Rabbi sues anti-Israel protestors, alleges they damaged his ears attempting to drown out payers [Video]

FIRST ON FOX — A prominent Washington D.C. area rabbi has filed an assault lawsuit against anti-Israel protesters, who allegedly damaged his ears while blasting “bullhorns, sirens and loudspeakers” in an attempt to drown out his prayers. 

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld alleges that he “suffered acute acoustic trauma and other harm” when confronted by anti-Israel protesters while he was praying in front of the Israeli Embassy on March 22. 

“When we went there to pray, we were overcome by the presence of pro-Palestinian protesters, pro-Hamas protesters, who not only wanted to share their voice, they also wanted to make sure that our voice was not able to be heard,” Herzfeld, who says he has been receiving medical treatment, told Fox News Digital. 

“I feel an obligation as a rabbi, and as a Jew, to hold these people accountable, to take them before a judge and say, ‘It’s not okay what they’re doing, it’s not okay that they’re trying …