New York man charged with federal hate crimes after assaulting Jewish people at anti-Israel protests: DOJ

A New York antheral was arrested Wednesday greeting and charged with national hatred crimes aft helium repeatedly assaulted Jewish counterprotesters astatine anti-Israel protests successful New York City betwixt 2024 and 2025, according to an indictment unsealed by the Department of Justice.

Tarek Bazrouk, 20, is facing 3 counts of committing hatred crimes for allegedly targeting and assaulting Jewish radical astatine 3 NYC protests related to the ongoing warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas. 

Bazrouk was arrested aft each 3 instances, but "remained undeterred and rapidly returned to utilizing unit to people Jews successful New York City," according to U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York.

The archetypal lawsuit took spot connected April 15, 2024, erstwhile Bazrouk – who the DOJ said was wearing a greenish headband "typically worn by Hamas terrorists" – allegedly attended a protestation extracurricular the New York Stock Exchange successful Lower Manhattan.

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A New York antheral is facing 3 national hatred transgression charges for his alleged deliberate assaults connected Jewish demonstrators astatine abstracted protests related to the Israel and Hamas warfare successful NYC since April 2024. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)

Supporters of the Palestinians march successful New York Thursday, May 20, 2021. Israel and Hamas announced a cease-fire, ending a bruising 11-day warfare that caused wide demolition successful the Gaza Strip and brought beingness successful overmuch of Israel to a standstill. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) (AP)

He was arrested by the NYPD for lunging astatine a radical of pro-Israel protesters, the DOJ said, and kicked a Jewish assemblage pupil successful the tummy portion being taken to a patrol vehicle. The idiosyncratic helium kicked was lasting adjacent Jewish protesters who were wearing kippahs connected their heads, waving Israeli flags and singing Jewish songs.

Bazrouk allegedly assaulted different Jewish pupil connected Dec. 9, 2024, during a protestation adjacent a assemblage successful Upper Manhattan, the DOJ said. The 2nd unfortunate was with his member – some were wearing kippahs – and had an Israeli emblem draped crossed his shoulders portion singing Jewish songs. 

Bazrouk is accused of stealing their emblem and moving off. The unfortunate and his member chased him done the assemblage to retrieve it, and aft they got it back, Bazrouk allegedly snuck up beside the 2nd unfortunate and punched him successful the face.

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At the opening of this year, connected Jan. 6, Bazrouk allegedly committed his 3rd battle connected a Jewish idiosyncratic astatine a protestation successful Manhattan. The 3rd unfortunate had an Israeli emblem draped astir his shoulders and was wearing a chapeau with the emblem and a concatenation with a Jewish star. 

Bazrouk was wearing a keffiyeh connected his look erstwhile helium allegedly "made contact" with the 3rd victim's enarthrosis and wrapped his ft astir his ankle. When the unfortunate attempted to propulsion him away, Bazrouk allegedly cursed astatine him and punched him successful the nose.

"As alleged, Tarek Bazrouk deliberately acceptable retired to harm Jewish New Yorkers — targeting them astatine protests, singling them out, and assaulting them for thing much than their identity," said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

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Law enforcement obtained warrants to hunt a cellphone allegedly utilized by Bazrouk, which revealed an "antisemitic bias" and "support for anti-Jewish violent groups, including Hamas," the DOJ said, citing tribunal documents.

Bazrouk allegedly identified himself arsenic a "Jew hater" successful substance messages, called Jewish radical "worthless," and said "Allah" wanted "us [to] escaped of [Jews]," among different vulgar statements, according to the documents, which added that helium told a person helium was "mad happy" erstwhile helium recovered retired household members overseas were portion of Hamas.

The DOJ described his telephone arsenic "littered with pro-Hamas and pro-Hizballah(sic) propaganda."

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If convicted connected each 3 national hatred transgression charges, Bazrouk faces a maximum of 30 years successful situation – 10 years per count.

The charges against Bazrouk look to beryllium the archetypal clip national hatred transgression charges person been filed successful transportation with the anti-Israel protests that person taken spot crossed American assemblage campuses since Oct. 7, 2023.