Palestinian activist Saadah Masoud was charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting Jewish man Matt Greenman after a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a pro-Palestinian activist with a hate crime for an assault on a pro-Israeli Jewish man that befell following an April protest in Midtown, Manhattan, The Put up has realized.
Saadah Masoud allegedly battered Matt Greenman due to his “precise and perceived faith” following a pro-Palestine demonstration on April 20, in response to a newly unsealed prison grievance filed by the Manhattan US Legal professional’s Workplace, The Put up has realized.
Greenman, a 28, a pro-Israel counter-protester, had the Israeli flag draped round himself when he was attacked close to Lexington Avenue and East forty second Avenue, the submitting mentioned.
The sufferer was taken to the hospital, the place he was handled for accidents, together with a concussion.
The arrest comes amid a dramatic improve in hate crimes, together with antisemitic assaults, in New York Metropolis.
Within the grievance, dated June 10 and first filed below seal, particular US agent Lavalle Jackson alleged that Masoud had participated in two different violent assaults in opposition to Jews final yr.
Final June, Masoud allegedly threatened a Jewish group chief in Brooklyn by saying, “We all know the place you reside, we are going to get you” after which struck the person twice within the head and physique, the courtroom paperwork state.
The next month, he confronted one other man in Brooklyn carrying an Israeli flag and struck him within the face and stole the flag, the submitting alleged.
The grievance additionally detailed threats in opposition to Israel supporters on Instagram, together with a publish that mentioned, ”I want I might present you the issues I do to Zionist however I can’t publish them.”
“Simply preserve watching my tales I’m going to maintain violating you soiled zionist,” and “I really feel dangerous for you zionist individuals when judgment day comes and we slaughter all of them like sheep,” Masoud mentioned, in response to the grievance.
Masoud took half in a pro-Palestine protest that was sponsored by Inside Our Lifetime Palestine, an activist group that helps the “Intifada” in opposition to Israel.
The group, which advocates for “resistance by any means” and has been lively on CUNY campuses, held an indication April 20 exterior the Israeli consulate at 800 Second Avenue, not removed from the place Greenman was attacked.
Greenman’s lawyer, Gerard Filitti of the Lawfare Mission, a Jewish advocacy group mentioned, “The US Legal professional’s workplace is sending a transparent message that hate crimes concentrating on Jews have critical penalties.
“Within the face of the huge improve in antisemitic hate crimes we're seeing throughout the nation, and given the numerous failures by native officers to take significant motion, this federal prosecution reveals that the civil rights of the Jewish group are taken significantly and entitled to safety,” he mentioned.
The legal professional added: “Justice for Matt Greenman is justice for the Jewish group.”
Masoud, a Brooklyn resident, posted a $75,000 bond however he was denied a request to go to New Jersey to attend a marriage, in response to courtroom information.
His protection legal professional, Donald Doubulay, declined to remark.
The Justice Division’s personal knowledge reveals that between 2005-2019, solely 17% of hate crime suspects investigated by federal prosecutors have been prosecuted.
However the feds have a 94% conviction fee for hate crime circumstances they do prosecute.
The prosecution of an alleged Jewish hate crime comes because the Metropolis Council is ready to carry a public listening to Thursday concerning complaints about rising anti-Semitism on CUNY campuses and different faculties.
Professors at CUNY’s College of Regulation final month accepted a pro-Palestinian decision supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions motion in opposition to Israel. Critics say assist for the BDS motion hurts the Jewish State and followers the flames of anti-Semitism.
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