For those tracking the escalatory messaging at anti-Israel protests, this one outside a synagogue in NYC, and what to expect from Mayor-Elect Mamdani (as cribbed from Luke Terres at the TOI).

Chants  “Death to the IDF,” “We don’t want no Zionists here,” “Resistance you make us proud, take another settler out.” “From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada,” “Say it loud, say it clear, we don’t want no Zionists here” “We don’t want no two states, we want ’48” “Resistance is justified” “No peace on stolen land” “Settlers, settlers, go back home, Palestine is ours alone.”

Crowd abuse and intimidation: The activists later posted videos of Jews entering the synagogue, branding them “settlers” in the videos, while activists shouted “shame” in the background. A protest leader told the crowd, “It is our duty to make them think twice before holding these events. We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared” (with the roughly 200 protesters in the crowd repeating each sentence in unison).

Individually targeted acts of hate speech: One woman shouted, “Fucking Jewish pricks,” at passersby, while another yelled, “You’re part of a death cult,” while arguing with a man in a kippah. Another protester held a sign that said, “Pedophiles & rapists are running our government to serve ‘Israel,’” the text overlaid on a photo of US President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Others shouted about the Hannibal Directive, referring to a conspiracy theory that says the IDF was responsible for the Israeli civilian deaths on October 7. “You fucking rapist cunts. You fucking pedophiles. You fucking Epstein pieces of shit,” one woman shouted. On Wednesday night, members of Neturei Karta, which has been condemned by other non-Zionist Hasidic movements, repeatedly stomped on an Israeli flag.

The protest was led by the anti-Zionist activist group Pal-Awda, and was advertised by other organizations around the city, such as the city’s branch of Jewish Voice for Peace and an array of student groups, including two groups from Columbia University.

Spokesperson for Mayor-Elect Mamani kid-gloving and siding with the protestors “The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s protest and will continue to do so,” Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec said Thursday. “He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law.”

A quick takeaway: Mayor-Elect/Mayor Mamdani will continue to “discourage” but not condemn anti-Israel-anti-Semitic hate speech and will continue to gin up real hatred against Israel under the banner of genocide and in the name of Palestine.