Report: Pro-Israel activist bitten in London

[iPakMan]

An activist with the pro-Israel Stand With Us organization was attacked Sunday at a London university, the Jewish Chronicle reported. The activist, Dean Gold, was taken to the hospital after being beaten and bitten on the cheek, his companions said.


The four activists decided to visit the School of Oriental and African Studies after learning of a pro-Palestinian event set to take place there in honor of "Israel Apartheid Week".


Two of them – Tony Coren and Gili Brenner – went inside to speak with students. "We had placards and some information packs, and we had some very interesting and civilized discussions," Coren told the Chronicle.


But then a man spouting anti-Semitic remarks approached the activists. "He said that the best thing the Jews had ever done was to go into the gas chambers. Dean asked if he could film him. The man said yes, adding that 'these things should be heard'," Coren said.


However, one of the man's friends appeared to take offense at this and attacked Dean, snatched his camera, and punched him. He also bit him on the cheek.


The brawl was halted by security guards. "A number of other people then began to say we shouldn't be there. The president of the union came out and said we had made our point. A policeman strongly advised us to leave," Coren said.


He added that although he was not surprised at the violence directed towards them, he disliked the fact that the school had insinuated that the activists had caused it simply by being present.

Report: Pro-Israel activist bitten in London - Israel News, Ynetnews

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Wow. You have got to be really pissed off, to bite a complete stranger.

 

[Roybot]

Wow, you've got to be really pissed off, to bite a complete stranger.

Or have homo tendencies?

 

[iPakMan]

Wow. You have got to be really pissed off, to bite a complete stranger.

Blind hatred does lead to insanity.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Blind hatred does lead to insanity.

That's just the thing, it doesn't even make sense, to bite someone that you are trying to beat up. It is much more natural to use your fists, more damage for less risk.

So the guy must have had something wrong in his head... to lunge at a stranger, and to bite them on the cheek (of all places???)

Definitely weird.

 

[below_freezing]

Blind hatred does lead to insanity.

If you disagree, why not accept disagreement? Racism is too strong sometimes.

 

[Kompromat]

Any Unbiased source to this news?

 

[LeGenD]

Blind hatred does lead to insanity.

Those jewish activists had some discussions with those people, right? They might have provoked some individuals with their views? We need to know the full story.

 

[EastWest]

Those jewish activists had some discussions with those people, right? They might have provoked some individuals with their views? We need to know the full story.

Even if he was provoked..he should have used his fists..not teeth...

 

[iPakMan]

Those jewish activists had some discussions with those people, right? They might have provoked some individuals with their views? We need to know the full story.

If you read the article, they(Pro-Israeli activists) were the ones being provoked(Telling them that the best thing jews have ever done was to go into gas chambers), so one of them asked to video their conversation to which the aggressor agreed but then his friend did not.
Here is a different source. With details lacking in the english version of Ynet, in hebrew verson that detail was there.
Pro-Israel protester attacked at SOAS | The Jewish Chronicle

A pro-Israel protester has been taken to hospital after being bitten on the cheek outside SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies, today. Police arrested two men on suspicion of affray. They have been bailed without charges for dates in April.

Four activists had decided to go to SOAS after learning that a Celebrate Palestine event was taking place as part of Israel Apartheid Week. Two of them, Tony Coren and Gili Brenner (of Stand With Us), went inside the university and had a number of conversations with the student participants. Mr Coren said: "We had placards and some information packs, and we had some very interesting and civilised discussions."

But suddenly, Mr Coren said, the atmosphere turned hostile. "About four or five people were standing around Gili, Ro'i Goldman, and the fourth member of our group. One man began to say some extremely unpleasant things about Jews. He said that the best thing the Jews had ever done was to go into the gas chambers. He [the fourth activist] asked if he could film him. The man said yes, adding that 'these things should be heard.'"

Another man then came forward and told the abusive man that he did not have to be filmed or interviewed. Despite the abusive man agreeing to be filmed, Mr Coren said, the second man, who was "big and burly and of Middle East appearance," allegedly launched himself at the activist, grabbing at his camera, punching him and then biting him on the cheek.

"There was a struggle and the university security guards came out. A number of other people then began to say we shouldn't be there. The president of the union came out and said we had made our point. A policeman strongly advised us to leave."

Ro'i Goldman, who plans to study in the UK next year, said he was very shocked by the experience. But Tony Coren said he was not shocked, but was angry that the university authorities had indicated that by their very presence, the protesters had possibly provoked the attack. The alleged victim, whose name the JC is withholding for community security reasons, was taken to University College Hospital.