{"id":30675,"date":"2026-05-13T05:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=30675"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:22:28","slug":"anti-zionist-protesters-march-through-nyc-jewish-neighborhood-chanting-for-intifada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=30675","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Zionist protesters march through NYC Jewish neighborhood, chanting for intifada"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n NEW YORK \u2014 Anti-Zionist demonstrators marched through a Jewish area of Brooklyn on Monday, chanting for an intifada and waving a Hezbollah flag, in the latest in a series of caustic protests in Jewish parts of New York City.<\/p>\n

The protesters say they are targeting Israel real estate marketing events that also offer potential buyers information about real estate in settlements.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s protest, in Midwood, followed a similar demonstration last week and two protests at synagogues in November and January, one targeting a real estate event<\/a> and another against an Israel immigration event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The protesters on Monday waved a Hezbollah flag overhead and chanted, \u201cGlobalize the intifada,\u201d \u201cBrick by brick, wall by wall, Israel will fall,\u201d and \u201cDeath to the IDF.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also held an orange banner that read, \u201cIsrael is killing children\u201d and shouted \u201cbaby killers\u201d at Jewish counter-protesters, echoing an age-old blood libel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jewish counter-demonstrators responded with pro-IDF chants and shouted, \u201cThe people of Israel live,\u201d in Hebrew. A handful sang, \u201cMay your village burn,\u201d also in Hebrew.<\/p>\n

Youths on scooters berated the extremist, anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect in Yiddish, while others shouted at them, \u201cYou\u2019re not even Jewish.\u201d Neturei Karta members appear at the front lines of nearly every anti-Zionist protest in the city.<\/p>\n

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Jewish counter-protesters in New York City, May 11, 2026. (Luke Tress\/Times of Israel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crowds of neighborhood residents hounded the protesters as they marched, with lines of police keeping the two sides separate. Police drones and a helicopter hovered overhead and dozens of officers were at the scene.
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The two sides traded insults and several scuffles broke out. The counter-demonstrators mocked the protesters for wearing masks and called them \u201cterrorists.\u201d The protesters said, \u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s Sinwar? Where\u2019s Nasrallah?\u201d The counter-protesters shouted, referring to the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah killed by Israel.<\/p>\n

Some protesters shouted \u201cFuck Israel,\u201d at residents who opened their doors. Children and families watched the protest march from their stoops and some residents waved Israeli flags from balconies.<\/p>\n

One man shouted, \u201cRemember Khaybar,\u201d at Jews, referring to a battle victory by the early Muslims over Jews that is sometimes invoked by Hamas.<\/p>\n

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Anti-Zionist protesters with a Hezbollah flag in New York City, May 11, 2026. (Luke Tress\/Times of Israel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An elderly man grabbed at a protester\u2019s face mask and was shoved to the ground, knocking his head on a tree.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a free country. He has the right to protest but not to hide himself,\u201d the elderly man said. \u201cI survived Vietnam. What\u2019s a little prick like that?\u201d
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Some fights broke out on the sidelines and a protester in a keffiyeh yanked a woman backward<\/a> by her hair.<\/p>\n

A handful of eggs landed in the anti-Zionist crowd and splattered on the ground. An adolescent Jewish boy was led away by police minutes later.<\/p>\n

The protest was led by the Pal-Awda activist group. Organizers from Within Our Lifetime and the Palestinian Youth Movement were also in attendance.<\/p>\n

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Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, May 11, 2026. (Luke Tress\/Times of Israel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The protest followed a similar demonstration last week<\/a> against a real estate event at a Manhattan synagogue.<\/p>\n

That protest took place in a neighborhood with a less dense Jewish population, though, and fewer counter-protesters turned out. There appeared to be a roughly equal number of protesters and counter-demonstrators at Monday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

The real estate events have repeatedly drawn protests in the New York region in recent years. The rallies tend to be especially vitriolic because they take place at synagogues or in Jewish neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

The New York City Council passed legislation<\/a> last month meant to better control protests at houses of worship, but police are not yet required to take new measures mandated by the law.<\/p><\/div>\n

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