Victim (23) says he was asked ‘are you Jewish?’ before being assaulted by three men

A Jewish student suffered a concussion after he was attacked by three men in a Dublin nightclub in a suspected anti-Semitic assault.

The victim (23), who is from the United States and studying in Ireland, said he was asked: “Are you Jewish?”. He said he confirmed that he was and was then attacked and beaten by the men in the early hours of Saturday, November 9th.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    25 days ago

    In May, President Michael D Higgins rejected the ambassador’s claim that anti-Semitism is on the increase in Ireland.

    "It is simply something that is a PR exercise by an administration that is guilty of continuing – not historic – continuing breaches of international law as is happening in relation to the events in Gaza,” Mr Higgins said in a newspaper interview.

    That’s the danger of not correcting Israel when they constantly repeat that Israel and Judaism are interchangable.

    Some idiots out there start to believe it and act like Jewish people anywhere are supportive of Bibi’s genocide, when a lot of actual Israelis hate Bibi too.

    He’s just not allowing them to have an election, because he knows he cant win. They’re supposed to have legislative elections every year, but Bibi canceled 2023 and 2024, and says they might happen in 2026.

    The stuff people are worried about trump doing in America, Bibi has already done in Israel, it’s why Trump likes him. He only likes authoritarian dictators.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        25 days ago

        Nope.

        "It is simply something that is a PR exercise by an administration that is guilty of continuing – not historic – continuing breaches of international law as is happening in relation to the events in Gaza,” Mr Higgins said in a newspaper interview.

        Like the President said, there’s no disputing the attack, and it seems to be about the victims religion.

        But why does that involve Israel? Except if Israel is admitting their genocide of neighbors is causing attacks on random Jewish people in other countries.

        Anyways, a crime happened, and one perpetrater arrested immediately, and the other two likely soon…

        What more is supposed to have already happened?

        This is only international news, because Israel is using it for PR.

        Which brings up why people would spread it as well honestly…

        But I feel like this isn’t gonna be productive either. You’re doing that thing where I explain stuff (I think pretty clearly) and instead of asking for clarification on what you think is wrong you just condense it to the worst possible interpretation, and then if I don’t specifically deny it, you say I agreed.

        I’ll keep commenting on your articles because there’s usually important context that’s missing, but do t expect many replies back.

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOP
          38·
          25 days ago

          If by that you mean you don’t like me pointing out when you blatantly make things up.

          Like Netanyahu has done enough terrible things. Why fabricate an election cycle that doesn’t exist and is easy to google?

          Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel by 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the twenty-sixth Knesset.

          Per sections 8 and 9 of the Israeli quasi-constitutional Basic Law: Knesset, an election will typically be called approximately 4 years after the previous election

          [Wikipedia]

          You can keep commenting, I’ll keep letting people know about your lies.