Nearly 100 anti-Israel protesters arrested after invading NYC's Trump Tower to demand Mahmoud Khalil's release | 13 March 2025 | A massive mob of anti-Israel protesters flooded Trump Tower Thursday to protest the arrest of Columbia rally ringleader Mahmoud Khalil -- and were quickly arrested themselves. The furious crowd of about 150 demonstrators -- who were from the Palestinian support group "Jewish Voice for Peace" -- wore red shirts emblazoned with the message "Jews Say Stop Arming Israel" as they gathered at about noon in a public, downstairs atrium filled with dining tables outside the Trump Grill restaurant. NYPD officers descended on the throng around 12:30 p.m. and made 98 arrests of rally-goers, who they zip-tied, hauled away and loaded onto buses for a trip to jail.