Pro-Israel protester smiles and BOOGIES outside NYC’s Natural History Museum as outraged Pro-Palestinians shriek ‘white supremacist’
An Israel supporter from New York City danced through a pro-Palestinian protest outside the Natural History Museum – prompting angry cries of “white supremacist” from angry onlookers.
The unidentified man wore a turquoise tank top over several other layers of clothing that read, “I Stand With Israel,” and held a miniature speaker that played inaudible music.
He jumped into the middle of the crowd and loudly sang “Long Live Israel,” as the surrounding crowd became enraged and began shouting at him to leave.
The bespectacled man, who later told police he was a local resident, appeared unbothered by the unrest he was causing among protesters, some of whom wore keffiyehs and masks to hide their faces.
The crowd became hysterical as the man, who looked to be in his sixties or seventies, placed himself at the center of the activity and began dancing to his music.
Protesters with megaphones shouted profanities at him as he remained calm, smiling and appeared unperturbed.
An Upper West Side man skipped into the middle of a loud, pro-Palestinian crowd gathered outside the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday
One man in the crowd repeatedly called him a “f**king b**ch” before hurling the phrase “Zionist pig” at him.
Others shouted “f**k you motherf**ker” at him, saying he was “celebrating death” and calling him a “racist” and a “white supremacist.”
An agitated woman shouted through her megaphone at the police who stood by to ensure things did not get out of hand: “Your officers are inciting violence by allowing this son of a bitch to desecrate humanity.”
As things became more heated, a police officer from the NYPD's Community Affairs Office gently led the man away from the scene.
He looked like he was explaining something to the man, but the words were not visible on camera.
The man was heard explaining to the officer that he actually lived in the other direction, telling him he lived nearby.
“They're coming to my neighborhood,” he explained at one point to the group of officers about the anti-Israel protesters.
Since October 7, there have been several incidents of pro-Palestinian demonstrators confronting pro-Israel supporters or vandalizing statues in support of Israel that have merged into the city.
Individuals destroying posters of kidnapped Israelis (several dozen of whom returned last week) have been observed throughout Manhattan and in various parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
Things got heated: a hysterical woman shouted through her megaphone at the police who were on hand to make sure things didn't get out of hand: “You cops are inciting violence by letting this son of a bitch desecrate humanity.”
However, the man remained undisturbed and continued to swing to the melodies coming from his small speaker
He was eventually led aside by NYPD officers who attempted to keep the peace
Since October 7, there have been several incidents of pro-Palestinian demonstrators confronting pro-Israel advocates or vandalizing images in support of Israel that have merged into the city.
Last month, a man on the Upper East Side sparked outrage by pulling down posters and asking, “Where are the Palestinians?”
In a more recent incident in Brooklyn, a Jewish woman approached a couple who were tearing down posters in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
“These are American citizens,” the Jewish woman shouted at the couple, who said nothing.
Finally the man laughed and said, “We don't consent to you recording us.” Then they walked away.
In a separate incident in Brooklyn, a woman named Sarah Daoud was seen scratching off the remainder of a hostage poster while loudly saying the word “calba,” the Arabic word for dog.
To the person who answers her, she turns around and says, “F**k you. F**k you. And burn in hell.'