Over 1,000 anti-Israel demonstrators with flags and keffiyeh face coverings are marching through Manhattan towards the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the star-studded Met Gala is in full swing.
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.
The march set out from Hunter College, where the group Within Our Lifetime called for a “Day of Rage” protest to form and then march towards the Met.