A wave of Hamas-loving protesters is scheduled to descend on John F. Kennedy Airport on Saturday, seeking to recreate the havoc they wreaked at the airport on New Year's Day.
“Let's flood JFK into Gaza,” says an ad promoting the event, which began circulating online this week. The word “flood” is a direct allusion to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Hamas's name for the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel that killed at least 1,200 people.
“Bring your flags, keffiyeh, signs, banners and decorate your cars,” the banner continued, calling on the disruptors to gather outside the arrivals hall of Terminal 4.
The New York City Police Department, which has previously taken a ruthless approach to rioters and tolerated indiscriminate mayhem with few consequences, has now vowed to deal harshly with the instigators.
“Are you trying to shut down the airport? You're the one who's going to be shut down! We respect peaceful protests, but we won't tolerate illegal activity,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry warned. Post by X Friday. “The NYPD stands ready to ensure our airports are operational and that hardworking New Yorkers vacationing are not inconvenienced.”
NYPD Sergeant John Chell echoed those calls. Similarly for X. “Don't bother hard-working tax-paying New Yorkers by flooding our freeways. If you do, we'll rush you to jail and try to take your cars!”
Since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel, New York City has been inundated with demonstrations in support of the terrorists, who have demonstrated almost daily on college campuses such as New York University and Columbia University, and even on Thanksgiving Day. They disrupted parades and Rockefeller Christmas. tree lighting.
Despite daily (often anti-Semitic) rallies, there has so far been no meaningful effort by city authorities to control the disorder.
