For Second Time in Week, Anti-Israel Mob Besieges New York City Synagogue

For the second time in six days, pro-terror demonstrators besieged a New York City synagogue on Monday night, this time in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood, in an attempt to shut down an Israeli real estate expo.

Protesters affiliated with the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (Al-Awda) in New York and New Jersey (Pal-Awda NY/NJ) surrounded Young Israel of Midwood, where the “Great Israeli Real Estate Event” was being held.

Hezbollah flags and a banner bearing the red inverted triangle Hamas uses to designate targets were seen in the crowd, and demonstrators repeatedly chanted “Brick by brick, wall by wall, Zionism will fall” and “There is only one solution: Intifada, Revolution.”

One sign read “Abolish Israel” and “No peace on stolen land.”

🇺🇸 Brooklyn, New York, May 11, 2026: Days after another anti-Israel protest targeted a Manhattan synagogue, protesters attacked a young Jewish girl outside Young Israel of Midwood, waved a Hezbollah flag, displayed a Hamas-linked red triangle, and chanted “Zionism will fall.” pic.twitter.com/rEIimwGgsZ

— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) May 12, 2026

Hundreds of New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers held the line between protesters and the synagogue’s entrance.

At least three demonstrators were arrested after attacking counter-protesters. Video footage from the scene shows a young Jewish girl being physically assaulted by a demonstrator.

A Hezbollah flag waves at the forefront of the anti Israel protest across the street from a Flatbush synagogue.

The red inverted Hamas triangle can also be seen on a banner. pic.twitter.com/1B98Yof3I6

— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) May 12, 2026

Ahead of the event, expo organizer Yaacov Epstein told registrant, “We will continue to build, grow, and stand strong together — and we will not allow those who wish to disturb the event to weaken our spirit and unity.”

Last Tuesday, Pal-Awda NY/NJ demonstrators voiced calls for antisemitic violence and showed open support for terrorism as they tried to disrupt a similar event at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan. There, the protesters pushed through police barriers and one NYPD officer suffered a leg injury severe enough to require hospitalization.

Afterward, Pal-Awda NY/NJ threatened, “We will continue to show up whenever and wherever these sales occur.”

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) CEO Sacha Roytman stated on Tuesday, “When mobs carrying Hezbollah flags and Hamas symbols surround synagogues in Brooklyn and Manhattan within six days, it is clear that we are now dealing with an organized antisemitic campaign. Chanting ‘Intifada’ and ‘Zionism will fall’ outside a house of worship is not political speech, it is the open embrace of terror and a direct call for violence against Jews.”

“Words of condemnation are not enough,” Roytman emphasized. “The leadership of New York City must act decisively to ensure that Jews and Jewish institutions are protected — and to be prepared to act before this inevitably happens again.”

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