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March 15, 2007
This just in... from Poland
Just dayum, but this makes my day:
WARSAW, Poland — An anti-Zionist rabbi who attended a conference in Iran that questioned the Holocaust said Wednesday he was beaten while in Poland by Jews furious at him for his actions.
Moishe Arye Friedman, who lives in Vienna, Austria, was attacked last Friday in Lezajsk, a small town in southeastern Poland. His attackers included Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, a member of the Israeli humanitarian group ZAKA, and two others, Friedman said in a telephone interview.
Meshi-Zahav, an orthodox Israeli Jew, confirmed to The Associated Press in a brief telephone interview from Jerusalem that he had been among Friedman's attackers.
Meshi-Zahav told Israel's Maariv newspaper that he and his friends had just paid an emotionally distressing visit to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz and were incensed to see Friedman.
"With every blow I felt like I was speaking in the name of the Jewish people," the paper quoted him as saying.
His attack came during annual commemorations for an 18th century Hassidic rabbi buried in Lezajsk, which were attended by both Friedman and Meshi-Zahav.
"I was attacked with such brutality," said Friedman, 35, who said he was kicked and punched. He said he was badly bruised and still recovering at his home in Vienna.
Friedman said that his attacker yelled out "he's the one from the pictures of Ahmadinejad!" before beating him.
Meshi-Zahav told Maariv newspaper he had heard Friedman was at the event and went with a friend to find him.
"We gave him a good beating, the kind we haven't given out for a long time," Maariv quoted Meshi-Zahav as saying, adding that others in the crowd joined in the attack shouting "go to Ahmadinejad" before Friedman was aided by local policemen.
Police confirmed responding to the incident but did not report any arrests.
A thousand thank yous to Austin Petree, who tipped me to the story in my comments.
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Posted by LindaSoG at March 15, 2007 11:00 AM
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I did want to say thank you for your support of our troops Linda and especially the support of all my brother MARINES. I am you of the few and the proud as well and I support YOU and the IDF. It is my philosophy that you do not mess with the CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD (the Jews of course), I am a Christian and I know this. I would love to be standing next to GOD when he judges ALL Islamotards.
SEMPER FI and...
LINDA SOG FOR PRESIDENT!!
AustinP
Posted by: Austin Petree at March 15, 2007 11:24 AM
Hahahahahaha!!! Love it!!!
Posted by: Stacy at March 15, 2007 11:37 AM
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav for President!!! ;-)
He's an international hero! (OK, since he's not American, can we have him for UN Secretary General?)
Posted by: Beth at March 15, 2007 12:50 PM
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav has the cajones to stand up for his people. Good for him.
Posted by: raz0r at March 15, 2007 03:08 PM
Finally some good news, perhaps a fire sale is Moishe Arye Friedman's future, I hope so. He got off light.
Posted by: Jack at March 15, 2007 05:18 PM