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| Pro-Israel activists shoved, attacked with red paint while hanging hostage posters in Frankfurt park; in France Israeli kids refused entry to leisure park |
| 2025-08-24 |
| [IsraelTimes] Jewish activists say they were initially pushed away by individuals wearing masks and hoods who chanted ‘child killers’ and ‘Free Palestine’ German Jewish activists said they were shoved and attacked with red paint while hanging up posters of the hostages held in Gaza at a park in Frankfurt on Friday. Sacha Stawski told German tabloid Bild that he and two others were initially pushed away by a mob of dozens wearing hoods and masks. Some were wearing face coverings bearing the face of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “We attached posters with photos of the 50 hostages still in Hamas’s captivity to a fence in the Frankfurt Grüneburgpark,” he told Bild. While holding up photos, he said they heard “antisemitic calls.” “We were insulted as ‘child killers,’ and I constantly heard ‘Free Palestine,’ and ‘genocide’ calls,” he said, adding that he and two other men were then attacked by a woman holding two tubes of red paint. “The paint was also poured over my glasses, so I found it hard to see the perpetrator,” he said. Stawski told the Kan public broadcaster that he suggested to the crowd that they take a moment together to reflect on all the innocent victims of the war. “I suggested several times to the people there that we hold a minute of silence for all the innocent victims of this war, and said that I, too, only want peace,” he said. “Even though I said this several times, there was nothing but insults and rejection from these people.” Police confirmed the incident to Bild and said they have increased their presence in the area. Bild noted that there was an encampment of environmentalists set up in the park — it was unclear if the attackers were linked. Videos on social media appeared to show that it was not the first time posters of hostages had been ripped down in the park in recent days. [X] Note the Antifa flag carried in the background of the first tweet, whisked too late out of sight of the camera.
Dana Weinstein @justdanaw Auto-translated from German by Grok Sacha Stawski in Frankfurt's Grüneburgpark: “It’s about HOSTAGES! HOSTAGES! Nothing else!” Hamas supporters: “They have the privilege that they are still hostages and not dead people.” This seems to be the understanding of privilege among Hamas supporters – dehumanizing! DaggiFfm 🎗️ @Daggi17 Auto-translated by Grok It is incomprehensible to me that something like this is possible in Frankfurt. Not a single police officer was to be seen in the park. The alleged climate protectors turned out to be hardcore antisemites. Israeli children refused entry to zip line park in southern France; manager detained [IsraelTimes] The manager of a leisure park in southern France has been detained for alleged religious discrimination after a group of Israeli children was refused access to the facility, a French prosecutor’s office said in a statement Friday. The Israeli children, aged 8 to 16, were on holiday in Spain and had made a reservation for Thursday to use the zip line facility in Porté-Puymorens, near the Spanish border in the Pyrenean mountains, the Perpignan prosecutor’s office said. The prosecutor’s office said the manager initially told some people he was refusing the group access on the grounds of “personal beliefs” before offering other justifications to others. A message posted Wednesday evening on the park’s social media said the site would be closed Thursday due to a storm, “in order to carry out a complete inspection of the facilities.” The park told the group they could not visit. They went to another leisure facility in France with no incident, the statement said. The manager denied any wrongdoing, it added. “A line was crossed. We are appalled,” said Perla Danan, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. “It started with graffiti, insults and physical attacks and now it’s literally a ban on children aged 8 to 16,” Danan said, adding that it reminded her of the “no Jews or dogs allowed” sign during the Holocaust. Jean-Philippe Augé, the mayor of Porté-Puymorens, which has around 100 inhabitants, said “the DNA of our community is based on a sense of sharing and fraternity,” adding that the incident had caused “utter astonishment” in the village. Augé said the zip line course is operated by a private company. |
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