A Manhattan banker who told a Jewish man to “go back to your country” as he covered signs depicting Hamas hostages with others calling Israel an “apartheid state” that is committing “genocide,” has been fired from his job at Freepoint Commodities, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
The antisemite was identified as Kurush Mistry, while a woman who was with him when the incident occurred last Thursday at 68th Street and Riverside Blvd. is his partner, Shailja Gupta.
The man filming the incident can be heard in a video clip asking the couple if they’re “proud” of covering up hostage photos.
“None of your [expletive] business, dude,” the woman replies.
Asking again if they’re “real proud” of themselves, the banker identified as Mistry says, “Very proud. Very proud.”
“Go live in Israel … go back to your country!” Mistry frothed.
“I’m an American. I’m an American Jew,” the filming man replies.
Freepoint Commodities said in a statement it was “aware of the recent antisemitic incident reported on social media, and the individual involved is no longer associated with Freepoint. We welcome the diversity of views and opinions held by our employees, but Freepoint does not tolerate discrimination and hate speech directed against any group.”
Mistry had been employed at Freepoint for 9 years, and had previously worked at big name firms including Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Lehman Brothers.
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If this Hamas sympathizer told a Yid to go back to his country, the it’s an acknowledgement that Eretz Yisrael is the Jewish homeland. Whats the fuss all about? Do we now want to be adamantly only American? Yes. We are proud to be US citizens. But we cannot forget that Israel is the Promised Land for Yidden.
“Go live in Israel … go back to your country!” Mistry frothed
lol. He literally said that Israel is the Jewish nation. Thanks for confirming it!!!
I’m from the South Bronx. I’d love to show this clown “my country”.
Serves him right! These people are confused ignorant Jew haters. They tell Jews in Israel you’re a colonial settler, go back where you come from and in America (or anywhere else) they say go back to Israel.
So now he can go back to his country! 🙂
“Bye, bye, banker! Baa, baa, baa” – especially if the anti-Semite is a Yalie. Measure for measure! Am Israel Chai!
Where is his country?
Free Palestine!!
I had Illegal Mexicans tell me “go back to your country”
Our country is the gas chambers
Wow just amazing
we’re still in galus and no matter where u live in the world makes even no difference 2 them u know that just please maybe try not 2 ever even 4get that or they will have 2 remind u instead and just try 2 act like a mentch
and please maybe even try 2 make a kiddush hashem wherever whatever u are doing now and not cv the opposite and in that zechus may moshiach come already fast beis hamikdash rebuilt already now amen
Meanwhile, based on their surnames, these two curry eaters need to be the ones going back to their own country.