'The cowards who did this are way over the line into antisemitism, harming the cause they claim to care about, and making everyone less safe,' New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said in a post on X.
Gaza protest, vandalism targets Palestinian UN Mission in New York CityA New York City protest tied to the war in Gaza prompted a large police response early Wednesday and the closure of a block on the city's Upper East Side, where the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations was vandalized and demonstrators littered the street with leaflets smeared with red paint and encouraging the intifada, according to police.
According to Lander's photos, protesters also unfurled a sign at the museum director's home, which read, "Anne Pasternak Brooklyn Museum white supremacist Zionist." "This is not peaceful protest or free speech," Adams said. "This is a crime, and it's overt, unacceptable antisemitism." When officers arrived, they found the street littered with pamphlets covered in red paint, apparently signifying blood, and accusing the Palestinian Authority of not representing the Palestinian people and being too close to Israel and the United States. The pro-Hamas leaflets also read, "Long live the intifada," using the Arabic term for the Palestinian uprising against Israel.
Some protesters even tried to storm the doors of the exhibit as relatives of those killed at the Nova Festival were touring the displays, which featured photos of loved ones murdered by Hamas."Our Constitution and our way of life in our city permits free speech and part of that free speech that is protected is some of the ugly things we heard," Adams said. "We have also the right to say, 'This is not who we are as a city,' and I'm exercising that right, right now.
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