
2 anti-Israel activists who glued themselves to Sixth Avenue on Thanksgiving dodge criminal charges — one says they’d do it ‘again’
NY Post
A pole-dancer and fellow anti-Israel activist who glued themselves to Sixth Avenue during Manhattan’s iconic Thanksgiving Day Parade dodged criminal charges Tuesday — with one of them defiantly saying he would get arrested again if necessary.
Jay Waxse was initially charged with obstructing government administration, resisting arrest and trespass. The second defendant, who was identified in court papers as Natalia Scollo but identified himself as Ezra, was facing obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.
But both ended up copping guilty pleas to a charge of disorderly conduct, a violation and not a criminal charge.
They were then ordered to “lead a law-abiding life” and not to get rearrested for one year to uphold the deal, according to transcripts of their hearings.
In brief statements to the judge, both defendants said they were simply trying to support a cause they believe in.
“We are out here just taking action for the liberation of Palestine so that they have the right to freedom and for safety, which they don’t have now,” Waxse said. “So we just have to liberate them and their people.”