Legal Opinion
Herzfeld v. Barmada
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 5, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2024-1272Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHMUEL HERZFELD, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 24-1272 (TJK) HAZAMI BARMADA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION About half a year after Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, a crowd of pro-Palestinian protestors was using speakers and bullhorns outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. Upon arriving there, Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld positioned himself in that same area and led a small group to offer prayers for, among others, hostages held by Hamas. And as soon as Rabbi Herzfeld began praying among them, he alleges that one of…
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