Anti-Israel protestors clash with NYC police leading to at least a dozen arrests as angry 250-strong mob marches through Brooklyn

At least a dozen protestors have been arrested by cops after clashing with them at a rowdy demonstration in New York yesterday. 

Violence erupted when a large number of NYPD officers tried to push back an angry mob of nearly 250 people who took to the streets of Brooklyn to march in support of Palestine. 

The group was waving Palestinian flags near Ovington Avenue on the local shopping strip in the heavily Arab-American neighborhood. 

Images show officers tackling and dragging protestors to arrest them as they kept yelling and fighting back. 

Violence erupted when a large number of NYPD officers tried to push back angry mob of nearly 250 people who took to the streets of Brooklyn to march in support of Palestine

People argue with police officers during a pro-Palestine march, organized partly to observe a commemoration of the Nabka

A New York Police Department officer grabs a pro-Palestinian demonstrator during today's protest

People were seen being slammed against vans and being handcuffed while another draped in a Palestinian flag was filmed being loaded into a police vehicle. 

A video shared on X also show a police officer allegedly punching a protestor in the middle of the street. 

The NYPD said they are 'looking into' the video, according to NY Daily News. 

While officials have not yet clarified how many people were arrested from the scene, the New York Post has estimated that 12 were handcuffed and taken away. 

A Palestinian-led community organization named Within Our Lifetime reportedly assembled the protest. 

It was held in honor the 76th anniversary of 'Nakba', the annual observation of mass Palestinian displacement during the 1948 establishment of Israel.

This comes two weeks after more than 1,000 pro-Palestine protestors clashed with the NYPD just blocks away from New York's Met Gala on Monday evening.

New York Police Department officers carry a detained Pro-Palestinian demonstrator 

Images show officers tackling and dragging protestors to arrest them as they kept yelling and fighting back

A Palestinian-led community organization named Within Our Lifetime reportedly assembled the protest

Hundreds were seen marching from Hunter College a mile away, but they were met with a swift response from the NYPD who had been bracing for the possibility that demonstrators might make an appearance at the star-studded event. 

Dozens of protestors were arrested along Madison Avenue as the police attempted to ensure none of the demonstrators spilled over onto neighboring Fifth Avenue where the Met Gala was happening.

Initially, the police appeared to be successful in diverting the protestors away from where the Gala was taking place leaving the bulk of protestors marching down Park Avenue several blocks away - but it wasn't long until a demonstrator smashed through metal barriers and began walking down Fifth Avenue. 

Protestors could be seen holding placards, banging drums, waving flags and chanting 'free, free Palestine!' Others set off flares and red and green smoke - the colors of the Palestinian flag.

The protests — officially billed as part of a 'Day Of Rage For Gaza: From The Encampments To The Streets' — began earlier on Monday afternoon at Columbia University and NYU downtown with the two groups merging close to the Gala.

A woman was forced to the ground by officers with the NYPD as she was placed under arrest 

Pro-Palestine protestors, with numbers in the thousands, clashed with the NYPD just a block away from New York's Met Gala on Monday evening

Dozens of protestors were arrested along Madison Avenue and East 84th Street as the police attempted to ensure none of the demonstrators spilled over to neighboring Fifth Avenue where the Met Gala was taking place