As protesters swarm Brooklyn Israeli real estate expo, attendees say support mattered more than sales

Anti-Israel protest outside Brooklyn synagogue leads to multiple arrests

Anti-Israel demonstrators were arrested on Monday night during a protest outside a Brooklyn synagogue hosting an Israeli real estate event, according to the New York City Police Department.The demonstration took place near Young Israel of Midwood on Ocean Avenue. NYPD told JNS that multiple arrests were made after clashes between protesters and pro-Israel counterprotesters. Police said those taken into custody had thrown objects during the confr…

As protesters swarm Brooklyn Israeli real estate expo, attendees say support mattered more than sales

As Leah Preiserowicz was ushered through rows of metal barriers by police officers on her way to an Israeli real estate event in Brooklyn, she had two goals in mind: to peruse the listings and to show support for the event in the face of a large pro-Palestinian protest. “We want to support what they were doing, support the sales,” said Preiserowicz, an Orthodox Jewish Midwood resident. “Why should they scare us?” The Israeli real estate event Mo…