Pro-Palestinian protesters in Brooklyn swarmed a weeping woman holding an Israeli flag Saturday — forcing cops to protect her as the crowd screamed vicious insults.
The hateful incident took place during the “Flood Brooklyn for Gaza” protest, which drew an estimated 5,000 demonstrators to the Brooklyn Museum for a march that took them to Barclays Center, the Brooklyn Bridge, and City Hall.
Marchers bore Palestinian flags and signs bearing aggressive messages — including some that appeared to celebrate the Oct. 7 terror attack that killed at least 1,200 Israeli civilians and took hundreds more hostage.
“I’m glad Zionists are scared and crying,” one placard read. “The wicked shall never rest peacefully.”
As the demonstrators marched along High St. toward the bridge — chanting slogans such as “Israel we know you, you kill babies too” — they spotted the young female counter-protester outside an apartment building on the sidewalk opposite, silently holding an Israeli flag in her hands.
A group of about 15 marchers broke off from the crowd and rushed across the road to confront her.
A brief tug-of-war ensued as some tried unsuccessfully to rip the flag from her grasp, while others shouted, “Burn in hell!”
Half a dozen police officers dashed to her aid, forming a phalanx around the crying woman and separating her from the group.
“Say what you need to say and back up,” one cop told the marchers, who returned to their places in the crowd.
No arrests were made, police said, and the procession continued over the bridge — where protesters were seen spitting on an Israeli flag they had set alight before gathering at City Hall.
By early evening, the rally had moved to New York University’s campus, where a moment of silence and prayer was held held for held near Washington Square Park before the roughly 2,000 protesters remaining headed to Union Square Park.
Source: New York Post
