Six pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested during an unhinged march through Manhattan on Christmas Day when hundreds of participants carried a blood-red Nativity scene while chanting that Christmas was “canceled.”
The hateful protesters clashed with cops after descending on the News Corp headquarters on Sixth Avenue, which is home to The Post, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, around 2 p.m. They then spread through Midtown Manhattan and eventually wandered toward Union Square after 7 p.m.
The unrest disrupted traffic and marred the holiday festivities in the Big Apple, leading to the arrest of six demonstrators between the ages of 18 and 50 on charges ranging from making graffiti to menacing. Most of them were given desk appearance tickets and released.
Cisse Muktar, 18, from the Bronx, was slapped with charges including menacing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration. He was scheduled to be arraigned later Tuesday in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Police arresting a pro-Palestinian demonstrator in Manhattan on Christmas Day. @mfsgottenshook/X
Pro-Palestinian protesters outside Radio City Music Hall on Dec. 25, 2023. James Keivom
Pro-Palestinian protesters in the subway. James KeivomBah Safiatou, 19, also from the Bronx, was busted on accusations of making graffiti, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Elder Mohammed, 50, and his 24-year-old family member, Adam Elder Mohammed, both from Brooklyn, were charged with one count each of resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.
Jayda Torres, 23, from Brooklyn, was arrested on counts of making graffiti and criminal mischief.
Pro-Palestinian protesters carried a mock Nativity scene in Midtown Manhattan during a protest on Christmas Day. James Keivom
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters converged on Midtown on Christmas Day, calling for the holiday to be canceled. James KeivomSafiatou, Torres and both Elders were all released after receiving desk appearance tickets.
A 26-year-old man, who was not identified, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. He was released with a criminal court summons.
The arrests capped off a wild spree by some 500 protesters waving Palestinian flags and signs with incendiary messages decrying the war between Israel and Hamas — including one that read “While Ur Shopping Bombs are Dropping.”
A demonstrator holding up a watermelon during the Manhattan protest. James Keivom
Protesters mobbed the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on Monday, stunning holiday revelers and tourists. James Keivom
A protester stepping on what appears to be an Israeli flag. James KeivomAnother sign written on the canopy of a massive portable Nativity scene was splattered with what appeared to be fake blood and declared: “No Joy in Genocide.”
Other demonstrators could be seen trampling on the Israeli flag.
The protesters, many of them wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves, drifted from the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to Grand Central Terminal, allegedly causing unrest outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They even left stickers declaring “Zionism is Terrorism” on the Union Square Holiday Market.
