Masked protester accused of harassing Jew on New York City subway read poem in court in previous hate crime case: report

A Hezbollah-clad protester accused of hatefully targeting a Jewish gunman reportedly read the poem aloud before he was sentenced in a separate anti-Semitic crime case.

37-year-old Christopher Husari’s bizarre poetry reading unfolded in a California courtroom in October as he faced the music for stealing and burning a woman’s Israeli flag during a protest—and moments before he was arrested on a warrant out of New York. York. Mercury News reported.

Husaria has since been extradited to the Big Apple, where police say he spewed anti-Semitic vitriol in White Plains. lawyer Joshua Savitt on a metro train in June.

Savitt exclusively told The Post on Thursday that he was pleasantly surprised to learn of Husari’s arrest and expected arraignment this week on attempted hate crime and stalking charges in a Manhattan court.

“Disagree with people all you want, but treat people decently,” he said.

“It’s actually not that hard to reach out to people. It’s just not true.”

Savitt crossed paths with Husari after visiting Exhibition in midtown Manhattan in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023.

A crowd of anti-Israel protesters chanting “Long live the Intifada!” milled around the exhibit and then filled the subway train Savitt boarded on Fulton Street, he told The Post.

One protester, wearing a mask and a T-shirt with the flag of the terrorist group Hezbollah, spotted Savitt wearing a kippah, or religious headdress, and singled him out, the lawyer said.

“Yo, we got a Zionist here,” the protester said, Savitt said.

The protester became angry when Savitt took the photos and taunted, “Bro, if you only knew who I am.”

Message later exposed the menacing bully was Husariy, a self-proclaimed activist who had been arrested multiple times during the protests and lived with his parents in their $1.8 million home.

Husari said Savitt was the aggressor because he was taking photographs.

“I don’t threaten Jews,” he said.

But Husari faced charges of threatening Jews other than Savitt.

In January he attacked a woman, snatched an Israeli flag from her and set it on fire during a protest in El Cerrito, California, according to reports and the criminal complaint.

On October 9, almost a year after the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival, he was found guilty without trial on charges of robbery and theft, as well as an enhanced hate crime charge.

A week later, Husariy held his own personal poetry competition, was sentenced to 364 days in prison, and was arrested by members of the fugitive task force. The Mercury News report does not specify which poem Husariy read or whether he wrote it himself.

The instigator was being held without bail as he was extradited to New York to face a hate crimes case during his confrontation with Savitt on the subway, court records show.

Husari was scheduled to be charged Thursday in Manhattan court, but the trial was delayed due to paperwork issues.

—Additional reporting by Joe Marino