Video captured a crowd of anti-Israel protesters shouting at a man waving an Israeli flag near the Met Gala in New York City.
Footage taken on Monday shows a crowd waving Palestinian flags and shouting “shame!”. A lone figure waving the Israeli flag.
This man is undaunted and continues to fly the Israeli flag. But he began to back away when another demonstrator began covering him with a Palestinian flag, prompting cheers from the crowd.
The scene was filmed around Hunter College, near where the star-studded Met Gala was being held.
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A man waving an Israeli flag is yelled at by anti-Israel demonstrators in New York City on Monday, May 6th. (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
Another video taken on Monday showed New York City police removing a Palestinian flag from a statue of Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman outside Central Park in Manhattan.
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A demonstrator covered the man’s face with a Palestinian flag, and the crowd cheered. (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
A police officer was seen climbing a ladder to remove the flag, and a protester could be heard saying, “I hope it falls!”
(Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
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The crowd then begins chanting, “Free, Free Palestine!” The woman added, “I’m planning on coming here tomorrow or the day after.”
