A Jewish man who was beaten by a mob in a hate attack in Midtown told a courtroom Tuesday he couldn’t “fathom” why his attacker got a plea deal from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — as the assailant was handed an 18-month prison term.

Joseph Borgen, 31, delivered a fiery victim impact statement at the Manhattan Supreme Court sentencing of Waseem Awawdeh, 24, for attacking Borgen during a clash between Israel and Palestine supporters on May, 20, 2021.

“Why is he getting a break? I really can’t fathom why he’s getting a deal. Me, personally, I wanted to go to trial, I wanted to see full justice,” Borgen, wearing a blue yarmulke, told the court.

Awawdeh had been offered a six-month sentence by prosecutors in District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office in exchange for his guilty plea to attempted assault in the second degree as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.

Judge Felicia Mennin, however, handed down the harsher sentence, saying: “The behavior of the group was despicable… This is not how people behave in a civilized society.”

Borgen said he still felt like the sentencing wasn’t enough.

“What kind of message does this send – to everybody, to all victims of hate crime?” he seethed. “Not just Jewish people but anyone who is a victim of a hate crime. You can say you won’t do it again, get arrested while on bail, do whatever you want, and you know what? We’ll give you a slap on the wrist – it’s okay!”

Borgen spoke in front of a courtroom with more than 30 supporters as he outlined his experience – telling the court how he continues to suffer, both emotionally and physically, from the attack.

Awawdeh – who said in a jail cell that he would “do it again,” according to prosecutors – did not look once in Borgen’s direction during the seven-minute speech, which received an ovation from the gallery.

“My biggest fear is you’re not going to do anything, you’re not going to do anything. You’ll go to jail for a year, go back to what you were doing and attack another Jew,” Borgen told him. “You said you would do it again – why don’t you do it again?”

Awawdeh’s attorney Peter Frankel defended his client and said that Awawdeh isn’t antisemitic – despite Awawdeh allegedly calling Borgen a “dirty Jew” during the attack.

“I’m a lifelong New Yorker, I’m a Jewish man. I have spent countless hours and days with Mr. Abudah,” Frankel said. “I have not seen anything whatsoever in my dealings with him to indicate that he is in any way antisemitic. Yes, he made a mistake here, and from day one, he has agreed to accept responsibility for what he has done.”

Awawdeh remained quiet during his sentencing but smiled and gave a head nod to a few people when he was cuffed and led out of court.

Borgen told The Post after the hearing that he suffered a concussion and bruising from the attack, which was captured on film.

Five men have been charged in the attack.