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"Pushed, touched and threw stones at us": Five young people from the LGBT community were attacked in Jerusalem
The youths were waiting for a ride to the annual trance conference at the entrance to the city, when a group of young boys began harassing, harassing and sexually assaulting them.
"One of them cupped the one who was with me in the groin, another started to 'squat' and sigh. They pushed us and touched us, just to show they could."
A complaint was filed with the police
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Yael Friedson and Shlomi Heller
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 18:30 Updated: 18:32
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Five young LGBT people filed a complaint with the police after they were assaulted on Friday because of their sexual identity at the entrance to the city. The attack, she said, began when she returned from buying coffee at Central Station.
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Attacked near Jerusalem Central Station (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Noam Moskowitz)
"A group of six or seven boys behind us started shouting in our direction: 'This is not Tel Aviv!', 'Go to Gaza and be a lesbian there!'
We ignored and kept going, I thought it would end there as usual, "Eliasch wrote in a post she published.
"A minute later, we were already in this aisle next to the train station, someone bumped into us from behind loudly and made the coffee spill on us. It was one of the boys, all laughing and kicking. I told him 'what the hell', we accelerated steps. They all hurried after us. "The one who was with me in the crotch. Another started yelling and sighing. He shouted not to be touched. They threw small stones at us and started pushing and touching us randomly, just to show that they could."
She also said that when one of the young men under attack asked them to leave, the boys threw him to the floor, and at this point soldiers who were at the scene intervened and kept the attackers away.
The post published by Zion Eliasch following the case (Photo: Walla !, from Facebook)
The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance filed a complaint with the police following the incident, and the police opened an investigation.
In addition, the director general of the Open House, Alon Shachar, stated that "unfortunately, there is still gender-based violence and LGBT people in Jerusalem. We take the case seriously and expect the police to handle the incident severely and reach out to the attackers."
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