#StrikeMoMA / Pro-Palestine protests shut down MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City was forced to close on Saturday after hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters staged a sit-in demonstration inside the gallery. Organizers distributed mock museum guides calling for the removal of trustees with alleged financial ties to Israeli military efforts.
Protesters occupied the atrium chanting "Free Palestine" while unfurling banners demanding an immediate ceasefire, Palestinian liberation, and emptying of prisons. Another banner accused #MoMA trustees of funding "genocide, apartheid, and settler colonialism."