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Sisters Aya and Dana were caught on camera tearing down posters of Israeli child hostage while screaming f***k Israel this week. Father claims that they were provoked

Noah Schaffer was put on four months unpaid leave, his father, Eric Schaffer, told staff at Human Factors, the digital design agency he founded.

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A fitness model was captured on video ripping down posters of small children kidnapped by Hamas outside of Jewish-founded Golds Gym in Venice Beach. 

A Brooklyn man seen tearing down posters of Israeli kids held by Hamas has been identified as a former magician whose Jewish father suspended him from his gig, according to a report.

Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesNoah Schaffer, a New York City man who works as an executive strategist at his dad’s UX company after a stint working for a magic show, was put on leave for four months after being filmed tearing down posters in Brooklyn Bridge Park depicting Israelis purportedly kidnapped by Hamas, The Daily Mail reported. His father, Dr. Eric Schaffer, reportedly told staff in a memo that his son was “not an antisemite nor a supporter of Hamas&#x...