Mahmoud Khalil detention: Nearly 100 protesters arrested at Trump Tower in NYC

· UPI

March 13 (UPI) -- Police arrested nearly 100 protesters demanding the release of Syrian national Mahmoud Khalil during a sit-in protest at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday.

The protesters are members of Jewish Voice for Peace, which describes itself as "Jewish leftists" opposed to Zionism. The group streamed the protest live.

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