A hateful anti-Israel vandal who was caught viciously ripping down Israeli child hostage posters while yelling “F–k Israel” after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack was arrested Wednesday after she randomly pepper-sprayed two NYPD officers in Times Square — and tried to take a gun from one of them, according to law enforcement sources.
Dana Baraket approached the pair of male officers as they walked at Broadway and 47th Street around 1:20 a.m. and doused them in the eyes and face without warning, police and sources said.
The 19-year-old then tried to grab one of their guns from its holster as she repeatedly yelled at them to “kill me,” according to sources.
Baraket did not get the gun and was arrested at the scene, the sources added.
The two officers were taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShe was charged with robbery, assaulting a police officer, criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful possession or selling of a noxious material, and harassment, cops said.
The two cops, who are assigned to the NYPD’s Times Square Unit and are relatively new to the department, were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, cops said.
“The officers did an excellent job under extreme pressure and stress when they were intentionally ambushed by the attacker,” a law enforcement source said.
“Within seconds of being attacked, they quickly de-escalated the situation without anyone being seriously injured, and placed the attacker in handcuffs.”
In October 2023 — just weeks after Hamas launched its bloody attack on Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking hundreds of hostages — Baraket was filmed tearing down Israeli child hostage posters from a storefront window with her sister Aya while yelling “F–k Israel” on the Upper West Side.
The siblings were confronted by Marilyn Adler and her two adult daughters, who said the pair then turned on them, leaving her frightened that they would harm her children.
Dana and Aya Baraket were filmed tearing down posters of Israeli hostages. twitter @ RitaPanahi
The two cops were attacked at Broadway and 47th Street around 1:20 a.m. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockIn the video, shared widely online by the nonprofit StopAntisemitism, Adler’s daughter Melissa pleaded with the women to stop, stressing that those pictured on the posters were “innocent civilians.”
In response, one of the women yelled, “F–k you, f–k Israel.”
The sisters’ father, Hasan Baraket, said he spoke with his daughters after the disturbing confrontation made The Post’s front page.
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Hasan, a New Yorker who immigrated from Lebanon more than 35 years ago, said he disapproved of their offensive language but insisted they are not antisemitic and that their actions were taken out of context.
The two women claimed they were provoked by Adler, who they claimed snatched a photo of a Palestinian baby from their hands, the dad said.
