Protesters in Queens chant, “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here” https://t.co/tGxtEYTEwv pic.twitter.com/RKxD3uY4Ia
— Luke Tress (@luketress) January 9, 2026
NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside a Queens synagogue Thursday night and shouted the slogan: “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here.” The political condemnation was swift.
The governor, City Council speaker, borough president, congressional representative and local assemblymember all denounced the language in statements posted to social media. Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a different approach.
His press team and social media accounts had made no mention of the events by noon Friday as video of the chant captured millions of views on social media and was shared widely by elected officials from both parties.
This is just the start, likely to happen every week in NYC.
A protest that took place outside a Queens synagogue Thursday evening is sparking outrage.
The group Palestinian Assembly for Liberation organized a rally outside Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills yeshiva in protest of an event promoting real estate investments in Jerusalem.
Protesters gathered on the sidewalk behind barricades across the street from the yeshiva at the corner of 150th Street and 70th Road, some carrying Palestinian flags. In at least one video posted to social media, the demonstrators appear to be chanting, “We support Hamas here.”
CBS News New York reached out to organizers of the protest for comment but has not heard back.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/pro-hamas-chant-queens-synagogue-protest/