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Mohammed Said Othman, 28, was arrested Thursday morning and later arraigned on an indictment in connection to the May 20, 2021 attack on Joseph Borgen – who was knocked to the ground, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed, struck with crutches and assailed with anti-Semitic statements on Broadway near West 49th Street.</blockquote></ref> <small>[Related on Othman:<ref>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Suleiman_Othman Suleiman_Othman], Canary.</ref>

Mohammed Said Othman, 28, was arrested Thursday morning and later arraigned on an indictment in connection to the May 20, 2021 attack on Joseph Borgen – who was knocked to the ground, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed, struck with crutches and assailed with anti-Semitic statements on Broadway near West 49th Street.</blockquote></ref> <small>[Related on Othman:<ref>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Suleiman_Othman Suleiman_Othman], Canary.</ref>

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Overview: Suleiman Othman was arrested in January 2022 after physically attacking a pro-Israel Jewish man the prior month. Othman yelled an anti-Semitic slur and other insults at a protester wearing an Israeli flag at an April 2022 rally. After violent activist Saadah Masoud attacked the pro-Israel protester, Othman tied the flag around his shoe to walk on it. Othman later held the flag while it was on fire. During a violent May 2021 counterprotest, Othman was yelling [00:01:33] and pointing at Israel supporters while another anti-Israel activist held him back. In May 2021, Othman led [00:08:48] a chant calling for Israel’s destruction at a rally organized by Within Our Lifetime (WOL), an activist group in New York City founded by Nerdeen Kiswani.  Othman has engaged [00:06:15] in anti-Israel activism [00:17:55] with WOL multiple times. Until February 2018, WOL was known as the New York City chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), using the name NYC SJP... On December 26, 2021, two Jewish college students, Blake Zavadsky and Ilan Kaganovich, were reportedly assaulted by two men outside a Foot Locker in Brooklyn, New York. Zavadsky wore an IDF sweatshirt, was punched in the face by one of the assailants, who called Zavadsky and Kaganovich “dirty J...”</i>]</small>

 

Suleiman Othman was arrested in January 2022 after physically attacking a pro-Israel Jewish man the prior month. 

 

Othman yelled an anti-Semitic slur and other insults at a protester wearing an Israeli flag at an April 2022 rally. After violent activist Saadah Masoud attacked the pro-Israel protester, Othman tied the flag around his shoe to walk on it. Othman later held the flag while it was on fire. 

 

During a violent May 2021 counterprotest, Othman was yelling [00:01:33] and pointing at Israel supporters while another anti-Israel activist held him back.

 

In May 2021, Othman led [00:08:48] a chant calling for Israel’s destruction at a rally organized by Within Our Lifetime (WOL), an activist group in New York City founded by Nerdeen Kiswani. 

 

Othman has engaged [00:06:15] in anti-Israel activism [00:17:55] with WOL multiple times. Until February 2018, WOL was known as the New York City chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), using the name NYC SJP. 

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On December 26, 2021, two Jewish college students, Blake Zavadsky and Ilan Kaganovich, were reportedly assaulted by two men outside a Foot Locker in Brooklyn, New York. Zavadsky wore an IDF sweatshirt, was punched in the face by one of the assailants, who called Zavadsky and Kaganovich “dirty J...”</i>]</small>

On July 20, 2021 three Arab-Muslims: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst, Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood, and Ashan Azad, 19, of Midwood, were charged in hate crimes in Brooklyn, NY. The defendants allegedly stated, “Kill all the Jews,” demanded that a Jewish man say, “Free Palestine,” punched him when he refused, and then chased him and a friend while holding a cricket bat.<ref>[http://www.brooklynda.org/2021/07/20/three-brooklyn-men-indicted-for-assault-and-menacing-as-hate-crimes-for-attacking-jewish-people-outside-synagogues/ Three Brooklyn Men Indicted for Assault and Menacing as Hate Crimes For Attacking Jewish People Outside Synagogues]

On July 20, 2021 three Arab-Muslims: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst, Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood, and Ashan Azad, 19, of Midwood, were charged in hate crimes in Brooklyn, NY. The defendants allegedly stated, “Kill all the Jews,” demanded that a Jewish man say, “Free Palestine,” punched him when he refused, and then chased him and a friend while holding a cricket bat.<ref>[http://www.brooklynda.org/2021/07/20/three-brooklyn-men-indicted-for-assault-and-menacing-as-hate-crimes-for-attacking-jewish-people-outside-synagogues/ Three Brooklyn Men Indicted for Assault and Menacing as Hate Crimes For Attacking Jewish People Outside Synagogues]

Brooklyn DA, July 20, 2021.

Brooklyn DA, July 20, 2021.