Hundreds of people stand by and watch as young gay Arab couple is spat on and beaten
Itzik Avneri, the owner of the boat that was docked next to where the attack took place, tried hold back the attackers and even pushed one into the water.
In his testimony, Avneri said: “I have a tour boat in the port, and there was the holiday [Eid al-Adha] for the past few days when a lot of Muslims come to the port to have a good time and take a cruise.
“Two guys got on the boat to go sailing and when it ended, they got off and sat on the dock next to each other. Other people saw them and spat at them.”
He said he asked one of the people why they spat at the couple, and said they responded: “Because we’re Arabs and they’re gays, and there won’t be gays among the Arabs, it gives Arabs a bad name.”
Itzik Avneri, the owner of the boat that was docked next to where the attack took place, tried hold back the attackers and even pushed one into the water.
In his testimony, Avneri said: “I have a tour boat in the port, and there was the holiday [Eid al-Adha] for the past few days when a lot of Muslims come to the port to have a good time and take a cruise.
“Two guys got on the boat to go sailing and when it ended, they got off and sat on the dock next to each other. Other people saw them and spat at them.”
He said he asked one of the people why they spat at the couple, and said they responded: “Because we’re Arabs and they’re gays, and there won’t be gays among the Arabs, it gives Arabs a bad name.”
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 4, 2020 2:27 PM
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Sad.
Was the attacker Jewish or Arab?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 4, 2020 1:45 PM
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Oh, Smitty! You always crack me up!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 4, 2020 1:47 PM
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[quote]He said he asked one of the people why they spat at the couple, and said they responded: “Because we’re Arabs and they’re gays, and there won’t be gays among the Arabs, it gives Arabs a bad name.”
[quote]The group left on Avneri’s boat, but returned a short time later and began attacking the gay couple.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 4, 2020 1:48 PM
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The couple is lucky they were in Israel. If that happened in Gaza or the West Bank, this is what would have happened to them.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 4, 2020 1:50 PM
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[quote]Gary Matson (1949 - July 1, 1999) and Winfield Mowder (1959 - July 1, 1999) were a gay couple from Redding, California, who were murdered by white supremacist brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams. The Williams brothers confessed to killing the couple because they were gay.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 4, 2020 1:52 PM
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An incident in Israel... This always brings such measured, nuanced, and rational responses.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 4, 2020 1:52 PM
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But I thought it was safe to be gay in Israel?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 4, 2020 2:00 PM
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Predictably, R6 comes with #notallmuslims #cbristiansdoittoo
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 4, 2020 2:02 PM
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Is this Israeli propoganda? I do admire the Israelis.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 4, 2020 2:05 PM
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R9 The Muslim troll always comes around at election time.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 4, 2020 2:18 PM
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R6: no dummy, I post "anti" Muslim stuff all the time even though "progressive" nitwits like you try to censor critical voices to show what good little "non-racists" you are.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 4, 2020 2:26 PM
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