An Unarmed Stranger Was Punched In The Face By Gang Member Who Asked If He Was Jewish

A man who approached a stranger and asked if he was Jewish before hitting him in the face is being pursued by the police.

In regard to the antisemitic incident that occurred in Wembley last year, the Met Police have made available a CCTV photograph of the individual that they would want to talk with.

A Jewish man reported being attacked on October 13 on Wembley’s Kingsbury Road.

He said that a group of men had approached him before asking if he was Jewish.

Upon pulling out his phone to snap a picture of the gang, the guy claims that one of them punched him, striking him in the face.

PC Catherine Brady, leading the investigation, said: ‘This assault left the victim incredibly shaken and we know it has caused concern within the wider community.’

She continued: ‘Hate crime of any kind is not something we tolerate, and we have been carrying out inquiries to establish who is responsible for this offence.

‘Anyone who recognises the man in this photo or has any other information about the incident should call 101 with reference 4001/13OCT23.’

It follows a rise in hate crimes motivated by anti-Semitism.

Three Jewish friends reported earlier this week that they were assaulted in Leicester Square for ‘ speaking Hebrew’ by a group of individuals. They placed many 999 calls before law enforcement came.

The victims said that early on Sunday morning, they had been having a great day out in London’s West End when they were ambushed by a gang of as many as twenty males.

One individual stated that she made ten calls to the Metropolitan Police out of concern for her life, only to be informed by the operator that she wasn’t the only one who had called that evening.

They claimed that while the gang of criminals screamed “Free Palestine,” they were struck in the head and neck and that “15 to 20 guys” attacked them, leaving one of them injured and in need of medical attention.

The incident is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police as an “anti-Semitic hate crime,” and it took them 28 minutes to get an officer to the site.

Two Jewish men and a woman were attacked at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday when they were strolling in a popular nightlife district in Britain.

We shouldn’t even seriously try to sort through the convoluted and massive mess that is the Israeli-Palestinian issue since there is so much at stake.

Although the situation between Israel and Palestine is complex, it’s not that complex.

At a basic level, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is over who gets what land and how that land is controlled.

Yes, there are some tricky things, like how to partition Jerusalem, but there isn’t a huge list of them, and while solving these problems might be quite challenging, understanding them doesn’t have to be.

The dispute might appear far more difficult than it is for three primary reasons.

First of all, it has persisted for a number of decades, which is a lengthy period.

As a result, delving into any particular aspect requires reciting a significant amount of historical background. Although this can be difficult to achieve, it does not always indicate that the problems are intractable or impossible to comprehend or solve.

Secondly, every side presents a distinct account of the battle, including what transpired, what is important, and who is responsible for what.

It may be perplexing and draining to hear so much contradictory information; this impact is exacerbated by the fact that American public discourse alternates between the two narratives.

However, having conflicting accounts of events is not rare in major battles, nor does it render the truth of what happened incomprehensible.

Third, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli partisans frequently promote the notion that the dispute is either extremely simple (“our side is right”) or extremely complex, beyond the comprehension of outsiders.

The lesson is the same in all interpretations: you shouldn’t overthink or read about what’s going on.

This is a tragically successful technique to stop a discourse; it makes people want to disregard the arguments made by the opposing side, dismiss the abuses of their own side, or just give up.

One of the many reasons why the discourse is so poisonous is because all of this effectively gives the conversation to the most ardent partisans.

Additionally, it serves the status quo of ongoing hostilities, which is excellent news for radicals on both sides who hope to end the fight by winning a decisive military victory over the other. Thus, take it upon yourself as a global citizen’s civic obligation to disregard those who say you are incapable of comprehending this conflict—you are capable of doing so.

While it is true that the majority of Palestinians are Muslims and Israelis are Jews, religion is not one of the main causes of the war. Contrary to what your elementary school teacher might have said, this is not a conflict between Islam and Judaism over religious distinctions. Israeli and Palestinian ethnicities are at odds over non-religious matters of territory and identity.

The majority of European Jews who organised and promoted the first wave of mass Jewish migration to what is now Israel in the late 1800s and early 1900s were secular Jews.

Jews were regarded by their movement, Zionism, as both a religious and a national community, similar to the French or Chinese. Although there are many religiously observant Israelis, particularly on the political right, the greater movement that gave rise to Israel was and is predominantly secular.

Additionally, the early armed movements in Palestine were predominantly secular.

Contrary to popular belief, they were not Islamic fanatics; rather, they were Palestinian nationalists, much like the Irish Republican Army was.

Even officially, several early organisations were communist. Indeed, more modern organisations like the 1987-founded Hamas support Islamism. But underneath their jihadi rhetoric lie, for the most part, the same nationalist motivations as earlier movements.