Seven anti-Israel protesters busted in NYC — including one accused of kicking NYPD captain in the chest

Seven anti-Israel protesters were busted at Monday’s Manhattan demonstrations — including a 23-year-old New Jersey man accused of kicking an NYPD captain in the chest.

Of the seven taken into custody, two were released with summonses and five face charges that require court arraignments, cops said.

Seven people were taken into custody during Monday’s sometimes violent anti-Israel protests in Manhattan. James Keivom

Abdulsala Elrais of New Rochelle Park, NJ, was cuffed for slugging a police captain in the chest during some of the mayhem and also trying to prevent officers from arresting someone else, authorities said. 

He was charged with both felony and misdemeanor assault, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration, cops said. 

An apparent relative, Abdultawab Elrais, 20, was charged with obstruction of governmental administration, a misdemeanor, police said. 

Adultawab launched a GoFundMe page earlier this year on behalf of a cousin whose shop was destroyed as the Israel-Hamas war ravaged Gaza. 

The protests roiled the city. James Keivom

Bronx resident Sanhubou Moacke, 24, also was arrested and charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, attempted assault and menacing, all misdemeanors, police said.

Nilda Ortiz, 46, of Brooklyn faces misdemeanor raps for making graffiti and criminal tampering, authorities said. 

And the youngest arrested protester, John Giemza, 18, also of Brooklyn, was charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental administration, police said. 

A rally led by the notorious organization Within Our Lifetime began on Wall Street and swelled as it moved uptown. James Keivom

The protests roiled many areas of Manhattan, with one group — led by the notorious organization Within Our Lifetime — beginning on Wall Street and moving uptown, swelling to about 2,000 people.

Another throng descended on Washington Square Park before migrating uptown as well.

A Jewish Democratic leader was surrounded, attacked and bloodied by one of the anti-Israel crowds, as thousands mobbed the streets of Manhattan on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack on the Jewish state.

Protesters move along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Monday. James Keivom

Anti-Israel protesters also gathered at college campuses from Columbia University to NYU and City Tech — and also made their way to the New York Public Library and Times Square. 

A contingent of the demonstrators also later descended on Central Park as a concert was held in honor of the victims of the Oct. 7 terror attacks. 

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