Update (Monday):
“If anyone is flying out of JFK Airport today, please make sure you travel to the airport in advance,” Chief Philip Rivera, chief of transportation for the New York Police Department, wrote in an X-post.
Rivera said pro-Palestinian protesters are expected to cause delays at JFK Terminal 4 (departures).
“There are planned protests today and they will cause delays. We don’t want anyone to miss their flight! Safe travels and a happy new year,” he said.
If anyone is flying out of JFK Airport today, make sure you travel to the airport in advance. There are planned protests today that will cause delays. We don’t want anyone to miss their flight! Safe travels and a happy new year.#nypdconnecting #nypdprotecting pic.twitter.com/qpErgidNCi— Chief of Transportation (@NYPDTransport) January 1, 2024
Social media posts indicate that NYPD officers are only allowing people with an “employee ID or boarding pass” to enter the train stations leading to JFK Airport.
A pro-Palestinian convoy appears to be heading to the airport.
Some pro-Palestinian protesters call NYPD officers “NYPD, KKK, IDF, you’re all the same.”
“Reports of massive law enforcement mobilization around strategic entry points to JFK Airport to protect travelers from pro-Hamas protesters. This includes resources from the NYPD, NY State Police, Port Authority Police, National Guard, and multiple state and city sources. May God bless them all. Enough is enough. Long overdue for taking back our streets. Thank them when you see them,” said one X user.
Days after hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters surrounded the World Trade Center in New York City chanting “Allahu akbar,” a flyer circulating on social media platform X shows a possible rally at John F. Kennedy International Airport on New Year’s Day.
Joel Mowbray, a former columnist for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a nonpartisan institution that focuses on national security and foreign policy, pointed out that the protest flyer is full of hate:
Pro-Palestinian ‘protesters’ now openly embrace Hamas. The key word is ‘flood’. Hamas calls the 10/7 massacres ‘Operation Al Aqsa Flood’.
So “Flood JFK for Gaza” is open support for the Hamas campaign of raping, murdering and beheading Jews – and Muslims and Christians. Despicable.
Organized demonstrators are expected to arrive at JFK Terminal 4 (departures) on foot and by vehicle around 2:00 PM ET on Monday. The terminal serves several international airlines, including El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.
“On New Year’s Day, pro-Hamas mobs plan to shut down JFK Airport, but don’t worry, New York Governor @GovKathyHochul and @NYCMayor Eric Adams will be hard at work nursing their New Year’s Eve hangover. Once they get over it, they act like it didn’t happen,” said an X user in response to the flyer.
Another person said: “Ah yes, disrupting people trying to get home for the holidays on your cause. I’m sure they will agree with you and support it now.”
Marxist groups appear to be financing these anti-Israel protests, as some note. What’s troubling is that, just as it did when Marxist groups supported Black Lives Matter, the federal government appears to be ignoring these people who are shutting down highways, bridges, business districts and airports across the country.
Last Wednesday, anti-Israel protesters blocked crucial roads to JFK.
Where is the Biden administration denouncing these rogue organized protesters who are shutting down critical infrastructure? There should be zero tolerance for any group that tries to disrupt airports. Perhaps Biden’s federal government is too busy arming agencies against Trump supporters to actually worry about real threats to the nation.