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| Syrian man vandalizes Amsterdam kosher restaurant for second time |
| 2020-05-09 |
| [Jpost] The attack was the fifth case of vandalism or intimidation against that restaurant in 2 ½ years. A Syrian asylum-seeker who in 2017 broke into a kosher restaurant in the Dutch capital was again arrested for smashing its windows while holding a lighter. Officers on Friday morning used pepper spray to subdue the 31-year-old man, Saleh Ali, ...the self-described non-Jew-hating pro-Palestinian activist who fought against ISIS in Syria before making his way to Amsterdam to apply for asylum and attack innocent Jewish restaurants for reasons that are never made clear... outside HaCarmel restaurant, the Het Parool daily reported. He had used a metal pipe to smash the restaurant’s windows and was holding a lighter in the other hand.He refused to let go of the objects, when police subdued him, police said in a statement. It called Ali’s actions "vandalism." Was he shouting “Allahu akhbar!” again this time while the Amsterdam police once again politely waited until he had finished his self-assigned task? According to Hidde van Koningsveld, policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, which monitors antisemitic incidents in the Netherlands, the attack was the fifth case of vandalism or intimidation in 2½ years.One shudders to think what their insurance bill must be... In January, unidentified perpetrators placed a box resembling a homemade bomb on the restaurant’s doorstep.In 2017, Ali smashed the windows of HaCarmel with a wooden club while waving a Paleostinian flag. He stole an Israeli flag hanging there. Police officers stood by as he vandalized the place but arrested him when he came out. He was convicted of vandalism after 52 days in jail while awaiting his trial but was released with no additional penalty. Dutch Jews criticized the ruling because it did not contain a reference identifying his actions as a hate crime. ...or, you know, anything that looked or felt like a meaningful punishment. Commenting on Friday’s incident, van Koningsveld wrote on Twitter: "If the suspect is back on the streets in no time, and charged only with ’vandalism," then [Justice Minister] Ferd Grapperhaus will have some explaining to do.""Hey, they're just Jooos. Who among us hasn't...umm. Is this mic on?" |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 gentle schmuck |
| Posted by: bbrewer126 2020-05-09 16:01 |
| #2 Saleh Ali's mother reached by telephone earlier today allowed as how he always loved eating at kosher delis was known as a good tipper. |
| Posted by: jpal 2020-05-09 14:02 |
| #1 Scum. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-05-09 12:20 |