Cops clash with anti-Israel protesters outside NYC synagogue where Israeli minister was set to speak before event canceled
Anti-Israel protesters Sunday clashed with cops outside a Brooklyn synagogue where Israel’s embattled security minister was set to speak — with the event ending up canceled and several people arrested.The protest outside Congregation Shaare ZIon on Ocean Parkway turned violent shortly after 9:30 a.m.as NYPD officers and some members of the crowd scuffled while the rowdy mob demonstrated against Sunday’s scheduled speech by Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.The speech was nixed, and the under-fire minister is now set to return home a day early, the Israeli outlet Haaretz reported.The violent clash came two days after anti-Israel demonstrators and Hasidic Jews scuffled outside the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where Ben-Gvir made an appearance.
Police said at least a half-dozen people were arrested at that protest.Last week, protesters also hurled water bottles at Ben-Gvir after an event near Yale University’s campus.Photos from Sunday’s scene in Brooklyn showed cops taking some protesters into custody, including one who was wrestling with police on the ground — as counter-protesters confronted the demonstrators.Video posted by Freedom News TV captured an angry exchange between the two sides.A rep for the NYPD said police were called to the scene at 9:43 a.m.and confirmed that there were several arrests, but details were not immediately available.The protest was scheduled by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation of New York and New Jersey.
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