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Israelis fret over 'lynching' of Palestinian
Last edited Tue Aug 21, 2012, 05:52 PM - Edit history (1)
I felt this was big news. There seems to be a promotion of violence in the air against people who are different. But amongst the hate there are a few people who care about their common man.
No one intervened?
The attack is shocking enough for many Israelis; but just as shocking, according to the many newspaper reports and Internet comments, is that although there were hundreds of bystanders, reportedly nobody intervened to try to stop the beating.
“There appears to be a worryingly high level of tolerance – whether explicit or implicit – for such despicable acts of violence,” the Jerusalem Post wrote in an editorial about the attack.
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Seven Israeli teenagers are in custody for the beating, including four between the ages of 13 to 15, one of them a girl.
The news of the attack, described here as a “lynching,” and the detentions, have provoked chest-beating among Israelis and a debate about what influenced the attackers most: their parents or the environment outside the home.
It’s an old debate, but doubly relevant here as a perceived radicalization, believed common among Arabs, appears to be spreading among Jews, too.
Not all black and white
But there is a twist to the story. Although police said nobody tried to intervene to stop the attack, the first person to help the beaten Arab boy, according to the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, was a 23-year-old Israeli medical student called Amit. As soon as he saw the boy, Amit began resuscitation and saved the boy’s life.
“From the moment that Jamal was on the ground I was right there beside him, giving him CPR,” Amit told the newspaper. “He lost his pulse twice and I restored it.”
Amit, who said he pays for his studies by working as a barman and a teacher, added, “I didn’t do anything special. That’s my duty as a human being, helping someone who is sprawled on the ground.”
The attack is shocking enough for many Israelis; but just as shocking, according to the many newspaper reports and Internet comments, is that although there were hundreds of bystanders, reportedly nobody intervened to try to stop the beating.
“There appears to be a worryingly high level of tolerance – whether explicit or implicit – for such despicable acts of violence,” the Jerusalem Post wrote in an editorial about the attack.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld
Seven Israeli teenagers are in custody for the beating, including four between the ages of 13 to 15, one of them a girl.
The news of the attack, described here as a “lynching,” and the detentions, have provoked chest-beating among Israelis and a debate about what influenced the attackers most: their parents or the environment outside the home.
It’s an old debate, but doubly relevant here as a perceived radicalization, believed common among Arabs, appears to be spreading among Jews, too.
Not all black and white
But there is a twist to the story. Although police said nobody tried to intervene to stop the attack, the first person to help the beaten Arab boy, according to the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, was a 23-year-old Israeli medical student called Amit. As soon as he saw the boy, Amit began resuscitation and saved the boy’s life.
“From the moment that Jamal was on the ground I was right there beside him, giving him CPR,” Amit told the newspaper. “He lost his pulse twice and I restored it.”
Amit, who said he pays for his studies by working as a barman and a teacher, added, “I didn’t do anything special. That’s my duty as a human being, helping someone who is sprawled on the ground.”
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13395615-israelis-fret-over-lynching-of-palestinian?lite
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