A group representing more than 2,500 Orthodox rabbis nationwide will unveil a massive billboard this week in Times Square ripping the anti-Israel “Free Palestine” movement as a domestic terror campaign fueled by antisemitic hate, The Post has learned.
The 1,060-by-512 foot billboard paid for the Coalition for Jewish Values will be revealed Monday outside the Times Square Plaza office tower on Broadway near W. 42nd Street.
It’s 10-second, super-high-resolution animated video clip will run multiple times per hour for 30 days and features two images.
One image includes a photo composite with an Hamas terrorist sporting a green headband and an anti-Israel Columbia University protestor wearing a white keffiyeh, along with the caption: FREE PALESTINE=SUPPORT HAMAS=CALLING FOR GENOCIDE.
The other features a “yellow star” resembling yellow badges Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust and the caption: “AMERICA WAKE UP. IT NEVER ENDS WITH THE JEWS!”
Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the nonprofit group’s executive director, called the ad campaign “unprecedented,” saying no large Jewish organization has tapped into such a massive platform to spread the word.
“Everyone recognizes the previous generations hate symbols, but many don’t recognize the Hamas flag is no less murderous than that of the Nazi’s,” he said.
“We call upon all Americans to join us in speaking clearly about who and what the bloodthirsty ‘Free Palestine’ movement stands for, and the need to stamp it out.”
The ad campaign – which is being paid for by donor a who wishes to be anonymous and declined to reveal its cost – is being unveiled less than a week after House Speaker Mike Johnson declared the “Free Palestine” chants being heard on streets and college campus nationwide since the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attacks on Israel are part of “violent movement that has found common cause with Hamas.”
It’s also being unveiled as NYC is in the midst of early voting heading into June 24 primary with Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, an Israel-hating socialist, running a close second in most polls behind ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the race for the Democratic mayoral nomination.
Menken insisted the campaign had nothing to with Mamdani’s candidacy or Johnson’s comments, but said “too many Jewish organizations are afraid to say what Speaker Johnson finds obvious: the cry of ‘Free Palestine’ is a call of domestic terrorists.”
The ad campaign also cites the Coalition for Jewish Values and its web address, and Menken said the campaign could extend beyond 30 days if necessary funding is raised.
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