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HATE CRIME - Man Tries to Burn Israeli Flag in Front of Kosher Bagel Shop
Caught on Camera Trying to Set Israeli Flag on Fire, Tears it Down The NYPD released surveillance video of a man trying to burn an Israeli-American flag in front of a Kosher bagel shop. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice March 8, 2024 MANHATTAN - Cops are looking for a man who tried to to set an Israeli flag on fire in broad daylight outside a Manhattan bagel shop. When the flag wouldn’t catch fire the arsonist pulled it down. At around 3 pm on February 24, a man walked up to a kosher bagel shop at 2547 Amsterdam Avenue across the street from the Yeshiva University High School for Boys. Surveillance video captures the man hop on a table, and try to ignite an aerosol can to try to use it to burn the Israeli-American flag outside the bagel shop. When the can would not ignite like a blow torch, the firebug pulled the flag down to the floor and ran off. He then hopped into a black sedan and drove off down Amsterdam Avenue. The case is being investigated by t...
