Disturbing graphic video encourages Arabs to kill Jews in Jerusalem
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A disturbing video depicting the stabbing of Jewish men was uploaded to YouTube on Hamas' official Channel. YouTube removed the video, calling it a violation of the prohibition against promoting hate speeches. However, the video was reuploaded to a pro-Israel blog.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
10/8/2015 (8 years ago)
Published in Middle East
Keywords: Hamas, Jerusalem, Israelis, Palestinians, Jews, Arabs, Video, Violence, Murder, Stab, Knife Attack, Dramatization, Encouragement, Killing, YouTube
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The graphic video features a dramatization of the interactions between Jews and Arabs. According to TheBlaze, it was a propaganda film urging Palestinians to start a new "intifada" and "free Al-Aqsa" by killing Jews.
It was uploaded the same week a "deadly stabbing spree" in Jerusalem left two rabbis dead. The incident was just one among multiple attacks by Palestinians against a number of Jewish Israelis."Disgusting video encourages Arabs to murder Jews," the blog owner, Elder of Ziyon, wrote. The pro-Israel blog highlighted Hamas' encouragement to instigate violence against the members of the Jewish faith, specifying "not Israelis - Jews."
In the dramatization, men don stereotypical Jewish clothing and begin to bully Palestinian boys who are playing in an alley. The bullying upset an Arab man who witnessed the scene is pictures wearing a keffiyeh scarf around his neck.Covertly, he waited for the "Jews" to pass him as he held a knife. He then stabs one of the "Jews" near his heart and runs after the other one. He catches up and slashes the throat of the second "Jew."
The day after the video was uploaded to YouTube, two Israelis were stabbed in separate attacks: An 18-year-old Palestinian woman reportedly stabbed an Israeli man in the back at the entrance to the Old City, Jerusalem, and an Arab man stabbed an Israeli Defense Forces soldier and stole his weapon.
Several other Israelis have been reported attacked and killed.
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