Anti-Israel protesters chanted “Long live the Intifada” and waved a Hezbollah flag outside a memorial exhibit honoring the 364 victims of the October 7 Nova Music Festival attack on Monday night in downtown Manhattan.
The protesters, organized by the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, clashed with police and yelled “Kill another Zionist now”, “long live the Intifada”, “Israel go to hell” during the “citywide day of rage for Gaza” demonstration. Six people were issued summonses for disorderly conduct and jumping turnstiles.
“When the Zionists decided to rave,” a woman leading the chanting yelled and the crowd repeated after her, word for word, “next to a concentration camp, that’s exactly what this music festival was. It’s like have a rave right next to the gas chambers during the Holocaust.”
“So this exhibit is nothing more than Zionist propaganda to try to justify” Israel’s war against Hamas, the woman and the chanters continued.
Music mogul Scooter Braun, one of the exhibit’s organizers, denounced the protest in an Instagram post, saying, “I don’t understand why protesting a memorial for innocent music lovers who were raped and butchered and kidnapped helps.” Others, including former Israeli government speechwriter Aviva Klompas and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, called the protest “evil,” “vicious,” and “repulsive.”
Rep. Michael Lawler labeled the actions of the protesters “disgusting,” while Joel Petlin, superintendent of the Kiryas Joel School District, accused them of supporting terrorists. “They support the terrorists who perpetrated it, and they want it to happen again,” Petlin said.
In response to the protest, the Nova Exhibit announced it would extend its run until June 22. The exhibit recreates the “Tribe of Nova” festival, which was brutally attacked by Hamas on October 7, killing hundreds of concert-goers. The United Nations has reported that Hamas terrorists also committed rape and “sexualized torture” during the assault.
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The scary thing here is that the police are letting these people basically call for the murder of Jews.
Not only are they being allowed they are considered צדיקים by much of the American public.
NY Jews need to consider if NY area will continue being a viable place to live.
Vote Democrat, right? These are the Democrats.
The headline assumes that wanting to kill Jews is a form of “depravity”. While that is we feel, many of the people who run the governments of the world consider it a legitimate lifestyle choice.
Democrat operatives Merrick Garland and Chris Wray couldn’t care less. After all, it’s “free” speech. No need to investigate or use facial recognition against these Hamas members, even though they openly discriminate against gays and lesbians. No pride flags ever allowed. These democrat Hamasniks are even encouraged to block public roads & bridges and punch cops in the face and the fat coward Eddie Caban looks on with his hands folded. Democrat operatives Garland/Wray/Mayorkas are all too consumed with harassing any straight white male that was within 20 miles of the Capital on Jan 6th. White supremacy is completely out of control and must be put down. How many more scrawny whites kids from Idaho, wearing those dangerous red MAGA hats, driving pickup trucks with an American flag flying in the back, do we have to see before things get out of control?
One second let’s make things clear:
lg**** flags in the shape of the Palestinian flag were waved at the anti lg**** style nova re-enactment event?
These idiots are protesting themselves!