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Protesters chant for Israel’s demise outside New York City synagogue
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, May 5, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
Anti-Zionist protesters chant for Israel’s destruction outside a New York City synagogue.
The demonstrators say they are targeting an Israel real estate event at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.
The protesters chant “Death to the IDF,” “It is right to resist, Israel should not exist,” and, “We don’t want no two states, we remember ‘48.”
“Settlers, settlers go back home, Palestine is ours alone,” they chant.
Police keep the crowd of around 100 protesters a half-block away from the synagogue entrance.
Around an equal number of pro-Israel counterprotesters gather across the street, holding signs that say “Antizionism is a hate movement.”
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