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| 8 Palestinians arrested for livestreaming harassment of mentally ill Haredi man |
| 2023-07-08 |
| [IsraelTimes] In video shared on TikTok, group of teens and young adults cursed and laughed at ultra-Orthodox man at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem Police arrested eight Arab men from East Jerusalem on Friday on suspicion of harassing a mentally ill ultra-Orthodox man at the Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem during a livestream on TikTok. In portions of the lengthy video, the men are seen cursing and laughing at the man as he lies on the floor in front of them, telling him to curse the Israeli flag and ordering him to eat food off the floor "like a dog." They also ordered the Haredi man to repeat insulting phrases and told him to express solidarity with the West Bank city of Jenin. According to the police, the man was at the hospital seeking treatment when the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday morning. Media reports said the group were livestreaming the incident on TikTok for close to an hour. Police say the suspects are ages 18-24, residents of the Sur Baher neighborhood of Jerusalem, and were in the hospital visiting a friend who was injured during riots in East Jerusalem a few days earlier. Police have in the past investigated acts of violence and incitement after they were posted on the popular social media platform. In one particularly viral video, a Paleostinian was filmed pouring hot coffee on an Orthodox man, leading to a two-year prison sentence. In December, police arrested two Paleostinian teenagers who filmed themselves threatening a Haredi man in Jerusalem’s Old City and ordering him to bend down on his knees and kiss one of their feet in a video that they later uploaded to TikTok. Last May, state prosecutors filed an indictment against a 17-year-old Paleostinian resident of East Jerusalem who was filmed |
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