Overview
- Roughly 100 people protested near Park East Synagogue during a Tuesday night event, and the NYPD held the crowd nearly a block away using barricades under a new city rule that buffers houses of worship.
- Sen. John Fetterman on Wednesday called the demonstrators “pro‑Hezbollah/Hamas sh*theads” on X and asked why Democrats were not condemning them.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said police protected both access to worship and the right to protest, and Park East later thanked the NYPD for safeguarding the synagogue.
- Video from the scene captured chants including “There is only one solution, intifada revolution” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which pro‑Israel groups regard as calls for violence.
- The protest targeted a real‑estate expo promoting purchases in Israel and West Bank settlements, and Mediaite noted doubts about social posts claiming a Hezbollah flag after a brief clip showed a different banner.