NEW YORK — An independent journalist’s video of an Oct. 7, 2025, protest outside the News Corp building in Midtown Manhattan shows a demonstrator repeatedly making violent antisemitic threats and urging genocide, according to the footage and social media posts. The video was posted by journalist Nate Friedman and has been shared widely on X and other platforms.
In the clip, the protester, who identifies as trans and as Muslim, mixes pro-Palestinian and transgender imagery and tells the interviewer that Jews “own everything” and should be killed. When asked explicitly whether Jews should be killed, the protester replies in the affirmative and later says, referring to mass murder methods, that “with fast food chain ovens, like Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, we could repurpose ovens and go faster.”
During the same interview, the protester makes a series of bizarre and inflammatory claims about Islam and gender identity, asserting that “Muhammad herself was in fact a trans lesbian woman” and calling Islam “a trans religion.” The individual goes on to demand that “at least 50 percent of the Gazan government needs to be trans women,” suggesting that such representation is necessary for “liberation.”
The demonstration took place on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, a date that drew protests across the city. News coverage of Oct. 7 events around Midtown reports large crowds and confrontational chants and signage outside the News Corp building, which houses Fox News and other outlets. The protests have been widely described as including chants and imagery widely regarded as anti-Israel and, in some instances, antisemitic.
Friedman, who regularly posts street interviews of protesters, labeled the clip an exposure of an “unhinged leftist protestor” and provided the recorded transcript in posts accompanying the video. The footage includes other onlookers and speakers who attempt to identify the protester and encourage the interview to continue. Friedman’s posts and an associated YouTube upload make the full exchange available for review.
🚨I exposed an unhinged leftist protestor carrying a trans/palestine flag. He tells me "We need to kill all the jews and put them in fast-food chain ovens."
— Nate Friedman (@NateFriedman97) October 8, 2025
This hamas rally took place today on Oct 7th right outside the Fox News building in NYC. pic.twitter.com/PslxDtn3Zg
Independent reporting and local media coverage underscore two points. First, public calls for violence against Jews are categorically antisemitic and unlawful when they amount to direct threats or incitement. Second, the circulation of this video has amplified concerns among Jewish and pro-Israel communities about the tenor of some Oct. 7 demonstrations in New York and elsewhere.
Jewish communal leaders and civil rights groups routinely warn that rhetoric that advocates violence or dehumanizes Jews increases the risk to Jewish communities and can inspire real-world attacks.
Law enforcement and platform policy responses vary by case. Public calls for genocide can meet the legal standard for hate crime investigations or federal inquiry when the speech includes credible threats or crosses into direct incitement. At the time of publication, there is no public record from the New York Police Department or federal agencies posted in the public record indicating whether this specific interview has prompted an open criminal investigation.
This incident reinforces the need for clear condemnation of antisemitic threats and for social platforms and law enforcement to apply policies and laws consistently.
For Jewish and pro-Israel audiences, the video is a reminder of the persistent need for vigilance and community safety measures during protests that may attract extremist rhetoric. Community leaders and elected officials who have spoken about the Oct. 7 anniversary demonstrations have urged de-escalation and protection for bystanders and targeted communities.
This article is based on verified information from Nate Friedman’s social posts and video uploads, the posted transcript and footage circulated on X and YouTube, and contemporary media coverage of Oct. 7, 2025, protests in Midtown Manhattan.