Times Square Billboard Shows Footage from October 7th Massacre

Thousands gather at a "Bring Them Home" rally organized by the Israeli-American Council in Times Square, the heart of New York City, on October 19, 2023. Credit: IAC (IAC)

A journalist and former Israeli government spokesperson, Alon Penzel told The Algemeiner that Sunday’s billboard highlighting the Oct. 7 atrocities will be displayed again after Christmas.

By Shiryn Ghermezian, The Algemeiner

A digital billboard displayed in New York City’s Times Square on Sunday featured images of the destruction and devastation that took place on Oct. 7 of last year during the Hamas-led Palestinian terrorist attack in Israel.

The billboard, located above the Pele Soccer store in the heart of Manhattan, ran throughout the day and showed pictures from the Oct. 7 massacre along with the cover of the book Testimonies Without Boundaries: Israel: October 7th 2023.

The book is an uncensored, unfiltered, and verified collection of first-hand testimonies from survivors of the attack, as well as volunteers of the Israeli emergency response organization ZAKA, the head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and others with firsthand knowledge of what happened that day.

Testimonies Without Boundaries was written by Alon Penzel, who also funded the digital billboard that was featured in Times Square on Sunday.

A journalist and former Israeli government spokesperson, Penzel told The Algemeiner that Sunday’s billboard highlighting the Oct. 7 atrocities will be displayed again after Christmas.

He explained that he organized the billboard in an effort to fight back against whose who want to stifle and ignore discussions about the terrorist attack that took place in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

“Testimonies Without Boundaries was initially blacklisted by Amazon, which later reversed its decision and approved the book,” he told The Algemeiner.

“Throughout time, there have been many attempts to not only silence my voice, but also the victims’ voices from the book — silence the atrocities that took place, deny Oct. 7 ever happened, calling us ‘liars’ [and] blaming Israel for the massacre. But while they are trying to silence me, I will speak up even louder.”

“I decided to place the book, with all its uncensored atrocities, as well as images from the massacre in the world’s most famous square — in the face of anyone who might be trying to deny Oct. 7 – so they and everyone else would see exactly what happened,” he added. “We have the duty to commemorate Oct. 7, as well as bringing 100 hostages back to their homes. I made sure everyone in New York understands just that.”