Posted on 06/30/2011 1:52:27 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
It's not just IDF officers and Israeli government officials who are targets of anti-Israel mobs when they speak in London. Israeli businesspeople are now apparently also on the firing line.
Earlier this week, an anti-Israel mob stormed a show in London, where Israeli real estate officials were promoting investments in Israel. But they met their match when a quick-thinking businessman defused the situation.
The event, which had been advertised in local media, took place at a Marriott hotel in London, where several Israeli representatives made presentations. Anti-Israel activists apparently read about it and arrived at the event carrying PLO flags and signs condemning Israel. The mob tried to storm the meeting, but was kept back by guards.
Shlomo Grofman, head of Israel's Faire Fund (First American Israeli Real Estate Fund) real estate investment firm, decided to go outside and conduct a dialogue with the group. Speaking to an Israeli business reporter, Grofman said that he didn't fear for his safety when he confronted the group.
“I believe that discussion is the best way to deal with situations like this, so I engaged them in dialogue. They presented their usual arguments, and I countered with my point of view.” Grofman said that after about a half hour, the group decided to end the demonstration, and left the site peacefully.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
It would be nice if all conflicts were handled this well. Good for the businessman and his forbearance. Well done, sir.
On the other hand, had this "diplomat' been beaten to a pulp, as is often the case in Great Britain, we might have heard of the incident six months from now.
Only if you didn’t check Arutz Sheva regularly. But the London Guardian might have a piece about how a mob of piece-loving protesters against the Israeli occupation bravely defended themselves from the propaganda of an Israeli capitalist exploiter, who was later treated for minor injuries in an ICU.
The anti-semitic pogroms are beginning in Europe again.
Earlier this week, an anti-Israel mob stormed a show in London, where Israeli real estate officials were promoting investments in Israel... took place at a Marriott hotel in London, where several Israeli representatives made presentations. Anti-Israel activists... carrying PLO flags and signs condemning Israel... tried to storm the meeting, but was kept back by guards. Shlomo Grofman, head of Israel's Faire Fund... real estate investment firm, decided to go outside and conduct a dialogue... after about a half hour, the group decided to end the demonstration, and left the site peacefully.
A little truth can be oil on troubled waters. A silver-tongued salesman probably helped a lot too. G-d bless him.
But that can never happen in Europe. They are civilized and cultured, and have learned the hard lessons of two world wars./sarc
A counter media campaign might help, though. With the help or my son, I’m building a web site, Countersurge: Media Knegged Media, thus far we can (important qualifier) provide content in English, Hebrew and French, but we’re a long way from being off the ground, and an even longer way from grabbing center stage.
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