A group of young Jewish girls were on their way to a rehearsal on Monday evening when ‘around a dozen glass bottles and plates’ were allegedly thrown at them by a man on a balcony at Woodberry Down Estate.
The girl was badly injured and rushed to Royal London Hospital by Hatzola Ambulance volunteers.
‘The sheer volume of glass scattered across the area resembles the aftermath of a riot.
‘The force and distance of the thrown glass bottles reveal the deliberate and violent nature of this act.
‘These young children were targeted simply for their visibly Jewish identity.’
No, I’m not going to let you keep trying to pivot. You saw a story about a young Jewish girl in the hospital for following an apparent antisemitic attack.
Your immediate reaction was not, “that’s awful, I hope they catch the guy who did this. By the way, folks should know that the people who helped her are part of a problematic organization.”
Instead, your first reaction was to immediately begin developing various theories about how what happened isn’t really what happened.
They werere not really visibly Jewish.
It wasn’t really an attack.
The distance was too far.
It happened too quickly.
It was an accident.
To owner of the newspaper is not reliable.
The owner of the ambulance is not reliable.
The eyewitness is not reliable.
Mind you, these are all pure speculations. There is no evidence you’ve provided that any one of these should affect the veracity of this particular story. There is no counter-witness statement saying they saw something else. You don’t have measurements of the balcony. When a Jewish person is hurt and your first reaction is to concoct half a dozen different theories about why they are not really a victim you should probably examine that.
100% ok, and all you had to say.