Demonstrators in Los Angeles and other major cities waved Palestinian flags and chanted for an “intifada” as protests over ICE raids spiraled into organized violence and ideological unrest.
Violent protests that erupted in response to federal immigration raids across Los Angeles last weekend have taken on a distinctly radical tone, with footage showing rioters not only targeting law enforcement but openly invoking militant Palestinian rhetoric and terrorist imagery.
While the initial trigger was a wave of ICE arrests across residential and commercial areas, the unrest quickly shifted into something broader. In several confrontations downtown, masked individuals draped in keffiyehs and hoisting Palestinian banners led aggressive actions — igniting vehicles, hurling improvised explosives, and clashing with riot police.
As protesters torched American flags and pledged allegiance to Mexico, widely shared videos captured chants of “intifada” — a term historically tied to violent uprisings in the Middle East — accompanied by signs that targeted U.S. immigration enforcement and Western alliances with Israel.
Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), shared a viral post linking ICE enforcement to the Gaza conflict, while declaring, “From L.A. to Rafah, there is one common oppressor — Death to the colonial empire.”
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Violent protests that erupted in response to federal immigration raids across Los Angeles last weekend have taken on a distinctly radical tone, with footage showing rioters not only targeting law enforcement but openly invoking militant Palestinian rhetoric and terrorist imagery.
While the initial trigger was a wave of ICE arrests across residential and commercial areas, the unrest quickly shifted into something broader. In several confrontations downtown, masked individuals draped in keffiyehs and hoisting Palestinian banners led aggressive actions — igniting vehicles, hurling improvised explosives, and clashing with riot police.
As protesters torched American flags and pledged allegiance to Mexico, widely shared videos captured chants of “intifada” — a term historically tied to violent uprisings in the Middle East — accompanied by signs that targeted U.S. immigration enforcement and Western alliances with Israel.
Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), shared a viral post linking ICE enforcement to the Gaza conflict, while declaring, “From L.A. to Rafah, there is one common oppressor — Death to the colonial empire.”

Palestinian Symbols, ‘Intifada’ Cries Mark L.A. ICE Riots
Demonstrators in L.A. and other cities waved Palestinian flags and chanted for “intifada” as protests over ICE raids spiraled into violence.
