Shocking moment woman hurls hot coffee at man wearing Palestinian scarf and his toddler at Brooklyn playground – and brands them ‘terrorists’

Video reveals the moment a woman throws a cup of hot coffee at a man wearing a Palestinian scarf and his child in a Brooklyn playground – and calls them terrorists.

The playground fight allegedly began when an unidentified woman confronted Ashish Prashar, 40, on Tuesday at a Brooklyn basketball court while he was with his son.

Prashar told Dailymail.com that his 18-month-old son was playing basketball with the woman’s child, when she approached and asked if Prashar supported Hamas.

When Prashar told the woman he didn’t want to answer, she started yelling at him to stay away from her and her child.

“She said get out of here very aggressively, my son was behind me,” he said.

This prompted Prashar to take out his phone and film the woman as she approached him, throwing a cup of coffee and her phone in his direction.

When Prashar told the woman he didn’t want to answer, she started yelling at him to stay away from her and her child.

Prashar claims the woman called him a terrorist before throwing the drink, but the video only captures the part where she says, “Get away, get away, get away from me.”

When Prashar stopped recording, he said the woman continued to approach him, hitting him on the hand several times.

“When someone asks you a proactive question, they’re not looking for a real answer,” he said. “I wanted to defuse.”

“I am sad that my son was the target of a hate crime at 18 months old,” he said. “He knew something was wrong, he knew something was wrong. I held him there and told him he was loved.

Prashar is from London and has previously been incarcerated. He now works as a political strategist and criminal justice activist. He said he currently works for an organization calling for a ceasefire in Israel.

Prashar said politicians were responsible for creating tension in the city following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack — and he urged state and federal leaders to tone down the “good versus evil narrative” .

The woman, dressed in sweatpants and a black and white baseball cap, has not yet been identified and police are offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to her arrest. No other witnesses have come forward at this time.

It is unclear what the relationship was between Prashar and the woman or whether they knew each other before the incident.

The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at Edmonds Playground on DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene.

Prashar told CNN: “She threw her hot coffee in my face. I had just dropped off my son. It would have hit him in the face. I was blown away.

The father wore a keffiyeh scarf, a popular Middle Eastern headscarf.

“My only goal was to protect my son,” Prashar added. “At first I was in disbelief when she called me a terrorist. But then the situation got worse and became even more serious. I had to protect my son and keep him at a distance.

Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was killed Sunday, apparently by landlord Joseph M. Czuba, 71, who was renting the family a room in his Plainfield, Illinois, home. He is depicted as a young boy, waving an American flag.

Hate crimes, including rising anti-Semitism, have increased since the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on October 7.

Between October 7 and Monday, there were at least 82 anti-Semitic incidents in New York, compared to 31 during the same period last year.

There were four incidents involving Palestinians or people the attackers thought were Palestinians, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told the Daily News.

Last month, a six-year-old boy, Wadea Al-Fayoume, was allegedly killed by landlord Joseph M. Czuba, 71, who was renting the family a room in his Plainfield, Illinois, home.

The boy’s mother, Hanan Shaheen, survived the attack and later told police how Czuba appeared at their door shouting hateful, anti-Muslim slurs.

Anti-Semitism has increased by 388 percent since the brutal massacre in Israel, according to the ADL.

Last week, an elderly Jewish protester died in California after being hit with a megaphone by a pro-Palestinian protester, in what police called a homicide.

Paul Kessler, 69, died after arguing with a man during clashes between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian rallies in Thousand Oaks, California.

Kessler’s death has been ruled a homicide and police continue to investigate. Authorities say they cannot rule out his death was a hate crime

Paul Kessler, 69, was caught in a violent clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Thousand Oaks on Sunday, when he fell and hit his head.

The video shows him in his final moments lying on the ground, bleeding from his head. Moments later, pro-Palestinian demonstrators continued their rally, while the blood was still wet.

The man police questioned over her death is a 50-year-old university professor, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Loay Alnaji, who teaches computer science at Ventura Community College in California, allegedly hit Paul Kessler with a megaphone, knocking him to the ground.

Police raided his home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Moorpark, California, on Sunday evening, it was reported.

“My husband was walking home from Costco when he saw a SWAT team, six cops armed with guns and full gear. Their vehicles were not police cars, they were not registered,” neighbor Milli Revezzo told DailyMail.com.

Alnaji wholeheartedly supports the Palestinian cause, posting online a video of activist Shahid King Bolsen comparing the Hamas terror group to historic civil rights icons.

“If someone asked me to condemn Hamas, I would say: why rush? » Bolsen says in the video posted on Instagram. “Let history decide.

Loay Alnaji, who teaches computer science at Ventura Community College in California, allegedly hit Paul Kessler with a megaphone, knocking him to the ground. He is pictured after the incident

Alnaji, 50, is married to Palestinian economics professor Nada Al Hammouri.

Records show Alnaji arrived in the United States in the 1990s – he had previously taught in the United Arab Emirates.

“You condemned Nelson Mandela until you no longer did so, until he became a hero,” he adds. “You condemned Mahatma Gandhi until you didn’t.”

Hamas tortured, raped, kidnapped and murdered innocent babies, women, men and elderly people during its October 7 terrorist attack.

Hamas massacred 1,400 Israelis and kidnapped more than 200 civilians, including at least 13 American citizens and 23 Thai farm workers.

The co-founder of Hamas pledged to cleanse the world of Christianity. He called for a world without “Zionism and perfidious Christianity” and said total Islamic control of the planet would guarantee justice.

Hamas’ founding documents clearly describe its intentions regarding “genocidal ideology.”

“The 510 million square kilometers of planet Earth will be subject to (a system) where there will be no injustice, no oppression, no Zionism, no traitorous Christianity…” said Mahmoud al-Zahar, co- founder of Hamas.