Woman demands hate crime investigation after threats by pro-Israel mob

CNN — New York police are investigating the attack of a Brooklyn woman harassed last week by a pro-Israeli group of men in an encounter captured on multiple videos, which has incited demonstrations and condemnation from religious groups.

The incident last Thursday occurred after pro-Palestinian activists had reportedly gathered to demonstrate against the visit of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where they were met with Orthodox Jewish counter-protesters, according to the Associated Press.

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“And as soon as she started screaming at me, this group of 100 men came almost immediately and encircled me,” she said. “They were threatening me, threatening to rape me. They were just shouting really disgusting, vile insults.”

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