Police have arrested a suspect in connection with an attack on a Chabad bochur in Tel Aviv last week, Arutz Sheva reported.
Last Friday, three bochurim were walking down Allenby Street in Tel Aviv when a man suddenly accosted them, shouting “haredim”.
The man is seen in surveillance footage violently pushing one of the bochurim to the ground before walking off.
The incident drew condemnation from political figures, with footage of the assault going viral.
On Tuesday, a 26-year-old resident of the central Israeli city of Pardes Chana was arrested for the assault.
The victim, Levi Blau, told Radio 103FM that he had just left his home to help passersby put on tefillin as he does every week.
“We hadn’t even asked that person if he wanted to put on tefillin, because we were on our way to someone,” Blau recalled. “Suddenly, out of nowhere, it happened. It was really terrifying. I saw him really concentrate and then send me flying.”
“We were just in shock. You can see in the video clip, I was on the floor for two minutes, also the person who was next to me. We just looked. We were in shock. From the shock, we continued walking to put on tefillin, and suddenly after a minute I said, ‘It could be that this was an attack just now.’
“He yelled something, I didn’t understand what he was saying. He was mumbling something. I was also very confused.
“This was traumatic, but it isn’t going to influence anything,” Blau emphasized. “We are going to go every Friday to the same place, to the same people, we will do it twofold. We are here, the whole yeshiva, 200 people, doing this every Friday. We won’t stop, and we will even increase it.”
THAT MAN IS VICUS HE SHOULD ROT IN H–l
And yes he may be a little vicious but it was not an extreme attack, he knocked him down and walked off.
It was terrible by an Jewish Israel we have so many attacks by Arabs. When will the hatred stop . The Secular Israelis seem to have as much hatred as the Arabs do towards Israelis . We need Mashiach now.
Doesn’t look that malicious. It was more of a “who is going to move out of the way” kind of thing. Anyone else agree?
No
That was pure chutzpa he pushes him down on purpose and then he’s like “Oh so sorry it was a mistake”