{"id":127686,"date":"2025-08-08T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127686\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T00:28:09","slug":"anti-israel-activist-verbally-assaults-ex-idf-soldier-on-new-york-beach-for-wearing-star-of-david-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127686\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel activist verbally assaults ex-IDF soldier on New York beach for wearing Star of David necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A peaceful afternoon on a New York beach took a jarring turn when\u00a0an anti-Israel activist launched\u00a0a verbal tirade against a former Israeli soldier, simply for wearing a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/20\/us-news\/jews-wear-judaica-jewelry-following-hellmouth-of-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star of David necklace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, captured on video and posted by ILTV Israel News, shows the activist shouting accusations and interrogating the man and his friends in an increasingly heated exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, an unhinged <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/26\/us-news\/dozens-of-pro-hamas-students-seize-control-of-historic-barnard-college-academic-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-Hamas protester<\/a> targeted a former IDF soldier\u00a0on a New York beach, simply for wearing a Star of David,\u201d the outlet captioned the clip on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite her shouting and offensive behavior, the Israelis stayed calm, respectful, and composed. The only hate in that video came from one side as usual and it wasn\u2019t theirs,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the activist approaches a man sitting on a towel with a woman and another man, accusing him of war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou went to Gaza, right? You fought children? You killed children in Gaza?\u201d she shouts at him.<\/p>\n<p>Both men calmly answered her questions. <\/p>\n<p>One of them confirmed he served in\u00a0the Israel Defense Forces\u00a0and had been stationed in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>The woman he\u2019s sitting with adds, \u201cHe went to Gaza to help all the children that your people killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the woman continues filming and yelling, one of the men attempts to de-escalate.<\/p>\n<p>At a New York beach, an ex-IDF soldier was confronted by an anti-Israel activist for simply wearing a Star of David necklace. @palestinianvideos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you want to see a picture of [my brother] over there right now, I can show you what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protester screams back, demanding to see it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease show me a picture of your brother in Gaza, please do. Please. The world wants to see your faces. The world does want to see your faces!\u201d she screams at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She then asks if he is proud of his service. Smiling, he replies, \u201cI\u2019m proud of serving my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That only fuels her anger. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think killing other people and radicalizing them makes your people safer?\u201d she shouts.<\/p>\n<p>ILTV Israel News posted the incident as the outlet took to Instagram, captioning the post, \u201can unhinged pro-Hamas protester targeted a former IDF soldier\u00a0on a New York beach, simply for wearing a Star of David.\u201d AP<\/p>\n<p>He calmly fires back, bringing up <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/07\/hamas-terrorism-in-israel-western-leaders-condemn-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack<\/a>, in which over 1,200 Israelis were slaughtered and hundreds taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>The man invites her to have a real conversation. She refuses.<\/p>\n<p>He asks if she\u2019s ever been to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot go to Gaza,\u201d she replies. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour people are not letting me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go there right now, dressed like that, they\u2019ll slaughter you,\u201d he says, pointing to her bikini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not true!\u201d she screams back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A lifeguard eventually approaches, attempting to mediate. <\/p>\n<p>The protester claims the Israelis insulted her and that they are IDF soldiers who \u201ckilled people in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the confrontation ended, the woman shouted \u201cFree Palestine!\u201d as she departed from the beach. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsulted you? How did I insult you?\u201d the man asks, still calm.<\/p>\n<p>He again offers to talk \u2014 she declines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would I want to talk to your guys? You guys have killed my people! You\u2019re killing children,\u201d she yells. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you sitting with people who kill children? Is that cool for you?\u201d she asks the other man sitting in the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust leave us alone,\u201d the man replies.<\/p>\n<p>As she walks away, she shouts one final slogan: \u201cFree Palestine!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the New York City Parks Department for comment on the incident but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A peaceful afternoon on a New York beach took a jarring turn when\u00a0an anti-Israel activist launched\u00a0a verbal tirade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,14079,4526,4527,99,78067,373,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,4851,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-127686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-beaches","10":"tag-gaza-strip","11":"tag-hamas","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-defense-forces","14":"tag-israel-hamas-war","15":"tag-metro","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-palestine","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-us-news","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114990317809892241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}