"NYC Palestinian man sentenced for brutal antisemitic beating as judge removes angry supporters from court"

A Palestinian-American man, Mahmoud Musa, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in a hate crime beating of a Jewish man in Times Square. Musa and a group of men targeted Joseph Borgen, beating him, kicking him while he was down, and dousing him with pepper spray. The attack was motivated by antisemitism, with the assailants berating Borgen with slurs. During Musa's sentencing, his supporters shouted at the judge, resulting in their ejection from the courtroom. Borgen expressed relief at the sentence but remains concerned about ongoing antisemitic violence amid protests related to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.