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Anti-Israel Protesters Get Violent After Police Prevent Them From Disrupting Met Gala in NYC
A police officer removes a Palestinian flag from the William Tecumseh Sherman monument as anti-Israel demonstrators attend a protest near the Met Gala on May 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Anti-Israel demonstrators turned violent on Monday night in New York City as they attempted to disrupt the 2024 MET Gala that was taking place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Violence broke out when the mob of more than 1,000 protesters were blocked by police from crashing the star-studded Met Gala as part of a “Day of Rage” protest organized by the Palestinian activist group Within Our Lifetime. Protesters held up leaflets that read “End the occupation of Palestine,” “Shut down the campuses,” “End the genocide,” and more.
Video shared on Instagram by the account Jew Hate Database showed a mob of anti-Israel demonstrators surrounding a man wearing a Star of David headscarf, stealing the scarf, and beating him near the Met Gala, an annual fundraiser which is held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and marks the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibition.
The clip showed one person screaming at the man “Get the f—k out of the way” as the group of demonstrators tried to make their way down the street. When the man stepped back slowly into a flowerbed, one of the protesters approached him and stole the Star of David headscarf from his head before fleeing. The mob continued to force the man backwards, but he managed to snatch back his headscarf from the angry protester. A fight then broke out, and several demonstrators were seen on camera repeatedly striking the man in the face and head before he managed to break free and flee the scene. A witness who filmed the attack from the opposite side of the street said she took the video to the local New York City Police Department (NYPD) precinct.
Jew Hate Database shared a second video on Monday night of another incident near the Met Gala in which a Jewish man was attacked for walking by a group of anti-Israel protesters while chanting “Am Israel Chai,” which means “long live Israel.”
The crowd of protesters made multiple attempts from different streets to reach the Metropolitan Museum of Art but were repeatedly blocked off by police barricades. About two dozen anti-Israel demonstrators were reportedly arrested.
After police diverted the mob of activists toward Central Park and then blocked the exits, protesters vandalized a World War I memorial statue in the park and burned an American flag, the New York Post reported. They wrote “Gaza” in large black letters on the base of the 107th Infantry Memorial and placed on the statue’s bronze soldiers stickers of the Palestinian flag that read “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.” Some of the protesters also reportedly climbed on top the statue, waved Palestinian flags, and draped the flag over the memorial.
The bronze statue of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in Grand Army Plaza in Central Park was also vandalized by the anti-Israel activists. They wrote “Free Gaza” in red letters on its base and placed a Palestinian flag on the statue.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.