A Queens synagogue. A Jewish school. And a chant that makes your stomach drop.
An anti-Israel crowd descended on the Yeshiva of Central Queens synagogue in Kew Gardens Hills Thursday night, waving Palestinian flags and chanting support for Hamas, according to video circulating online.
“Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here,” the group could be heard shouting as police barricaded them across the street from the synagogue.
Across from them, furious counter-protesters waved Israeli flags and chanted, “USA, USA, USA” in an attempt to drown them out.
Assemblyman Sam Berger (D-Queens) said the crowd had to be “sequestered to a residential block, away from the synagogue and two schools they came to harass.”
“I am horrified for the young Jewish families I know who live on that block, huddled with their small children in the late hours of the night as agitators yelled their support for a terrorist organization with a bloody history of murdering Jews,” he said.
The condemnation came fast — and bipartisan.
“Hamas is a terrorist organization that calls for the genocide of Jews,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an X post. “No matter your political beliefs, this type of rhetoric is disgusting, it’s dangerous, and it has no place in New York.”
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) ripped the demonstration as “insane.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani hadn’t addressed the chaos as of Friday morning.
Watch the clips below:
Activists protested outside a synagogue, chanting, “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here.”
Whatever the amnesia surrounding 10/7, the truth must never be forgotten: Hamas murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, and tortured thousands of innocent Israelis. It is—and has… pic.twitter.com/JeGh1XzA2A
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) January 9, 2026
HOW DID HAMAS OF NEW YORK GET A PERMIT SO CLOSE TO A SCHOOL???
The protesters who chanted last night "we support Hamas here" and "Long live October 7th" were given a permit to stand right outside a Jewish Day School with their heinous flags and hateful chants.
Why didn't the… pic.twitter.com/of5f5mXgHJ
— Rabbi Poupko (@RabbiPoupko) January 9, 2026
More over at The New York Post:
Anti-Israel protesters descend on NYC synagogue, Jewish school while shouting, ‘we support Hamas’ https://t.co/dkQSzXcPGy pic.twitter.com/jO869BAFdw
— New York Post (@nypost) January 9, 2026
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