{"id":102602,"date":"2023-03-04T17:05:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T15:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=102602"},"modified":"2023-03-04T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T12:46:22","slug":"10-05-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=102602","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Bragged About Assaulting New York Jews Sentenced for Spree of Antisemitic Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Bragged About Assaulting New York Jews Sentenced for Spree of Antisemitic Violence<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Andrew Bernard<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pro-Palestinian activist Saadah Masoud. Photo: Screenshot<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A pro-Palestinian activist was sentenced on Friday to\u00a018 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release\u00a0for his multi-year spree of violence against Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saadah Masoud, 29, of Staten Island, New York, pled guilty in federal court in November 2022 to conspiring to commit hate crimes in connection with his attacks on Jewish victims. As part of the guilty plea, he admitted to three assaults in 2021 and 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was sentenced on Friday by Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

A sentencing document filed by prosecutors in February showcases the extent of Masoud\u2019s antisemitism and the brutality of his crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI beat the s*** out of three Zionist[s] yesterday and didn\u2019t even see a jail cell,\u201d Masoud told his associates in the messaging app Signal on May 19, 2021, according to court documents. \u201cONLY VIOLENCE,\u201d he exhorted, saying that they would only receive a minor ticket for attacking Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following day, May 20, Masoud arrived at a pro-Israel demonstration where he approached a man wearing a Star of David necklace, shouted at him, \u201cAre you a f****** Jew?\u201d and then punched the man in the face. After the assault, Masoud texted his friends: \u201cno videos of me anywhere lmaooo. I\u2019m Gucci. No face no case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Two weeks later on June 2, Masoud attacked his second victim, popular local Jewish radio host and city council candidate Heshy Tischler, outside of his home in Brooklyn. Masoud wrote in an Instagram direct message after the attack, \u201cnah some jew politician said i assaulted him,\u201d and said his lawyer was able to get him released without bail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Masoud\u2019s\u00a0third assault was on 28-year-old Matt Greenman<\/a>, who attended a pro-Palestinian demonstration draped in an Israeli flag in April 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenman recounted the attack in an interview with New York broadcaster PIX 11. A group of men marching in a pro-Palestinian demonstration spotted him on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Masoud\u2019s friends \u201cstarted to make a little circle and he got me from behind, got me on the ground, and punched me in the face,\u201d said Greenman. \u201cI got this black eye. He kicked me in the face a whole bunch.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenman was taken to the hospital and treated for a concussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his efforts to conceal his actions, his guilty plea for the attacks, and what prosecutors described as \u201chis awareness of hate crime statutes, and the severity of charges under hate crime statutes,\u201d Masoud\u2019s defense argued before Friday\u2019s hearing that he should receive only 6 months in prison despite sentencing guidelines recommending 18-24 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defense argued that because New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u00a0granted a six-month sentence plea deal<\/a>\u00a0to a man who attacked a yarmulke-wearing Jewish man at the same rally where Masoud committed one of his assaults, Masoud should therefore receive the same sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gerard Filitti, a lawyer representing Greenman and a Senior Counsel at the Lawfare Project, called that argument \u201cdisgusting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMasoud pled guilty to a conspiracy whose overt acts included\u00a0three<\/i>\u00a0violent attacks on\u00a0three<\/i>\u00a0separate occasions,\u201d Filitti told\u00a0The Algemeiner.<\/i>\u00a0\u201cHis lawyer is essentially arguing, \u2018Beat a Jew, get two free.\u2019 This is beyond despicable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prosecutors describe Masoud\u2019s antisemitic tirades continuing even after his arrest on 14 June, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the defendant was brought to the courthouse following his arrest, he recognized the case detective and said to him, \u2018All this for one Jew?\u2019\u201d the prosecution\u2019s sentencing filing says.\u00a0Speaking before the sentencing hearing, Filitti said this case demonstrated the need for more federal hate crimes prosecutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I fully expect the Court to see Masoud for what he is \u2013 an unrepentant Jew-hater \u2013 his submission showcases the very need for more federal prosecutions of antisemitic hate crimes, in order to deter violent attacks against the Jewish community,\u201d Filitti said. \u201cDeterrence is only served by imposing consequences, and holding perpetrators accountable for their hate-filled conduct.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Bragged About Assaulting New York Jews Sentenced for Spree of Antisemitic Violence Andrew Bernard Pro-Palestinian activist Saadah Masoud. Photo: Screenshot A pro-Palestinian activist was sentenced on Friday to\u00a018 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release\u00a0for his multi-year spree of violence against Jews. Saadah Masoud, 29, of Staten […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[44,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102619,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102602\/revisions\/102619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}