Video: Pro-Palestine protester tries to burn Israeli flag, but pro-Israel protester runs up and pulls flag away — then all hell breaks loose



Cellphone video caught the moment when a pro-Palestine protester tried to burn an Israeli flag while standing in the bed of a pickup truck Thursday during a demonstration near the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans.

But when a pro-Israel protester ran up and pulled the flag away, all hell broke loose.

What are the details?

Video shows two males standing on the bed of the truck as it slowly motors through the throng. One is wearing a mask and flying a Palestinian flag on a pole while the other attempts to set fire to an Israeli flag, WVUE-TV reported.

But another male who's holding an Israeli flag of his own is seen running up to the truck and pulling the flag away from the male trying to burn it. With that, the masked protester holding the Palestinian flag apparently tries to hit the pro-Israel protester with the flagpole. An audible thud is heard, and numerous fights break out on the street.

Here's the clip. Content warning: Language:

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According to Fox News, the pro-Israel protestor who tried to prevent the Israeli flag from being set on fire was assaulted and was taken away in an ambulance. WVUE reported that Tulane said “a couple” of its students were assaulted and sustained minor injuries.

New Orleans police shut down a portion of Freret Street after the fight, WVUE noted.

Tulane said two people — both non-students — were arrested after the incident, WSDU-TV reported.

Freshman Gabriel Rudelman told the Tulane Hullabaloo — a student newspaper — that he's "never seen antisemitism like that. I’ve heard of it, and I’ve seen it on the news, but seeing it in person is scary. It’s scary to be a Jew right now, even on a very Jewish campus.”

Pro-Palestine rally near Tulane’s campus turns violent after Israel flag is almost set on fire youtu.be

Anything else?

Tulane campus police arrested a male student early Thursday who was accused of spray-painting a pro-Palestine message on a wall on Freret Street, the Hullabaloo said in separate story, citing a police report.

Police said the spray-painted message read, “From the river to the sea," the paper reported. The phrase is part of a longer slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," which is popular among pro-Palestine protesters — but is often viewed as a call to wipe Israel off the map. The Anti-Defamation League characterizes the slogan as a rallying cry for "a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, territory that includes the State of Israel, implying the dismantling of the Jewish state."

The student, who is not named in the report, told police the message was not intended to be anti-Semitic, the paper noted.

But the Hullaballoo reported that Tulane President Mike Fitts characterized the act as “antisemitic vandalism.” Police charged the student with criminal damage to property and initially listed the case as “bias motivation" and took him to Orleans Parish Central Lockup, the paper added.

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Surveillance video shows Jewish man being chased down by cars waving Palestinian flags. He says he ran for his life as they began shouting 'Allahu akbar!'



New video footage from Los Angeles this week shows the terrifying moment that a Jewish man was being chased down by at least two Palestinian flag-bearing cars in a parking lot on his way home from synagogue. The anonymous man revealed just how harrowing the incident was, telling Fox News he definitely feared for his life as his pursuers were chanting "Allahu akbar."

What happened?

As Middle East tensions between Hamas terrorists and Israel have escalated, pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel attacks on Jews around the world — including in the United States — have also risen.

Reports across the globe have documented cases of pro-Palestine activists verbally and physically harassing and attacking Jews:

  • In Vienna, Austria, a pro-Palestinian crowd was shown on video cheering a fellow counter-demonstrator when he shouted at pro-Israel activists to "stick the Holocaust up your ass!"
  • A longtime CNN contributor was caught tweeting, "The world today needs a Hitler." Turns out he had a history of nasty pro-Nazi, anti-Jewish postings.
  • A small pro-Israel rally in Toronto required police protection after pro-Palestine protesters attacked them.
  • In London, a pro-Palestinian convoy drove around the city screaming, "F*** the Jews! F*** their daughters! F*** their mothers! Rape their daughters! We have to send a message!"
  • A famous Muslim actress tweeted a Hitler-esque quote: "I would have killed all the Jews of the world ... but I kept some to show the world why I killed them."
  • A mob of pro-Palestinian thugs who went around a Los Angeles neighborhood asking restaurant diners if they were Jewish were videoed beating up two Jewish men.
  • In New York City, pro-Israel protesters found themselves being sworn at — "F*** you, Zionists!" — and on the wrong end of a firework attack.
  • Facebook removed a popular pro-Israel prayer page with 75 million followers after Islamic radicals launched a "cyber terrorism" campaign on the page.
  • Beloved actress Gal Gadot (aka Wonder Woman) faced ugly, nasty responses for daring to be Jewish and issuing a call for peace in the Middle East.

Now a new video out of L.A. shows at least two cars waving Palestinian flags chasing down an unnamed man. The man running from the cars, who said he is Jewish, spoke with Fox News this week about the incident that happened Monday.

According to the victim, he was on his way home from synagogue when cars began speeding toward him, chasing him into a bank parking lot.

"I've taken this route a million times and I've never been afraid," he told Fox News. "I was waiting by the light for it to change and suddenly I saw a bunch of cars coming and I see out of the corner of my eye they were waving the Palestinian flag. They started speeding up and I heard them chanting 'Allahu akbar.' That's when I started running for my life."

