A Jewish student has spoken out on the shocking reaction she was afforded in London after putting up posters of missing Israelis.
Neta Fibeesh, 23, filmed two women tearing down posters she had put up of innocent Israeli children who were taken hostage by Hamas.
One of the women could be heard saying “this is for Palestine” during the tense exchange.
Fibeesh, who knows someone who was abducted by Hamas, told GB News she was subject to abuse from pro-Palestine activists.
A Jewish student has spoken out on a harrowing experience in London
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“They were fliers which showed pictures of hostages who have been kidnapped by Hamas including babies as young as seven-months-old”, she said.
“I was hanging up the fliers and after several different incidents, three people came and started tearing down the leaflets, one came up to me and stuck a middle finger up shouting ‘free Palestine’ very aggressively.”
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She told Patrick Christys that the fliers were being put up as part of an initiative to raise awareness of those taken hostage by Hamas terrorists.
Fibeesh said putting the fliers up was a “stressful” situation as she had opted to start doing it alone, while she waited for her parents to join her.
Doing so caused passers by to take notice, with some taking issue with her actions and reacting in an aggressive manner.
“People are curious, a man approached me and asked what I was doing”, she said.
A Jewish student has spoken out on a harrowing experience in London
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“He saw what I was doing and started shouting at me that ‘this is karma for the Jewish people, they’ve gotten what they deserve’.
“I didn’t engage because I was on my own. I didn’t have the emotional capacity to deal with it.
“My mother joined me and we started putting fliers on the tube station, people came over and one put his middle finger up at me.”
Speaking to Christys about her ability to walk the streets of London at a time of such animosity, she admitted that it is a “stressful situation”.
Neta Fibeesh questioned the 'lack of compassion'
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“We’re talking about sympathy for a terrorist organisation”, she said.
“It’s a lack of compassion for war crimes and a lack of humanity which has been committed against innocent citizens.
“It is an immensely two-side situation, if you are knowledgeable of human rights you know that both sides have legitimacy.
“It’s stressful to be around people who put their hatred for a specific group of people above their own moral compass and their own rational, political views.
“I don’t understand how putting up photos of children and elderly people who have not only been kidnapped, but also tortured in atrocious ways.
“I don’t understand how that harms the ‘Free Palestine’ movement, it’s beyond my understanding.”
Rishi Sunak has called on police chiefs to take more action against anti-Israel hate, with Jewish schools in London closing for the safety of their pupils.
Hamas terrorists took around 150 people people hostage after a bloody raid on villages near the Gaza border.
Israel declared war in response, and has been bombarding the Gaza Strip since.