New York Post

Israel protest snarls traffic

- Amanda Woods

Anti-Israel protesters were busted after they used cars to snarl traffic at the Brooklyn Bridge and two major tunnels during rush hour Monday morning, the NYPD said.

The demonstrat­ors were inside an “unknown amount of vehicles” when they blocked traffic on the bridge and in the Holland and Queens-Midtown tunnels at around 8 a.m., cops said.

Seven protesters were arrested and four vehicles were seized at the Holland holdup, according to a Port Authority police spokespers­on.

They were charged with interferin­g with transporta­tion and disorderly conduct, the representa­tive said, adding that officials ultimately “managed to allow vehicles to continue moving.”

The NYPD also made a number of arrests, but was unable to provide a count early Monday afternoon.

One of those in cuffs looked directly at a Post photograph­er filming as the disrupters were carted off by cops and beamed as he declared, “Free Palestine! From the river to the sea!”

Police weren’t able to say how the demonstrat­ors managed to block the roadways.

The morning madness happened about a month after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters swarmed the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsbu­rg bridges, as well as the Holland Tunnel.

Some of those demonstrat­ors sat down in the middle of the major roadways, linking themselves together using zip ties and even cement-filled tires.

Cops used power tools to get them apart.

An agitated motorist even jumped out of his vehicle and confronted protesters after they blocked him from making a left onto the Manhattan Bridge from the Bowery.

“I have a daughter in Brooklyn! ... I have to get home!” he screamed.

The mayhem resulted in more than 330 arrests, authoritie­s said at the time.

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