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NYC Halal Street Vendors Cheer Hamas Massacre of Israelis; Claim Jews Must “Leave Our Land”
Edited by: TJVNews.com
According to a report in the New York Post, New York City’s omnipresent halal and other street vendors expressed near universal support for the October 7th terrorist attack in Israel which killed roughly 1,400 people in southern Israel and left over 5000 injured.
“I am Muslim. I am Egyptian. We support Gaza,” declared a Columbus Circle vendor who would only provide his first name, Ahmed, the Post report said.
“Hamas no attacks Israel. Hamas defends herself. Hamas is self-defense, to protect Islam,” he continued.
“Leave our land. No place to Jewish. Israel must leave.”
When asked if Hamas’ attacks in Israel were a “good thing” — Ahmed responded yes.
“I support Palestine and Hamas army is Palestine and she defend her land. Our land.”
According to the Post report, Times Square vendor Mahmahoud El-Ser, 25, said: “I am so so sorry for Gaza and the people of Gaza. F–k terrorism of Israel. Inshallah one day Gaza is free.”
Simply put, “Israel is bad,” another Egyptian vendor, who refused to give his name, declared from his Midtown East kiosk, as was noted in the Post report.
Many of the more than two dozen vendors The Post spoke with in Columbus Circle, Bryant Park, Times Square, and Midtown East in New York City met questions about the conflict with angry scowls and refused to speak publicly.
About 57% of American Muslims said they believed Hamas “was justified in attacking Israel as part of their struggle for a Palestinian state,” according to a survey from Cygnal last week.
One vendor told The Post he wouldn’t speak because “The Post writes all that Jew stuff.”
In Columbus Circle, Egypt native Mohamad Youssef, 45, said Israel brought the violence on itself according to the Post report.
“Palestinians are defending themselves. Defending their territory, their land. Israelis are attacking them,” he told the Post, calling Israel “not a real state.”
“You can’t give weapons to one side and ask the other side not to respond.”
“If I come into your apartment, how you feel? What’re you going to do?” echoed Hamden Elnashar, 49, from his Midtown East stand, the Post report said.
“You’re going to do whatever you have to do . . . to protect yourself.”
The report in the Post also said that Youssef compared Hamas terrorists to the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II.
“In their land, and in their home, they are heroes,” he said.
Many vendors The Post spoke to falsely insisted that Israel was responsible for bombing a hospital in Gaza — repeating propaganda from terrorists, The New York Times, and other publications.
The Times later admitted that they “relied too heavily on claims by Hamas” for their initial reporting, which has since been discredited.
Several also dismissed reports that Hamas beheaded babies during their attack on Israel — a fact that has since been repeatedly confirmed according to the Post report.
The anti-Israel comments came as the city has been beset by waves of rallies on behalf of Hamas terrorists and calling for the destruction of Israel.
Speaking to the Post, GOP City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn) said, “It is sickening, but not surprising, to learn that Hamas sympathizers and supporters of the most brutal terror regime live amongst us.”
Vernikov added, “Whether you run a falafel stand, or are brainwashed at Harvard University, if you can’t condemn Hamas, you have no business living in our freedom-loving country. And if you’re a non-citizen terrorist supporter, you should really be deported, preferably to Gaza.”
