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Anti-Israel demonstrators turned violent on Monday night in New York City as they attempted to disrupt the 2024 MET Gala that was taking place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Violence broke out when the mob of more than 1,000 protesters were blocked by police from crashing the star-studded Met Gala as part of a “Day of Rage” protest organized by the Palestinian activist group Within Our Lifetime. Protesters held up leaflets that read “End the occupation of Palestine,” “Shut down the campuses,” “End the genocide,” and more.
Video shared on Instagram by the account Jew Hate Database showed a mob of anti-Israel demonstrators surrounding a man wearing a Star of David headscarf, stealing the scarf, and beating him near the Met Gala, an annual fundraiser which is held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and marks the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibition.
The clip showed one person screaming at the man “Get the f—k out of the way” as the group of demonstrators tried to make their way down the street. When the man stepped back slowly into a flowerbed, one of the protesters approached him and stole the Star of David headscarf from his head before fleeing. The mob continued to force the man backwards, but he managed to snatch back his headscarf from the angry protester. A fight then broke out, and several demonstrators were seen on camera repeatedly striking the man in the face and head before he managed to break free and flee the scene. A witness who filmed the attack from the opposite side of the street said she took the video to the local New York City Police Department (NYPD) precinct.
Jew Hate Database shared a second video on Monday night of another incident near the Met Gala in which a Jewish man was attacked for walking by a group of anti-Israel protesters while chanting “Am Israel Chai,” which means “long live Israel.”
The crowd of protesters made multiple attempts from different streets to reach the Metropolitan Museum of Art but were repeatedly blocked off by police barricades. About two dozen anti-Israel demonstrators were reportedly arrested.
After police diverted the mob of activists toward Central Park and then blocked the exits, protesters vandalized a World War I memorial statue in the park and burned an American flag, the New York Post reported. They wrote “Gaza” in large black letters on the base of the 107th Infantry Memorial and placed on the statue’s bronze soldiers stickers of the Palestinian flag that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.” Some of the protesters also reportedly climbed on top the statue, waved Palestinian flags, and draped the flag over the memorial.
The bronze statue of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in Grand Army Plaza in Central Park was also vandalized by the anti-Israel activists. They wrote “Free Gaza” in red letters on its base and placed a Palestinian flag on the statue.
Source of original article: Culture – Algemeiner.com (www.algemeiner.com).
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