Six people have been arrested after anti-Israeli protesters clashed with local Jews in Hasid outside the prominent Brooklyn synagogue that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gwil appeared late Thursday, police said.
The demonstrations began at Chabad Lubavich World Headquarters in Crown Heights just before 9:30pm, as protesters were against Ben Gwil’s appearance.
Footage from the scene showed at least one protester wearing kefier being escorted with blood on her face.
Others were found carried in cufflinks by NYPD officer scores.
At least one man, Oscar Vidal, 28, of Bayonne, New Jersey, was arrested and clashed with numerous charges, including assault, criminal mischief and harassment.
Five other people were given summons and later released, police said.
The violence broke out as Israeli officials were inside dealing with Hasid’s followers.
At one point, anti-Israeli protesters rushed into the room and chanted “free Palestine” before being dumped by security, Israeli national news reported.
Ben Gwil grinned clearly, as the demonstrators called him a Nazi.
Chaos protested in New Haven, Connecticut after hundreds of demonstrators were invited to speak at an event near Yale University’s campus.
When he left he threw a bottle of water at some Ben Gville.
