(JEWISH GROUP) Hochul backs 'safety zones' around houses of worship

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Hochul backs ‘safety zones’ around houses of worship

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing a proposal to restrict protests around houses of worship by creating buffer zones. She plans to offer more details about the plan in her State of the State message next week, the Democratic governor said Tuesday. Hochul is building on legislation introduced last month after a raucous protest outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.

“I'll be announcing safety zones around houses of worship where people can go freely, to go to a safe place without threats of violence or protests,” Hochul said.

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New York law already prohibits people from intimidating or blocking someone who seeks to enter a house of worship or an abortion clinic. During the November protest at the Park East Synagogue, dozens of people waved flags and held signs – one of which said “Israel has no right to exist” – behind metal barricades near the entrance.

The protest chants included “Death to the IDF,” a reference to the Israel Defense Forces. Protesters shouted at people entering to hear a presentation by Nefesh B’Nefesh, a group that facilitates moves from North America to Israel.

https://gothamist.com/news/hochul-backs-safety-zones-around-houses-of-worship

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Even more disturbing than the protestors' calls for for intifada revolution was a protest leader's repeated statement

"We need to make them scared."

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-need-to-make-them-scared-nyc-synagogue-protest-crosses-new-red-lines/

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1. I don't know what upsets me more.

That this is where we are, or it doesn’t surprise me.