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Pro-Palestine Protesters Crash Zara's Black Friday | WATCH
In a hypocritical stunt, keffiyeh-clad activists storm Manhattan's Zara on Black Friday, chanting anti-Israel slogans and decrying capitalism, while ignoring their own iPhones and Nikes. NYPD intervenes as the performative chaos annoys bargain hunters.
On November 28, 2025 (Black Friday), approximately 70 pro-Palestinian protesters stormed a Zara store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, around 12:30 p.m., disrupting shoppers with chants like "While you're shopping, bombs are dropping" and accusations linking consumerism to alleged genocide in Gaza, as reported by the NY Post.
Wearing keffiyehs, waving Palestinian flags, and blowing whistles, they targeted Zara due to ongoing boycott calls over the brand's perceived ties to Israel and a controversial 2024 ad campaign that activists claimed mocked Gaza victims (which Zara had already pulled).
The NYPD intervened, pulling protesters out and locking down the store; reports vary on arrests, with some sources confirming at least four detentions for disorderly conduct, while others note no arrests specifically at Zara.
This was part of wider Black Friday protests in NYC, including actions at an Apple Store where additional arrests occurred. The incident went viral on X, with satirical posts criticizing it as "performative activism" that annoys shoppers without impacting the conflict. No injuries were reported.