StopAntiSemitism.org activists confronted a young man after the man tore down flyers the activists had posted around the campus depicting the names and pictures of Israelis held hostage by Hamas after their October 7 raid on the Jewish State.
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) – a man is filmed ripping down posters of Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.
When asked why, he replied back with “what about the Palestinian children” and proceeds to mock the woman’s Israeli accent, calling it and where she… pic.twitter.com/BTJFU54hzM
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 22, 2023
The group said the man was later identified as Joseph Friedman, a native of Silver Spring and a former VCU student.
UPDATE: this man has been identified as former student Joe Friedman.
He apparently was arrested in April 2023 for disrupting an event on campus. An investigation into trespassing should occur at a minimum @VCUpresident @VCU if true. https://t.co/K4Pyk5tIQg pic.twitter.com/isCl2Ga5xK
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 22, 2023
Friedman’s Facebook page is a catalog of trendy Leftiness with photos of Black Panthers and Friedman posing with the tag: “Bernie 2020.”
Another post has a photo of Fred Hampton, a Black Panther leader shot and killed by police officers, with the quote: “You can kill a revolutionary, but you can never kill a revolution.”
Hamas struck Israel October 7, hitting multiple targets with more than 1,400 killed, more than 5,000 wounded and more than 200 held hostage. Hamas took the hostages into Gaza, and their status and situation are at the heart of the Western response to the attack.
The Israeli Defense Force is expected to launch a massive retaliatory strike against the Hamas-controlled Gaza enclave, but there are media reports that the Biden administration is working to rein in the IDF counter-offensive until the hostage crisis is resolved.
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Neil W. McCabe is a staff reporter for The Virginia Star.
Photo “Joseph Friedman” by StopAntiSemitism.org.
