Activists who demonstrated outside an Israeli real estate expo in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday have said that they were attacked by “Zionist mobs” after they left the area, Al Jazeera reports.

In a post on X, the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation, Pal-Awda, said it organised a protest that “peacefully protested the illegal sale of stolen Palestinian land at a real estate event”, but that Zionists “spat on, kicked, harassed, maced and even physically struck and punched” some of the protest attendees.

It said one group of protesters, including “several Jewish allies” were approached by several assailants, including a “Zionist with a metal stick”.

The attackers encircled the protesters, threatened them and ultimately assaulted them, resulting in “two young men” being taken to hospital, Al Jazeera quoted Pal-Awda as saying.

A website advertising the Getter Group Israel Real Estate Expo in Borough Park, Brooklyn said the event on Tuesday promised to offer opportunities to hear from developers “about the latest projects going up in all parts of the country”.