A rabble-rousing “Jew hater” was arrested by the feds Wednesday for allegedly assaulting multiple Jewish victims in a spate of vicious hate crime attacks across the Big Apple — including one where he allegedly snatched an Israeli flag and spewed pro-Nazi venom, The Post has learned.
Tarek Bazrouk, 20, was picked up by the feds on three hate crime charges early Wednesday morning over the string of alleged antisemitic attacks at various Israel-Gaza war protests dating back to April last year, federal prosecutors said.
In a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday, the feds detailed how Bazrouk — who has already been repeatedly arrested by the NYPD over the alleged hate-filled antics — had pro-Hamas propaganda on his phone and a barrage of texts describing himself as a “Jew hater.”
Bazrouk also allegedly once told a friend that he was “mad happy” to have learned that certain relatives overseas were part of Hamas, prosecutors said.
“The FBI will pursue violent criminals who assault Jewish citizens. Today’s arrest sends a clear message that we are not backing down,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. “Thank you to our FBI teams and partners for their diligent work in this case.”
Bazrouk’s alleged crime streak stretches back to April 15 last year when he assaulted three Jewish people at a war protest outside the New York Stock Exchange.
In that incident, Bazrouk — who was wearing a green headband typically worn by Hamas terrorists — allegedly lunged at a group carrying Israeli flags, according to the federal filing.
As he was being hauled away by cops, Bazrouk allegedly kicked a Jewish college student in the stomach.
He is also accused of slugging a Jewish Columbia University student in the face while allegedly ranting about Hitler and the Nazis in an unhinged flag-snatching tantrum near the Ivy League campus on Dec. 9.
The victim in that ordeal, 22-year-old Jonathan Lederer, told The Post at the time that Bazrouk allegedly stole his brother’s flag and then decked him for trying to intervene.
One month later, Bazrouk again targeted a protester with an Israeli flag draped on his shoulders at a protest near Union Square on Jan. 6, prosecutors allege.
Bazrouk, who was wearing a keffiyeh on his face, allegedly punched the victim in the face with a closed fist.
Investigators probing the alleged violence later uncovered the trove of antisemitic bias on his phone, according to prosecutors.
In texts to friends, Bazrouk allegedly labeled Jews as “worthless,” called an acquaintance a “f–king Jew,” and told one to “slap that bitch” in reference to a woman with an Israeli sticker on her laptop.
Bazrouk has already been arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on a host of assault, hate crime and harassment charges.
In addition to local charges, Bazrouk is now charged with three counts of committing hate crimes, which each carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
He is slated to appear before US Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron later on Wednesday.
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