Persecution, beatings and an iron rod:
During the funeral of the head of the ultra-Orthodox community, Rabbi Yitzhak Tovia Weiss, an unusual incident of assault occurred. the window of the car and tried to hit him with an iron rod. At the last moment the attacker was arrested by police officers, and now Attorney Haim Bleicher (Honno Organization) is asking the Jerusalem Police to extend his detention and requested that he be prosecuted for racially motivated assault, endangering human life on a transportation route and attempted murder .
In the letter sent by the lawyer it was described that the attack happened on Sunday this week, in the Mount of Olives.
Y. (the attacked) drove with the van he owned to distribute water to the many funeral participants who were marching in the heavy heat.
Suddenly, while he was standing on the side of the road and pouring water through the window of the van, a minority bus driver who was driving in the opposite lane stopped next to him, shouted at him 'death to all Jews', grabbed his hand tightly and slammed it against the car door.
The moments of the attack, photo: courtesy of the photographer
The pained and humiliated Y expressed his displeasure to the attacker for his actions, at which point the attacker turned his car around and started driving towards him.
Y. began to escape by driving fast in order to escape the attacker who was chasing his brother, but Hela increased his speed, tried to hit the Jewish driver's van and slam it into the wall.
Y. fled by driving towards the Nablus Gate, when the attacker did not let up and even hit him several times.
Finally, the Jewish driver had to stop at a red light, and to his dismay he noticed an assailant walking towards him holding a long and formidable iron rod in his hand.
In the video of the incident, the attacker is seen storming the window of the driver's seat, where Y was sitting, swinging the iron rod and smashing the windshield.
The terrorist waved his hand a second time and tried to hit the Jewish driver in the head with a strong swing.
Miraculously, at exactly this critical second, a policeman arrived and pushed the attacker away at the very last moment.
Y. filed a complaint with the police, and his friend who was with him testified.
Rabbi Yitzhak Tovia Weiss ztzel, photo: Berish Filmer
Attorney Bleicher from the Honnu organization emphasized in his letter: "This is an extremely violent incident.
A dangerous terrorist who acts in an extreme and unbridled way, without a stop that would prevent him from adding to the violence, and poses a high danger to other citizens."
The lawyer also added: "His actions, which began with an anti-Semitic attack, worsened with the risk of life in a traffic lane, and ended with an actual murder attempt when he tried to forcefully place an iron rod on the head of my client. There is a serious and vile addition to this act, when it was carried out in the midst of a large rabbi's funeral with many participants, And against those who engaged in the elementary activity of distributing water."
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