A pro-Palestinian group will stage a “louder” than ever march Saturday in front of the Brooklyn Museum, just down the street from the Lubavitcher Hasidic Jewish headquarters.
Nervous NYPD cops are increasing their presence in the area, as one angry Jewish leader shouted: “We will not be intimidated.”
A flyer posted on Instagram promoting the protest by organizer Within Our Lifetimes warned: “The more they try to silence us, the louder we will be.
“From the entire city and the entire world, from all communities and national liberation struggles, united in defense of Gaza and all of Palestine, until liberation and return within our lifetime,” the message said.
The protest will come days after 19 people were arrested at a rowdy gathering in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and a New York City Council member and a state senator were among more than 100 protesters arrested at a pro-demonstration. Palestine sponsored by the Democratic Socialists of America. in manhattan.
Saturday’s demonstration will begin at 3 p.m. on Eastern Parkway, where protesters are encouraged to bring “flags, signs, [and] keffiyehs”, or typical Palestinian scarf.
The museum is located in Crown Heights, next to Park Slope, and has a large Hasidic Jewish community, with many businesses, schools and synagogues located just a few blocks from the scheduled protest.
The pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetimes plans to “flood Brooklyn for Gaza” on Saturday, just a week after 19 people were arrested in Bay Ridge during a protest. “The more they try to silence us, the more noise we will make,” said the flyer posted on Instagram. Instagram/@wolpalestine
Local Jewish businesses are “very concerned” about the upcoming demonstration this weekend, said Rabbi Joseph Potasnkik, executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis, adding that he has been in contact with the NYPD.
“Holding this demonstration on the Sabbath when people are practicing their faith?! “It’s a total insult to the Jewish faith,” Potasnkik told The Post on Friday.
Eli Cohen, a Lubavicher who is executive director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council on Eastern Parkway, told The Post that the NYPD assured him that the demonstration would go the other direction toward Park Slope and not through Crown Heights.
Cohen called the protest “despicable” and said he is concerned about incitement and that protesters will become unruly and attack Jews.
“This demonstration is about the murder and destruction of the Jewish people. “This demonstration should not take place anywhere in the United States, especially in areas with large Jewish populations,” he said.
Local Jewish businesses are “very concerned” about the upcoming demonstration this weekend, a rabbi said Friday. James Keivom
Cohen also condemned the organizers’ use of the word “flood,” saying it is the same word used by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas when it murderously attacked Israel on October 7.
“We will not be intimidated. We will not hide in our homes. People will be on the streets observing the Sabbath in our area,” Cohen promised.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declined to answer questions from reporters about the rise in war protests after a separate news conference on Friday. His office cited the fact that he has said he will not accept “off-topic” questions outside of Tuesday’s news conferences, even as the city continues to be ravaged by the fallout from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But Vice Mayor Fabien Levy told reporters that the NYPD will increase its police presence in the area for the demonstration.
“The police are very aware of this,” the aide said. “We’re making sure we have police omnipresence, so there will be more uniformed people there.”
Levy said the Mayor’s Office does not condone “hate” and said it “has no place in this city.” But he added that “everyone has the right to protest peacefully.”
Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police during a demonstration near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway last week. James Keivom
The Jewish community has been on edge since Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7, which left at least 1,400 people dead in Israel and sparked an ongoing war.
Earlier this week, Jewish students were locked inside a library at Cooper Union in Manhattan as a pro-Palestine protest invaded the school, banging on doors while shouting.
Cooper Union sophomore Taylor Roslyn Lent was among the 50 students locked in the library during the protest.
“I can say that I felt unsafe and unprotected,” Lent, a chemical engineering student, told The Post on Thursday. “I was surprised to be experiencing this at my private university, in the United States, in 2023.”
Last weekend, two New York politicians were arrested at a rally in Midtown. Brooklyn State Senator Jabari Brisport, 36, and City Councilwoman Shahana Hanif, 32, were arrested Friday night after the group stormed Bryant Park and blocked traffic at the rally. “Cease Fire Now in Gaza.”
At another protest in Bay Ridge, thousands of anti-Israel protesters took to the streets and clashed with the NYPD. Several were arrested and there was a dispute with the police.
A representative of the city’s Police Department said Friday of the upcoming demonstration: “The NYPD works to protect people’s constitutional rights to peacefully protest, while ensuring the public safety of visitors and residents of New York City.
“We have been monitoring the protests effectively and will continue to do the same.”
-Additional reporting by Amanda Woods
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