A crowd of anti-Israel protesters waving Palestinian flags on the Upper East Side were filmed shouting down a lone dissenter proudly waving an Israeli flag.
A man who was one of the few visibly Jewish people in the crowd pointed and shouted at the protester, prompting the others to start in with chants of: “Shame!”
“Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!” the crowd chanted.
The lone dissenter appeared unfazed as he continued to wave a small Israeli flag.
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As the chanting continued, a woman from the crowd accosts the man, nearly covering him with a Palestinian flag. Another person from the crowd grabs his flag as they push him away, eliciting cheers from the other participants.
The scene happened down the road from the Met Gala where at least 100 anti-Israel agitators were marching near the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The protesters were heard chanting anti-Israel slogans, calling for an “intifada” and taunting police officers.
Video footage captured at 80th Street and Madison Avenue shows officers taking people into custody. Another clip shows officers and protesters clashing on a sidewalk.
The NYPD didn’t immediately have figures for the number of arrests, which occurred just a few blocks from the Met Gala.
According to a Fox News crew at the scene of the protest, about a dozen people were arrested.
