Anti-Israel activists who falsely accused a rabbi of stalking have been ordered to pay his $182,000 legal bills. Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld went to the Israeli embassy in D.C. to pray for the Israelis taken captive by Hamas terrorists. He encountered anti-Israel demonstrators who berated and mocked him, and the situation escalated when the protesters began blasting loud sirens, causing alleged ear damage to the rabbi. The judge ruled against the activists, stating that the rabbi's actions were constitutionally protected speech and he had not stalked them.