Image source: Fox News video screenshot

"I ran as fast as I could," he added. "They were picking up speed and I really thought they were going to run me over, that it would all be over."

He told the outlet that he escaped by running back into the synagogue, praying all the way. When he entered the house of worship, he recruited others to help secure the entrances.

"I was petrified," he said. "I just kept thinking, 'I'm a father of six and I want to come home to them tonight.' I thought they were going to kill me. My mind was racing."

He told the outlet he was shocked to see this in America where freedom of religion is paramount.

"You'll never see any Jews in my community attacking pro-Palestinians in a residential neighborhood like you saw here. And yet, I don't feel safe walking around," he said.

The LAPD told Fox News the incident is under investigation and that they could not give specifics, but they assured the community they are aggressively searching for the perpetrators.

Despite ceasefire, fireworks thrown in NYC amid pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protests: 'F*** you, Zionists!'



Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrators faced off Thursday in several skirmishes in New York City, even after Israel and Hamas implemented a ceasefire agreement following 11 days of firing rockets at one another in the Middle East.

In the Big Apple, fireworks were even set off in crowds amid clashes.

What are the details?

Israel reached on agreement with Hamas militants earlier in the day to begin a ceasefire at 2 a.m. Friday, which is 7 p.m. in New York City.

But scuffles continued in the city, with footage reportedly taken afterward showing what the NYPD initially speculated might have been a "smoke bomb" being thrown at a crowd of people in the Diamond District.

Further clips showed the aftermath and people's reactions.

Warning: strong language.

Video: As the smoke cleared in NYC. (Please beware of language) https://t.co/oKdKTLfP5v

— Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) 1621553909.0

Footage after the incident also shows an individual lying unresponsive on the sidewalk as NYPD officers arrive at the scene. Pro-Palestine protesters can then be seen yelling, "F*** you, Zionists!"

The NYPD told the Daily Mail that some bystanders sustained minor injuries from the device going off. The New York Post reported that "fireworks were thrown from a car" in the incident on 47th Street," but "it was unclear which side lit them."

The police later confirmed to Fox News that "two commercial fireworks" were thrown from a vehicle.

Anything else?

Several other fights broke out Thursday evening in Times Square between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters.

Fox News noted:

Pro-Palestinian protesters have marched in America's biggest cities for the last week and a half. Last Tuesday, thousands of protesters shut down traffic as they marched down 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Violence escalated around Israel at the beginning of last week, with Hamas firing a reported 4,000 rockets and the Israeli air force launching airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip.

Today, New York City marched for Palestine. It was a gigantic march, extending down 42nd street, with thousands cha… https://t.co/bJ2zYdjd7g

— Andy Ratto (@andyratto) 1620785307.0

Pro-Palestinian man yells, 'Stick the Holocaust up your ass!' amid pro-Israel activities in Vienna. The anti-Semitic outburst draws cheers and applause.



In yet another chilling moment of recent broad daylight anti-Semitism, cellphone video caught the moment a pro-Palestinian counter-demonstrator in Vienna, Austria, cupped his hands around his mouth and hollered at pro-Israel activists, "Stick the Holocaust up your ass!"

More disturbing still was the loud cheering and applause that followed the man's outburst:

#GegenJedenAntisemitismus-Demo #w1505 WienDa brüllt ein Fascho:"Steckt euch den Holocaust in den Arsch!" und alle… https://t.co/WIc2hlT43o

— SerbInnen gegen Rechts (@serbinnen) 1621093741.0

What are the details?

A Google translation of a story from the Heute news outlet indicated that opposing factions filled the streets of Vienna all day Saturday, and numerous videos showed a massive police presence.

The outlet said around 5 p.m. a rally "Against all anti-Semitism" took place near an opera house, and it quickly attracted a counterprotest "consisting of Turkish nationalists, young people, and advocates of Palestine."

Heute said the counterprotest was "obviously intended to disrupt the pro-Israel demonstration," and it also reported the "grossly anti-Semitic slogan" recorded in the above video along with the "raging applause and cheers" that followed.

A subsequent tweet from Vienna police said they forwarded video to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and that "presumably this person was stopped a short time later..."

Anything else?

Violent anti-Semitism flared up in several major cities across the globe over the weekend, including beatings in Toronto and chants in London that included, "F*** the Jews! F*** their daughters! F*** their mothers! Rape their daughters! We have to send a message!"

And while the man's anti-Semitic outburst in Vienna didn't include violence, the huge kudos he received from other counterprotesters seemed equally as chilling due to the lack of pushback and apparent matter-of-fact consensus among the crowd.

According to German news site DW, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called off a Saturday visit to Austria after Israeli flags were raised on government buildings in Vienna.

A spokeswoman for Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said "we will not remain silent while Hamas fires 2,000 rockets at civilian targets in Israel," the news site reported.

DW added that Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said flying the flag over the federal chancellery on Friday was in solidarity with Israel amid clashes with Hamas.