As the evening progressed, the demonstrations escalated. Protesters chanted hostile slogans, waved Palestinian flags, set off smoke devices, and attempted to breach police barriers.
Anti-Israel protesters, who gathered outside the synagogue, yelled 'baby killers,' Zionist pigs' and 'Zionist scum,' according to videos on social media.
The individuals included 36 Turkish nationals, as well as citizens from the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Morocco, Italy, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Switzerland, Tunisia and Jordan, ministry sources added.
Organizers of the demonstrations have promoted the coordinated events on social media as an opportunity to pressure world leaders to hold Israel accountable for its military campaign against Hamas in Gaza
Anti-Israel activists left bloodied baby dolls, severed limbs, antisemitic caricatures on signs, and a blood-stained teddy bear at the church’s entrance.
University of California spent $29 million and the UK's Oxford and Cambridge Universities spent a combined £615,000 ($790,000) for clean-up and repair after anti-Israel protests.
Amidst cheers and chants of "Free Palestine," hundreds of Harvard University graduates and faculty members staged a walkout during the commencement ceremony.
University Chancellor apologized to the Jewish community after agreeing to anti-Zionist demands, calling Israel's war "genocide" and considering an academic boycott of Israel.
Protests on American campuses are drawing praise from Iran and Hezbollah, revealing an unsettling infiltration by Iran-linked activists into U.S. higher education.