreds of protestors populating the terminal. Eventually, thousands of demonstrators spilled onto the streets outside Grand Central.
The rally was open to people of all faiths but was organized by the group ‘Jewish Voice for Peace.’ Many at the rally were the descendants of Holocaust survivors.
“And we feel compelled to take action that we wish others would have taken for our own ancestors,” protestor Jay Saper said…