{"id":429336,"date":"2026-05-07T03:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/429336\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:36:28","slug":"protesters-bearing-hezbollah-flag-scuffle-with-nypd-while-marching-on-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/429336\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters bearing Hezbollah flag scuffle with NYPD while marching on synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 Anti-Zionist protesters scuffled with police, chanted for Israel\u2019s destruction and expressed support for terrorist groups at a demonstration in New York City on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The protesters said they were targeting an event marketing real estate in Israel held at the Park East Synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Synagogues rent out space to the real estate groups, which also market apartments in West Bank settlement blocs, drawing protests that tend to be especially vitriolic.<\/p>\n

The hardline Pal-Awda activist group organized Tuesday\u2019s protest and has led other demonstrations against synagogues in the region.<\/p>\n

Around 100 demonstrators gathered on Lexington Avenue, and several hundred on 3rd Avenue, next to Hunter College, putting the crowds on both sides of the synagogue.<\/p>\n

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They chanted, \u201cWe don\u2019t want no two states, we want all of it,\u201d \u201cEnd the settler Zionist state,\u201d \u201cDeath to the IDF,\u201d and, \u201cThere is only one solution, intifada revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tAnti-Zionist protesters fly a Hezbollah flag in New York City, May 5, 2026. (Luke Tress\/Times of Israel)<\/p>\n

They also chanted, in Arabic, \u201cFrom the water to the water, Palestine is Arab,\u201d to the beat of a drum.<\/p>\n

One of the protesters used her fist to beat on an image of the Chabad Hasidic movement\u2019s late spiritual leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, which was affixed to a crossing signal. Several held up their hands to form an inverted triangle, a symbol associated with Hamas.<\/p>\n

Protester beats on an image of the Chabad Rebbe pic.twitter.com\/euQjkvc32j<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Luke Tress (@luketress) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

A group of several dozen counter-demonstrators gathered across the street, holding signs that said, \u201cAntizionism is a hate movement,\u201d and, \u201cAntizionism gets Jews killed.\u201d The signs reflected a growing trend<\/a> in the US Jewish community that brands anti-Zionism as an expression of anti-Jewish hatred itself.\n<\/p>\n

The counter-protesters chanted, \u201cUSA,\u201d and sang Israel\u2019s anthem, \u201cHatikvah,\u201d or \u201cThe Hope.\u201d One wore a shirt for the extremist Jewish Defense League.<\/p>\n

The anti-Zionist protesters berated the counter-protesters as \u201cNazis,\u201d \u201cpedophiles,\u201d and \u201cbaby killers,\u201d and told them, \u201cGo kill yourself.\u201d The pro-Israel demonstrators called their opponents \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tA pro-Israel counter-protester in New York City, May 5, 2026. (Luke Tress\/Times of Israel)<\/p>\n

Pal-Awda led a protest<\/a> against an Israel immigration event at Park East Synagogue late last year, when they were allowed to gather next to the entrance, and close enough to counter-demonstrators that the two sides were able to throw objects such as coffee cups at each other.<\/p>\n

Police officials have acknowledged mistakes in handling that demonstration, and at Tuesday\u2019s rally, NYPD officers kept the protesters inside a barricade, around half a block away from the synagogue entrance, and across the street from counter-demonstrators.<\/p>\n

Dozens of officers were at the scene and the streets surrounding the synagogue were closed to traffic. The police response earned praise<\/a> from the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.<\/p>\n

Police have tightly controlled the two protests<\/a> at synagogues in the city that have taken place since New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani came into office.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tAnti-Zionist protesters in New York City, May 5, 2026. (Luke Tress\/Times of Israel)<\/p>\n

After two hours, a group of protesters began roaming around the area of the synagogue, with organizers marshaling the participants to \u201cclose gaps\u201d and remain as a tight group.<\/p>\n

The crowd scuffled with police as they attempted to approach the synagogue, trying to pass through metal barricades manned by officers on Third Avenue.<\/p>\n

The protesters, flying a Hezbollah flag overhead<\/a>, berated the police, calling them \u201cpedophile protectors\u201d and \u201cpieces of shit.\u201d One of the protesters on the barricade wore a yellow bucket hat that said \u201cHezbollah\u201d in blue lettering.<\/p>\n

\u201cNYPD, KKK, IOF, they\u2019re all the same,\u201d the protesters chanted. \u201cIOF\u201d is a derogatory term for the IDF that stands for \u201cIsraeli Occupation Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

BREAKING: Barricades clashes continue between anti Israel protesters and the NYPD during the march from Park East Synagogue “Land Sale” event. pic.twitter.com\/xJZ4ZPWwjh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Oliya Scootercaster ???? (@ScooterCasterNY) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The officers included members of the Strategic Response Group, an NYPD unit that Mamdani has vowed to disband.\n<\/p>\n

The demonstrators moved on, attempting to get ahead of police to approach the synagogue. At one point, officers closed the exit to a playground that the protesters had entered to keep them away, and kept them inside the playground.<\/p>\n

The protest last year at Park East Synagogue, and another at a Queens Synagogue, led the New York City Council to introduce legislation<\/a> requiring the police to formulate and publicize plans to handle protests at houses of worship.<\/p>\n

That legislation passed late last month, but police are not yet required to take new measures.<\/p>\n


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