The Israeli police have arrested two Palestinian teenagers who assaulted a Jewish man, forced him to kiss their feet and posted their disturbing exploits in TikTok.
The TikTok video shows an Orthodox Jewish men in various humiliating poses and kneeling to kiss the feet of one of his attackers. The two Arab perpetrators, reportedly residents of the Old City of Jerusalem, tried to cover up their faces in the clip, but the police was able to track them down.
On Friday, the Palestinian suspects, aged 14 and 16, were presented before a judge, and will remain in judicial custody for at least a few more days, the Israeli media confirmed.
The antisemitic hate crime went largely unreported in the mainstream media. Imagine the media outrage if Jewish or Christian teenagers had treated a member of another religious community in such a despicable way.
The Times of Israel reported the details of the incident:
Police arrested two Palestinian teenagers who filmed themselves threatening an ultra-Orthodox man in Jerusalem’s Old City and ordering him to bend down on his knees and kiss one of their feet in a video that they later uploaded to TikTok.The phenomenon of Palestinians filming themselves assaulting or humiliating ultra-Orthodox residents sparked outrage and clashes last year, leading to several arrests. In one particularly viral video, a Palestinian was filmed pouring hot coffee on an Orthodox man, leading to a two-year prison sentence.The latest clip was captioned with the line “look at how he kisses his shoes” with a laughing emoji.A police complaint was filed shortly after the video was uploaded and the 14 and 16-year-olds were arrested on Thursday and charged with assault and issuing threats.A judge on Friday ordered the suspects’ remand extended by four more days.“Documenting illegal acts of this kind and spreading them on social media is even more serious, and the perpetrators knew that filming the act would only help the police gather evidence, locate those involved and quickly arrest them,” police said.
View the video on Twitter below:
This is not an isolated incident of Palestinian men attacking and humiliating Jews on the streets of the Holy City and sharing their attacks on social media. Orthodox Jews, particularly identifiable by of their religious attire, are often targeted by Palestinian attackers who post their attacks on TikTok and other platforms.
The first such TikTok videos began surfacing during the wave of Palestinian violence triggered by the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the spring of 2021. The Israeli news outlet Ynet News noted in April 2021 that “[a] new worrying trend appears to be gaining momentum among Arab youths in Jerusalem, who videotape themselves harassing ultra-Orthodox Jews in the capital as a ‘challenge,’ which they then upload to the social media TikTok.”
The disturbing trend was also noticed by some international news outlets. “A series of videos posted online have … shown young Arabs attacking ultra-Orthodox Jews,” the French public broadcaster France24 reported around that time. The Associated Press noted that “One video showed what appeared to be a group of Palestinians beating an ultra-Orthodox Jew near Damascus Gate. They could be seen punching, kicking and throwing him to the ground before police chased them off.”
While Palestinian youth assault unarmed and elderly Jews on the streets of Jerusalem, Palestinian terrorist groups in the West Bank and Gaza continue their campaign of terror against the state of Israel:
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