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Dozens arrested on suspicion of attacking Jews, documenting and uploading to Tiktok: “Advertising increases ‘trend'”

Police arrested about 50 young people, mostly Arabs, on suspicion of assaulting Jews. Some documented and uploaded the videos to Tiktok. The main centers: the light rail and the Nablus Gate – .. Sami Marciano: “Publishing the videos creates motivation in young people”

Gilad Cohen Posted 21:11, 20/04/2021 YEDIOT ACHRONOT

[Documentation: An act of violence on the light rail in Jerusalem

The first documentation that was distributed: an Arab youth beating an ultra-Orthodox on a light rail]

A particularly violent week in the capital: with the beginning of the month of Ramadan and the closing of the stairs at the Nablus Gate, riots take place in Jerusalem almost every evening. Focus: Nablus Gate. Young Arabs … throwing stones and bottles, firing fireworks at the security forces and causing damage to vehicles – civilian and police … The events usually take place at the end of the evening prayer time on the Temple Mount. To date, 50 suspects have been arrested or detained for questioning.

Some of the recent attacks

For example, one of them shows Arabs harassing and beating an ultra-Orthodox cyclist who passed by. At the same time, in the past week, Jerusalem has also witnessed harassment, mainly against the ultra-Orthodox in the city. Among other things, there is a new phenomenon in which young Arabs document themselves harassing ultra-Orthodox youths and uploading the videos to Tiktok.
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Arab youths harass Haredim in Jerusalem in new TikTok craze

Police claim they have made dozens of arrests following attacks on Jews by young Palestinians in what appears to be a social media phenomenon; ‘In competition for likes and views, slapping an ultra-orthodox will get you both,’ says one victim

Nir Cohen,Alexandra Lukash|
YNET
Published: 04.21.21 , 23:12

A new worrying trend appears to be gaining momentum among Arab youths in Jerusalem, who videotape themselves harassing ultra-Orthodox Jews in the capital as a “challenge”, which they then upload to the social media platform TikTok.

Violence in the Arab sector in Jerusalem has escalated since the start of the holy month of Ramadan. On a daily basis, young Palestinians clash with police and harass Jewish bypassers, the latter becoming a social media phenomenon of its own.

One of the victims is 15-year-old Yedidia Epstein, who said he was pushed, beaten and slapped in the middle of a busy street in Jerusalem, in front of several police officers.

“I was filming near the Damascus Gate and at some point, Arab youth came up me and hit me,” Epstein told Ynet. “He slammed me hard into the ground and my camera fell. I started running away … it all happened in front of the eyes of the cops, who were there.”

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he did not provoke the attack in any way – as was the case with other similar incidents in recent days. ..

The first known video of the disturbing trend shows a young Arab man slapping a yeshiva student on the light rail.

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the incident – two of them on Tuesday – including the main suspect, a 17-year-old teen from the Shuafat neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Other videos show Arabs throwing stones and spraying tear gas at ultra-Orthodox people. Some videos also show a group of young Arabs harassing and threatening two ultra-Orthodox youths.

Since the start of disturbances last week, at least 50 Palestinians have been arrested.