Journalist Tells of Harrowing Protest Experience in... Israel?

Publius' Forum ^ | 7/14/09 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Over the last few weeks dozens of Iranians yearning for a more democratic government, striving to beat back the oppressive Mullahs, desperate to live free, have been killed in the streets of Iran during democratic protests. In China Uighurs and members of the religious sect Falun Gong are constantly attacked, imprisoned, tortured and killed for their ethnicity or beliefs by Chinese officials. Not long ago Buddhist Monks were killed by police for their protests in the streets of Myanmar. And on a nearly daily basis, members of the Taliban are killing villagers for not observing their oppressive rule in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

We live in times of violent protests tearing at some of the most oppressive governments in the world. And so, Australia's ABC fielded a report about one "violent" protest experienced by one of its own reporters. Was it murderous Islamists attacking villagers? How about Chinese thugs killing ethnics? Perhaps it was an Iranian Mullah ordered massacre of citizens wanting democracy that frightened her so much?

Uh, no. It was Orthodox Jews that spit on her...

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[Mobile Vulgus]

This woman is a class A whiner.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[marron]

I think being spat on by otherwise civilized people would put me off too.

OK, so its not like getting gunned down on the streets of western China. Getting spat on doesn’t put her in the same league as Neda.

But if I was sent to file a report and got mobbed and spat on I’d probably mention it when I wrote it up.

[ScottinVA]

They just “spat” on her without provocation? I suppose it’s possible, but I’d like to know if there’s another side to this story.

[Rockingham]

Unfortunately, the article is almost certainly accurate as similar incidents have been reported in the Israeli news media. Orthodox yeshiva students and other Jewish residents in Jerusalem often vandalize churches and spit on Christian clergyman in the Old City.