ANTI-ZIONIST GROUP TARGETS BEN-GVIR, CHABAD HEADQUARTERS
VITA FELLIG (April 25, 2025 / JNS)
Hundreds of people, including anti-Israel, anti-Zionist protesters, gathered outside 770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Thursday night to demonstrate the presence of Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, who was attending a Jewish celebration there.
The New York City Police Department told JNS that it responded to an unscheduled demonstration at around 9:30 p.m., which lasted for about two hours.
“In total, six individuals were taken into custody,” the NYPD said. “Five of the individuals were issued criminal court summonses, and one was arrested.”
Oscar Vidal, 28, from Bayonne, N.J., was arrested and charged with second-degree assault, third-degree assault and criminal mischief, according to the NYPD.
The protest was organized by the self-described anti-Zionist group Within Our Lifetime (WOL).
Rabbi Yaacov Behrman, a community leader in Crown Heights, condemned the protests in a statement on Thursday.
“What happened tonight in Crown Heights was outrageous and deeply disturbing,” he stated. “A group of antisemitic protesters gathered at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue—the very heart of this
