GERMANY: Anti-Semitic experiment gone wrong

Photo: World Jewish Congress/YouTube

Berlin -- An Arab-Israeli wore a yarmulka, or Jewish skull cap, given to him by an Israeli friend. He wanted to disprove to his friend in an "experiment," that wearing a Jewish religious symbol in public was unsafe in Germany.

Score one to his Jewish friend in Israel.

The young Arab-Israeli was attacked by a belt-wielding anti-Semitic Arabic -speaking man who ran away when others showed up. The victim was not Jewish but his friend proved the point that Germany has once again become a hotbed of anti-Semitism and that it's dangerous to walk there while being Jewish.

"I'm not Jewish, I'm an Israeli, I grew up in Israel in an Arab family," Adam Armush said. "It was an experience for me to wear the skullcap and go out into the street," he added.

The attack took place in the Prenzlauer Berg area on Monday. A video  of the attack was taken while it occurred.

Armush and his friend later shared the video on social media showing the attacker hitting the men with his belt while shouting "Yehudi!"["Jew" in Arabic].

"I'm surprised something like this happened to me," Armush said. "I'm still in shock."


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