NYPD releases photo of suspect who led ‘raise your hands if you’re a Zionist’ chant on subway

The NYPD releases a photo of a suspect wanted for recently leading masked anti-Israel protesters in chanting “raise your hands if you’re a Zionist, this is your chance to get out” on a crowded subway car.

NYPD Detectives are looking for this individual – wanted in connection to a criminal incident on 6/10 inside a packed subway car at Union Square station – where he shouted “raise your hands if you’re a Zionist, this is your chance to get out.” If you know who he is – contact… pic.twitter.com/Yj4aFsDA6O

— NYPD Chief of Transit (@NYPDTransit) June 19, 2024

The chanting occurred on the same day that anti-Israel demonstrators rallied outside a Manhattan exhibit dedicated to the Nova outdoor rave massacre, where more than 360 people were killed. Mask-wearing participants held a banner calling for repeat attacks and waved flags belonging to terror groups, including Hamas which carried out the devastating October 7 attack on southern Israel.

And in other incident that purportedly happened earlier the same day, a man in Union Square was recorded yelling, “I wish Hitler was still here. He would’ve wiped all you out.”

Anti-Zionism is a modern manifestation of antisemitism.

Example:
An Anti-Zionist declaring on a NYC subway car: “Raise your hands if you’re a Zionist. This is your chance to get out.”

Anyone threatening to purge “Zionists” (i.e. most Jews) from public places is an… pic.twitter.com/e3Wh6Ztp32

— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) June 12, 2024