Danon: Protesters in NYC calling for Israel’s destruction won’t deter Jewish community

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon posted a video on X of a riotous protest that took place on Thursday in New York City, in which the crowd chanted slogans such as “Death to the IDF” and “Israel should not exist.” The activists also pushed barriers and confronted law enforcement personnel.

“This is nothing new,” Danon wrote on Friday.

“These crowds fill the streets with calls for the ‘globalization of the intifada,’ demands for the destruction of Israel, and open hostility toward Jews and Israelis,” he continued.

However, the Jewish community in the Big Apple “is strong and will continue to stand by Israel,” the ambassador said.

The anti-Israel crowd gathered outside Columbia University’s Butler Library in a demonstration that extended into the evening. A group identifying as “Columbia University Apartheid Divest” occupied the library before heading outside.