Activist at NYC cafe demands Alec Baldwin say ‘Free Palestine, f**k Israel’
Pro-Palestine protester also taunts celebrity over fatal 2021 movie set shooting, actor knocks her phone to the ground
American actor and producer Alec Baldwin was confronted by an anti-Israel protester at a New York coffee shop on Tuesday, who demanded that he say “Free Palestine.”
The protester also taunted the Hollywood star over his fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer with a misfired prop gun while filming the movie “Rust.”
The actor eventually knocked the camera out of the individual’s hand.
“Alec can you please say ‘Free Palestine’ one time?” the woman asked as Baldwin stood in the coffee shop, apparently talking on the phone. “Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and got no jail time?”
“Free Palestine, Alec, just one time, and I’ll leave you alone,” she said. “I’ll leave you alone, I swear.”
Baldwin moved toward the coffee shop door and appeared to suggest an employee call the police.
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“You know he’s a fucking criminal,” the woman said.
“Just say ‘Free Palestine’ one time, one time,” she continued.
“Fuck Israel, fuck Zionism, please say it,” she yelled before Baldwin knocked the camera out of her hand.
Last December, Baldwin was also confronted by anti-Israel protesters captured in a widely circulated video, who demanded to know if Baldwin condemned Israel for “the actions they’ve committed against Gazan children,” given he “work[s] for Hollywood,” apparently evoking an antisemitic trope.
In the clip, Baldwin appeared indignant, telling the activist it was a “stupid question” and telling him to ask a “smart question” if he wanted answers.
Pro-Palestinian rallies have become a regular sight in major American cities and universities, decrying the massive civilian casualties caused by Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The war was sparked by Hamas’s brutal October 7 onslaught, during which some 3,000 terrorists breached the Gaza border and murdered some 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 253 hostages.
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