Masked Demonstrators Wave Hamas, Hezbollah Flags at 500-Person Manhattan Protest After Terror Plot Charges
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Updated · Fox News · May 16
Masked Demonstrators Wave Hamas, Hezbollah Flags at 500-Person Manhattan Protest After Terror Plot Charges
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 16
About 500 demonstrators marched through Manhattan on May 15 carrying Hamas-linked flags and Hezbollah imagery during a “Nakba 78” anti-Israel protest that ended in Times Square.
The display came hours after federal authorities charged Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi—described as a Kataib Hezbollah operative—with plotting attacks on Jewish community centers and a Manhattan synagogue, prompting Mayor Zohran Mamdani to denounce antisemitism and terrorism.
At Washington Square Park, organizers and speakers led chants of “Globalize the intifada” and rejected Israel’s right to exist, while Hamas flags remained visible behind protest leaders despite co-founder Nerdeen Kiswani saying, “We only bring Palestinian flags.”
The march was organized by groups including Within Our Lifetime and the Muslim American Society, moved north with professionally printed banners and coordinated marshals, and briefly disrupted traffic as NYPD escorted the route.
Fox News Digital said the Manhattan rally was one of roughly 736 “Nakba Day” events across 39 cities, underscoring a broader, organized protest network around anti-Israel activism.
When protest symbols mirror active terror plots, how can a city protect both free speech and its citizens?
Is Gen Z activism reclaiming controversial symbols or amplifying extremist ideologies on a global stage?