NEW YORK — Several hundred protesters led by leftish Jewish groups gathered in New York City on Monday to demand an end to the war in Gaza.

The protesters carried signs that said, “Stop ethnic cleansing,” “Never again is now,” and “Stop starvation.”

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, the city’s highest-ranking Jewish elected official, led the crowd in chants of “No more.”

“Yesterday on Tisha B’av, we mourned a destruction that happened to the people of Israel. Today we mourn a destruction being caused by the State of Israel, and we say no more,” Lander said. “We gather at a moment of profound crisis. Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a catastrophic rolling destruction that is happening in our name and we say no more.”

Lander describes himself as a progressive Zionist. He partnered with Zohran Mamdani, a harsh Israel critic, during Mamdani’s campaign for the Democratic Party mayoral primary, which Mamdani won last month.

Other speakers included Morriah Kaplan, the interim director of IfNotNow, political activist Ruth Messinger, writer Peter Beinart, Rabbi Jill Jacobs of T’ruah, Audrey Sasson,........

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