Six Arrested in Jerusalem Over Beating of Arab-Israeli Druze Man

posted on: Jan 27, 2015

Tommy Hassoun after the attack.

(The Times of Israel) “6 Jerusalem residents arrested for beating Druze IDF” Hasson said some 10 men assaulted him with broken glass bottles and other sharp objects. He added that the attackers had initially assaulted him verbally and spat on him after he conversed with a friend in Arabic. The attackers were allegedly Jewish and wore skullcaps. Following the attack, Hasson was rushed to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in the capital, where he underwent emergency medical treatment for various injuries. Hasson was released from the hospital on Friday. (Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/6-jerusalem-residents-arrested-for-beating-druze-idf-vet/#ixzz3Q2al8pzj)

(Jewish Press News Briefs) “Six Jews Arrested for Beating Druze Student” The “Ugly Israeli” has taken its form in six idiots who beat a Druze student, who served in the IDF, because he was speaking Arabic. A Jerusalem court was told the gang of Jews attacked the music student at the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem. The victim, identified as Tommy Hasson, served in the Druze battalion and also served at the President’s Residence. He lived at a Druze village in the Galilee before moving to Jerusalem to study music. Hasson said 10 men attacked him with broken bottles and spat on him while he we taking with a friend in Arabic. He has been released from the hospital. President Reuven Rivlin said, “We are brothers, and all of us must condemn such terrible behavior.” (Source: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/six-jews-arrested-for-beating-druze-student/2015/01/27/)

(The Jerusalem Post) 6 Arrested for Assaulting Druze Student in Jerusalem “It’s still not clear what the motivation was behind the assault, but police are investigating a number of possibilities,” said Rosenfeld when asked if the men will be charged for a hate crime. The unidentified victim was treated at Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, he said, adding that all the suspects were arraigned at Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court Monday morning. (Source: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/6-arrested-for-assaulting-Druze-student-in-Jerusalem-389025)

(i24) “Six Jerusalem residents arrested in beating of Druze Man” Six Jerusalem residents have been arrested in the beating of Druze officer Tommy Hasson, 21, who sustained light injuries during an attack on Saturday and was later taken to hospital.According to Israeli media reports, Hasson, who had just completed his military service a few months ago, was attacked by a group of ten Jewish men wearing skullcaps after they heard him speaking Arabic near the city’s central bus station. Originally from the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel near the northern city of Haifa, Hasson had just recently moved to Jerusalem to study music. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who met Hasson during his IDF service, phoned the young man’s father in a show of support after the attack. “I told [Hasson’s] father that we are brothers, and we will reject from our midst any conduct that is so terrible,” Rivlin wrote in a Facebook post. “I talked to his father this morning and could not believe my ears,” he continued. “A man who is integrally linked to this country, attacked with such terrible violence. We are brothers, and all of us must condemn such terrible behavior.” (Source: http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/59067-150126-six-jerusalem-residents-arrested-in-beating-of-druze-man)

“I told [Hasson’s] father that we are brothers, and we will reject from our midst any conduct that is so terrible,” Rivlin wrote in a Facebook post.“I talked to his father this morning and could not believe my ears,” he continued. “A man who is integrally linked to this country, attacked with such terrible violence. We are brothers, and all of us must condemn such terrible behavior.” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned Saturday’s attack on his Facebook page

(YNet) “Six Arrested in Jerusalem Over Attack on Israeli Druze Man” The Jerusalem police arrested six men on Monday on suspicion on involvement in the brutal attack on 21-year-old Druze student Tommy Hassoun last week. The suspects were brought Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for a hearing on the extension of their remand.Tommy Hassoun was brutally attacked by a group of Jewish men in Jerusalem on Thursday – reportedly after they heard him speaking Arabic. What Tommy Hassoun’s assailants did not know was that they were attacking a young man who had completed his IDF service three months earlier and had recently moved to Jerusalem to study music. (Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4619343,00.html)

(World Bulletin) “Israel arrests 6 Jewish youths for attacking Arab” Israeli police have arrested six Jewish youths and accused them of attacking an Arab man, police said Monday. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the six were residents of Jerusalem.She added that the assaulted Arab was a Druze man from northern Israel, noting that the attack had taken place at a small commercial shop in the town of Daliyat al-Karmel on Jan. 23.Samri described the assaulted man’s injuries as “mild,” saying he had been admitted to hospital for treatment.The Arab man said he had been attacked by a group of Jewish extremists, apparently because he spoke Arabic, according to Samri. In recent months, there has been a spate of tit-for-tat attacks between Jewish and Arab residents of Israel, fueled largely by Israeli violations against East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque. (Source: www.worldbulletin.net)