Violence erupted on June 23 as a pro-Palestinian protest was held in front of Adas Torah Synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area.
The protest reportedly occurred as an Israeli real estate fair was taking place inside the synagogue. An X account called “Jews Fight Back” urged the Jewish community in a June 21 post to protect the synagogue.
Videos posted to social media show pro-Palestinian protesters blocking people from entering the synagogue; one video showed journalist Cam Higby being bear sprayed.
Videos also circulated of pro-Palestinian protesters attacking a Jewish man and a pro-Israel protester in separate locations.
The LAPD has told ABC7 and KTLA that no official arrests were made, nor have there been any reported injuries.
Former Los Angeles City Council candidate Sam Yebri posted on X that what occurred in front of the synagogue is “a dark stain in the history of Los Angeles. Violent extremists who proudly praise Hamas and Hezbollah marched outside an Orthodox synagogue in America’s most heavily Jewish neighborhood outside of New York — where my kids go to school, where my family worships, where my family eat and shop — and brazenly terrorized Jewish Angelenos with impunity and without any consequence. These violent masked domestic terrorists bludgeoned Jews, vandalized synagogues, schools and stores, keyed cars, assaulted anyone who appeared Jewish blocked Jews from entering their synagogue, and chanted for the genocide of the Jewish people. These violent masked domestic terrorists are now dispersing into Jewish neighborhoods hunting Jews and causing more destruction and vandalism.”
