Palestine supporters were filmed chanting intimidating slogans about Israel supporters in a New York subway car.
Activists could be heard shouting: “Raise your hand if you are Zionists, this is your chance to get out.”
The video shows the slogan shouted inside a crowded subway car by a man, as the crowd shouts his words.
Getting no response, the man shouts, “It’s okay, there are no Zionists here, we’re fine,” while a woman adds, “We don’t want Zionists here,” prompting brief applause.
Zionism is the movement that helped establish the Jewish nation of Israel and now demands the country’s support and protection.
Elsewhere in the Big Apple, protesters were seen unfurling a banner reading: “Long live October 7th,” in the latest alarming incident of anti-Semitism since the Hamas attack.
Palestine supporters were filmed chanting intimidating slogans about Zionists in New York on Tuesday. Activists could be heard shouting: “Raise your hand if you are Zionists, this is your chance to get out.” The slogan was shouted by a man, while the crowd shouted his words.
The sign was held up during demonstrations across the city, in which protesters clashed with police after jumping turnstiles.
Six people were issued citations as the crowd moved through the city and ended up outside The Nova Music Festival exhibit on Wall Street.
The group Within Our Lifetime planned a “Citywide Gaza Day of Rage” designed to attack museums.
Following Monday’s protest, the exhibition announced that it would remain open until June 22 even though it was due to end on Sunday.
The exhibition commemorates the 364 people who died during the attack on the festival of the same name on October 7.
One of the show’s organizers, producer Scooter Braun, condemned the protesters’ actions.
“I don’t understand why it helps to protest at a monument to innocent music lovers who were raped, massacred and kidnapped,” he said in an Instagram story.
“Go see the Nova Exhibition and discover the truth instead of standing outside listening to yourself.”
Elsewhere in the Big Apple on Monday, protesters were seen unfurling a banner that read: “Long live October 7th,” another alarming incident of anti-Semitism since the Hamas attack.
The sign was held up during demonstrations across the city, in which protesters clashed with police after jumping turnstiles. Six people were issued citations as the crowd moved through the city and ended up outside The Nova Music Festival exhibit on Wall Street.
The demonstration came days after pro-Palestine activists surrounded the White House and set off flares and smoke bombs.
Thousands of protesters descended on Washington for the rally, which saw supporters bused across state lines.
Meanwhile, families of hostages still held in Gaza recently met with U.S. officials, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Attorney General Merrick Garland, whose Justice Department is investigating the deaths and abductions of Americans at the hands of of Hamas.
The meetings came at a sensitive time as the Biden administration struggles to get Israel and Hamas to commit to a ceasefire agreement to end the eight-month war, in which more than 36,000 Palestinians have been killed. in Israeli attacks.
