Antisemites in NYC out for ‘blood’
Thousands of anti-Israel protesters gathered in Columbus Circle on Friday night, where they burned an Israeli flag and chanted for the elimination of the Jewish state before marching through Manhattan and splattering fake blood on The New York Times building.
During the “Flood Manhattan for Gaza” demonstration, a group of the anti-Israel ralliers even reduced an Israel supporter to tears, screaming “You Zionist motherf--kers!” at a small faction of counterprotesters behind a police barricade.
“We don’t want a Jewish state. We want ’48!” the anti-Israel protesters chanted, referring to Palestine before the 1948 establishment of Israel.
“Settlers, settlers go back home! Palestine is ours alone!” the crowd yelled.
Across the street stood a small group of Israel supporters.
Several protesters yelled at a woman as she put her hand over her mouth trying to fight back tears.
“Cry, b---h, cry!” one masked man yelled at the distraught woman and a handful of other pro-Israel demonstrators before police pushed him along.
The group marched eastward on 59th Street from Columbus Circle and plastered stickers reading “Zionism is terrorism,” and “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza!” on the windows and doors of the Dior store on Fifth Avenue.
They then turned south and raged at two different Starbucks stores on Sixth Avenue and Madison Avenue, prompting workers to lock the doors at one location.
“Shut it down! Shut it down!” they screamed as patrons and employees looked on.
“You make drinks for genocide! You make drinks for genocide!” others yelled.
The demonstrators stopped at the Times building, where they splattered fake blood on the front entrance.
“F--k New York Times!” the crowd chanted.
The march continued to Grand Central Terminal, where protesters furiously banged at a locked entrance of the station that was forced to temporarily close over the rowdy demonstration.
One protester kicked a door, cracking the glass. Another hit a door with the tip of a flagpole.
Police confirmed that multiple people were taken into custody but did not have a final tally by early Saturday morning.