Druze IDF Soldier Beaten in Nightclub ‘For Speaking Arabic’

posted on: Feb 8, 2015

Razzi Houseysa, 19, a soldier in the Golani Brigade from the Druze village of Daliyat al-Karmel, said he was out with friends overnight Thursday-Friday in Kibbutz Yagur southeast of Haifa when he was attacked by a group of Jewish men.

“Razzi was on leave from the army, he was out with a friend who is also an IDF soldier when the two noticed a group of guys eyeing them in the club,” Amer Houseysa, Razzi’s cousin, told The Times of Israel.

Housesya said the group began confronting the two soldiers, after which an argument broke out.

“Razzi and his friend decided to leave. They were not drunk and they did not want any trouble. They left and went to their car, but the group followed them,” he went on, adding that as they were driving off Razzi had a huge stone thrown in his face.

Houseysa was hospitalized at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa where he underwent surgery on his right eye. He also sustained a series of head wounds. His condition was described as light-to-moderate. The friend he was with was not harmed.

Houseysa said police arrived after the incident to take a statement but that his cousin was under no condition to speak at the time.

“We’ve not heard from the police since,” he said.

Source: www.timesofisrael.com