Seven people – including one minor – were busted as pro-Palestinian protesters descended on the streets surrounding the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, clashing with cops trying to keep the demonstration under control, police said Thursday.

One of those busted, John Mulligan, 54, of Manhattan, allegedly shoved a police chief to the ground as the cop was trying to arrest another person, telling him, “You can’t take her!” the NYPD said.

The East Harlem resident was hit with misdemeanor raps of attempted assault as well as obstructing governmental administration and released with a desk appearance ticket, police said.

Four other people — ranging in age from 20 to 30 and who live in Queens and New Jersey — were hit with various misdemeanor charges and also released with desk appearance tickets.

One person was slapped with a felony and one juvenile – whose age, gender and exact charges were not released by cops – was cuffed as the enormous crowd gathered along Sixth Avenue where hordes of tourists were waiting in line to see the iconic ceremony on Wednesday night.

Those hit with misdemeanor charges along with Mulligan were identified as: Queens residents Tasfiah Islam, 30, Marissa Mota, 25 and Diamond Carter, 20, and Malek Saadeh, 28, of North Plainfield, NJ, police said.

Molaz Alhomsi, 34, of Palisades Park, NJ, was slapped with a felony criminal mischief charge for intentionally damaging another person’s cell phone that cost $1,100 during the fracas, cops said. He was also released with a desk appearance ticket.

Among the mayhem, a protester — who was not among those arrested — was seen climbing on top of a pillar bearing the News Corp building’s address, and another was seen carrying a massive sign bearing a swastika that compared the Israel Defense Forces to Nazis.

Additional NYPD units were called in as the crowd – chanting “River to the sea,” waving Palestinian flags and signs calling for the “end to genocide” – began to attack police officers and the rally descended into “complete chaos,” law enforcement sources told The Post.

“They should have shut it down. They lost control of the street. I was shoved, punched, kicked. It’s bulls–t,” one cop caught in the fray said.

NYPD officers repeatedly pushed back the crowds, who shoved back, calling the cops “f–king Nazis.”

The demonstrators also attempted to knock down the barricades cops put up to separate them from the throngs hoping to take in the Big Apple holiday tradition.

Unable to get to the Christmas tree, hundreds of protesters instead swarmed around it outside the News Corp building, which houses The Post and Fox News, and which has already been targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters on at least two occasions.

Saadeh and Carter were accused of blocking the roadway at West 47th Street and Sixth Avenue and of pushing or trying to punch officers, before kicking their legs or flailing their arms while they were being arrested, police said.

Mota allegedly wrapped her arms around an officer in an attempt to stop them from arresting someone else, and pulled away from cops who tried to cuff her, authorities said.

She and Carter were each charged with obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest, while Saadeh faced those two raps as well as one of disorderly conduct.

Islam was charged with making graffiti and criminal mischief for allegedly scrawling “stop cop city” on the Wells Fargo Bank on Madison Avenue near East 56th Street, cops said. 

Police warned earlier this week that “elevated vigilance” was necessary during this year’s ceremony — as pro-Palestinian protesters announced they planned to “flood” the iconic event in support of Gaza.

The organizers of the rally, the group Within Our Lifetime, had noted that the world-renowned celebration also falls on the UN-recognized International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Thousands of tourists forced to share the space with the rambunctious demonstration jeered at the protesters for standing in the way of the wholesome tradition.

Opal Burnett, 33, of St. Louis, Missouri, called the interruption an embarrassment.

“It’s super, super annoying. Just excruciating,” Burnett said.

“Seeing these people in such large numbers, it makes me feel embarrassed to be an American because people are watching this happening from abroad,” she added. “Kudos to the cops for keeping these people under control and for showing restraint, because they deal with a lot of verbal abuse.”

Additional reporting by Georgett Roberts