On Monday night, intense video footage captured a confrontation between supporters of Israel and anti-Israel demonstrators wearing keffiyehs at a real estate expo in Brooklyn. This incident mirrored a similar altercation that took place the previous week.
The video, recorded outside the Young Israel Synagogue, reveals a tumultuous scene on the sidewalk where both groups face off. Meanwhile, anti-Israel protesters fill the street, some carrying Palestinian and Hezbollah flags.
The New York Police Department reported that four individuals were detained as the situation escalated around 6:45 p.m. on Ocean Avenue.
In the video, a male supporter of Israel is seen confronting the crowd, many of whom are holding signs with anti-Israel slogans. The man eventually uses pepper spray towards the group.
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The clash was instigated by the anti-Israel brigade, which was protesting a real estate expo, “The Great Israeli Real Estate Event,” showing off property for sale in Israel, which they say is in “stolen land” in the “occupied” Palestinian territory in the West Bank.
Anti-Israel agitators clash with the NYPD at a “Stop the Sale of Stolen Palestinian Land” protest against ‘Great Israel Real Estate’ event for Palestinian land sale at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in New York City. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
According to the Jerusalem Post, the mob was organized by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation Al-Awda of New York and New Jersey. The organization calls for the “de-colonization of Palestine.
Later video from the confrontation showed at least one anti-Israel agitator being arrested by NYPD officers after a scuffle that ended with the arrestee being thrown to the pavement.
The Jerusalem Post noted that anti-Israel crowds shouted slogans including, “Brick by brick, wall by wall, Zionism will fall,” and “Free Palestine.”
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at a “Stop the Sale of Stolen Palestinian Land” protest against “Great Israel Real Estate” event for Palestinian land sale at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in New York City. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“We’re here today to send a message to the city and to send a message to the organizers that these kinds of events cannot and will not stand in New York City,” said Taher Dahleh, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth movement, according to Spectrum News 1.
A similar expo last week also drew protests.
Pro-Palestinian protestors try to enter the Brooklyn Museum amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Brooklyn, New York City, on May 31, 2024. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
A recent “buffer zone” bill passed in New York City in March limits protests near places of worship. The “NYC Houses of Worship Law” passed in March and requires the NYPD to cordon off areas to protect worshippers at their discretion.
The law took effect in April, but the NYPD is expected to present a formal plan for enforcing it to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city council in early June.
Neither Mamdani’s office nor the NYPD returned Tuesday morning comment requests.