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NY Post
New York Post
16 Apr 2024


NextImg:Anti-Israel protesters wave Hezbollah banner, set  American flags on fire during NYC unrest

Anti-Israel protesters waved the yellow-and-green banner of Hezbollah and proclaimed their “love” for the Iran-backed terrorist organization – as others set US flags on fire and chanted “death to America” during Monday’s day of unrest.

Videos taken during the Wall Street leg of the protest show at least one masked activist proudly displaying Hezbollah’s flag emblazoned with the image of an assault rifle and the words: “The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon.”

Laura Loomer, a conservative activist and a Donald Trump ally who was in Manhattan Monday for the first day of the ex-president’s hush-money trial, confronted the demonstrator about the presence of the Hezbollah flag on the streets of New York City.

The yellow-and-green flag of the Hezbollah terrorist group waved over Manhattan Monday during an anti-Israel rally. Olga Fe (FreedomNewsTV)

“Why are you supporting this? This is terrorism,” Loomer, dressed in a pro-Trump t-shirt and accompanied by an aide, said.

As a police officer tried to put some distance between the protesters and counterprotesters, an outraged Loomer shouted: “that is a terrorist flag!”

Several female activists then ganged up on Loomer, making fun of her appearance and telling her “kill yourself,” but she would not back down. 

“I don’t give a f—k… You’re supporting Hezbollah, which is a terrorist organization,” she said.

A man wearing a keffiyeh scarf wrapped around his head and holding a defaced Israeli flag riddled with holes shot back: “Israel is a pariah state.”

A woman in the crowd exclaimed, “we love Hezbollah,” while another protester could be heard yelling that “America is a terrorist state.”

Founded in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Hezbollah is a Lebanon-based terrorist organization backed by Iran, which has been involved in numerous attacks, including the bombings of the US Embassy and the US Marine barracks in Beirut two decades ago, according to the National Counterterrorism Center. 

Loomer ultimately walked away from the verbal confrontation seemingly rattled, telling her companion: “this is f—ked up. There people are f—king crazy.”

She later claimed on X that she was “assaulted, harassed for being Jewish, screamed at by grown men, had my life threatened by a man in a HAMAS Bandana, and witnessed countless innocent New Yorkers get accosted by terrorist supporters.”

During the Lower Manhattan portion of the protest, an American flag held by a counterprotester was set on fire and had to be put out by cops, as seen in a video shared on the X account Luis Documents. Moments later, a man was heard screaming, “Death to America!”

The mob later stopped Manhattan-bound traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, crossed the span on foot and proceeded to cause havoc outside Barclay’s Center, Borough Hall and inside City Point Mall.

While rallying outside Borough Hall, protesters burned another American flag while chanting “Shut it down!”