In this RAIR Foundation article, Donna Fodor reports on a pro-Palestinian protest outside Young Israel of Midwood in Brooklyn, framing it as part of a broader campaign of intimidation targeting Jewish communities and synagogue-hosted Israeli real estate events.
- The article says hundreds of protesters gathered outside Young Israel of Midwood on May 11, 2026, during an Israeli real estate event inside the synagogue.
- RAIR reports that protesters waved Hezbollah flags, performed street prayers, chanted “Globalize the Intifada,” and directed hostile slogans at Jewish residents and attendees.
- The piece describes the protest as the second PAL-Awda-linked synagogue demonstration in one week, following a similar action at Park East Synagogue.
- According to the article, three arrests followed confrontations between protesters and counter-protesters, with videos cited as showing clashes, flag-burning, and harassment of Jewish children.
- RAIR criticizes the NYPD response as uneven, claiming Hezbollah-flag demonstrators were allowed in the streets while Israeli-flag holders were pushed back onto sidewalks.
- The article also criticizes Zohran Mamdani and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for focusing criticism on the Israeli real estate event rather than condemning the protest tactics described by RAIR.
- The report identifies PAL-Awda as part of a broader anti-Israel activist network and cites NGO Monitor, MEMRI, and other sources to argue the group has ties to pro-Hamas and terror-sympathetic rhetoric.
- RAIR says PAL-Awda has been organizing against Israeli real estate events through its “Stolen Land Campaign,” portraying those events as illegitimate while mobilizing protests outside synagogues.
- The article presents the Brooklyn protest not as isolated activism but as evidence of growing antisemitic intimidation in American cities, especially when Jewish religious spaces become targets.
Read the full story: https://rairfoundation.com/islamic-takeover-nyc-hezbollah-flags-street-prayers-globalize/
