Protesters waving Hezbollah flag chant for intifada in NYC Jewish neighborhood

Anti-Zionist protesters march through Midwood, a Brooklyn neighborhood with a large Orthodox population.

The protesters say they are targeting an Israel real estate marketing event that also has information about real estate in settlements.

The protesters wave a Hezbollah flag overhead and chant, “Globalize the intifada.”

They chant, “Brick by brick, wall by wall, Israel will fall,” “Baby killers,” and, “Death to the IDF.” They hold an orange banner that reads, “Israel is killing children.”

Jewish counter-demonstrators respond with pro-IDF chants. A handful sing, “May your village burn,” in Hebrew.

Crowds of neighborhood residents hound the protesters as they march, with lines of police keeping the two sides separate. Police drones and a helicopter hover overhead.

The two sides trade insults and several scuffles break out. The counter-demonstrators mock the protesters for wearing masks and call them “terrorists.” The protesters say, “Thank you.”

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“Where’s Sinwar? Where’s Nasrallah?” The counter-protesters shout, referring to the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders killed by Israel.

The protesters shout, “Fuck Israel,” at residents who open their doors to watch.

An elderly man grabs at a protester’s face mask and is shoved to the ground, knocking his head on a tree.

“It’s a free country. He has the right to protest but not to hide himself,” the elderly man says. “I survived Vietnam. What’s a little prick like that?”

A handful of eggs land in the anti-Zionist crowd and splatter on the ground. An adolescent Jewish boy is led away by police.

The protest follows a similar demonstration last week against a real estate event at a Manhattan synagogue.

That protest took place in a neighborhood with a less dense Jewish population, though, and fewer counter-protesters turned out. There appears to be a roughly equal number of protesters and counter-demonstrators at tonight’s event.