Watch: The "surprise" that awaited Adams at the October 7 memorial ceremony

New York City Mayor Eric Adams faced a verbal attack from pro-Palestinian protesters at the October 7 memorial ceremony in Manhattan's Union Square. Some protesters waved Hamas flags, hurled insults and curses at him, and accused him of betraying the Palestinian struggle, against the backdrop of a post he published accusing Israel of "ongoing genocide".

New York City Mayor Eric Adams faced a severe verbal attack from pro-Palestinian protesters during the October 7 memorial ceremony held yesterday (Wednesday) in Manhattan's Union Square. The protesters, some of whom waved Hamas flags, shouted insults at him, called him a "coward" and a "traitor", and accused him of "genocide". The incident occurred against the backdrop of a post Adams published marking three years since the massacre, in which he accused the Israeli government of "ongoing genocide" in Gaza, sparking outrage in the Jewish community. Tamar Glazerman, a co-founder of the organization "Israelis for Peace" that organized the ceremony, described the event as a "difficult evening" with severe verbal violence, noting that the protesters were unwilling to listen because of the word "Israelis" in the organization's name. The article reports on the event using charged terms like "attack" and "insults" to describe the protesters' actions, and quotes Adams' post as "anti-Semitic".