Violent thug Saadah Masoud has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his attacks on Jews.
And reading more details of the case, he is even more vile and violent than previously thought, and it is clear his problem is with Jews, not just Israel.
A pro-Palestinian activist who committed a series of attacks on Jews in New York City in 2021 and 2022 discussed bringing firebombs to a pro-Israel rally, bragged about antisemitic assaults and plotted how to evade law enforcement, according to federal prosecutors.
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In a sentencing submission last week, prosecutors laid out discussions Masoud held with his associates around the time of the crimes that indicated the attacks were planned and targeted people they believed to be Jewish or Israeli. Masoud’s defense said the attacks were politically and personally motivated.
In May of 2021, around the time of a conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group, Masoud discussed disrupting a pro-Israel rally in Manhattan in a group chat on the Signal messaging app.
The group discussed bringing weapons to the pro-Israel rally, including Molotov cocktails, prosecutors said.
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One of the participants said, “Remember, don’t chant out Jews, it’s the Zionists,” apparently to evade allegations of antisemitism. Many Jewish advocates hold that anti-Zionism is often a cover for antisemitism. Masoud expressed support for the statement in the group chat.
Another participant in the group chat said, “Fuck all Jews.”
“The defendant’s attempt to place his actions in the context of international affairs… should be given little, if any credence,” prosecutors wrote. “The veil of ‘anti-Zionism’ is pathetically thin in this case.”
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The day after Masoud and his associates held the group chat, they went to a pro-Israel protest and picked out a man wearing a Star of David while he was walking with his wife.
“Are you a fucking Jew?” Masoud asked the man, then punched him in the face. Afterward, he texted his associates, “no videos of me anywhere lmaooo. I’m Gucci. No face no case.”
Less than two weeks later, Masoud and a co-conspirator drove to the Brooklyn home of Heshy Tischler, a contentious, conservative, well-known figure in the Orthodox community in Boro Park. Tischler later told prosecutors that Masoud had shouted antisemitic insults at him at a previous Black Lives Matter rally.
Masoud approached Tischler while he was waiting in a car for his wife and granddaughter and threatened him, saying, “We know where you live, we’ll get you.” Tischler got out of the car and attempted to film Masoud, who slapped the phone out of Tischler’s hand. Masoud’s associate then punched Tischler in the face.
A few days later, Masoud wrote in an Instagram message, “some jew politician said i assaulted him.” He played down the offense, saying, “assault 3, menacing… my lawyer fire… got me out no bail.”
In the third attack, Masoud pursued and beat a Jewish man, Matt Greenmann, on the sidelines of a pro-Palestinian protest in Manhattan in April 2022. The victim had gone to the event as a counter-protester with an Israeli flag. Masoud knocked him to the sidewalk, repeatedly punched him in the face, causing a concussion, then burned his Israeli flag at the head of the protest.
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Masoud later messaged a Jewish Instagram account that posted about the incident, saying, “I feel bad for you zionist people when judgment day comes and we slaughter all of them like sheep.”
Masoud was arrested in June 2022. When he arrived at the courthouse, he asked a detective, “All this for one Jew?” Shortly after, an investigator overheard him saying he didn’t want any “Greenbergs” for lawyers, and when he received counsel, he demanded the attorney recite and spell his last name, apparently to check if he was Jewish.
While he was being monitored before the trial, he refused to be supervised by an officer with the Jewish surname “Rothman.”
Naturally, his defense included “he is anti-Zionist-not-antisemitic.” He also claimed he was aggressive due to the death of his father and a cousin and a recent breakup. And the dog ate his homework (ok, I made that last part up).
In the meantime, even using his own math, 18 months seems too lenient. But I guess it is still enough time for his prison shower time to be like
