Man tried to kill Jews in Belgium (video)

[Melech 9,900]

 

Police in Belgium arrested a man who is suspected of trying to ram with his car an Orthodox man and a child on a street in Antwerp.

The incident Saturday morning was filmed by security cameras. It shows a black Seat Ibiza car swerving sharply while speeding on Isabellalei, a central street in Antwerp, toward the alleged victim and a boy, who is the man’s son, according to the Antwerp-based Joods Actueel Jewish monthly.

The car is seen intersecting a bike path,  apparently while speeding. The car then climbs the curb as the two alleged victims are walking toward it, prompting them to jump away from the curb and toward the safety of the building facades.

They jump behind a lamp post. The car swerves back wildly, returning to the road from its incursion into the sidewalk. The father ran after the car as it sped away.

Joods Actueel reported that witnesses said the driver had foreign origins. The report did not name the man or offer any additional information on his identity. He was tracked down through the footage of the license plate. The man is to be arraigned Sunday. He is suspected of attempted manslaughter. 

http://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Orthodox-Jew-and-his-son-narrowly-escape-suspected-car-ramming-in-Antwerp-540619

[Didymus 34,380]

Sad. We really need more public debate about religious diversity and the Israel-Palestine conflict in schools and national media. These kinds of crimes, as well as the very real and urgent international problems surrounding Israel (such as their illegal expansion of settlements everyone ignores), deserve a bigger platform so they can be prevented in the future.

There must be a way we, as a country (I'm from Belgium), can listen to and selectively support Muslim interests in the Israel-Palestine conflict while simultaneously getting rid of this idea that every Jew is somehow responsible for the large-scale violence towards Muslims in the world. We really need to break this idea that citizens should be punished for international political decisions. Instead we, as citizens, should be pressuring politicians.