{"id":537352,"date":"2021-05-22T15:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T19:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=537352"},"modified":"2021-05-22T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T19:20:46","slug":"tiktok-intifada-videos-of-violent-mobs-attacking-jews-sweep-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-intifada-videos-of-violent-mobs-attacking-jews-sweep-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tiktok intifada\u2019: Videos Of Violent Mobs Attacking Jews Sweep The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftiktok-intifada-videos-of-violent-mobs-attacking-jews-sweep-the-internet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=537352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1319139793.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As the conflict in the Gaza strip has slowed following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, violence appears to be ratcheting up in the streets of New York City, Los Angeles, and Florida. A social media campaign urging TikTok users to record and post video footage of themselves beating up Jewish people may have spread across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>The violence began in Israel, according to the UK-based magazine The Spectator. \u201cIn Israel last month, a video on the social media platform TikTok encouraged users to film themselves assaulting Orthodox Jews,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/tiktok-intifada-the-role-of-new-media-in-old-conflicts\">reported<\/a> James Ball.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Israeli officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-two-palestinian-teens-arrested-in-jerusalem-assault-of-haredi-man-shared-on-tiktok-1.9729592\">arrested<\/a> two Arab teenagers who slapped two ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews on a train in East Jerusalem, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57112614\">uploaded<\/a> video of the incident to TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would any ordinary person get pleasure from assault?\u201d Ball wrote. \u201c\u2018There is a competition for likes and views,\u2019 a 15-year-old victim told an Israeli news organisation. \u2018A video of an Arab slapping an ultra-Orthodox man will get you both.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Israel-Gaza conflict intensified this past week, so did attacks on American Jews \u2014 many of them recorded and shared widely on social media. Multiple alleged assaults against Jewish people took place nationwide during the Middle Eastern conflicts, often featuring large groups of people said to be Palestinian rights activists.<\/p>\n<p>There were 193 anti-Semitic attacks \u201cin the week after the crisis began,\u201d the Anti-Defamation League <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/press-releases\/preliminary-adl-data-reveals-uptick-in-antisemitic-incidents-linked-to-recent\">reported<\/a> on Thursday, \u201cup from 131 the previous week,\u201d an increase of 47%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lapd-investigating-attack-on-jewish-men-as-possible-hate-crime-by-pro-palestinian-group\">Two attacks<\/a> took place late Tuesday night in the same vicinity of Los Angeles. A roving gang of Palestinians were reportedly cruising L.A.\u2019s Beverly Grove neighborhood, yelling anti-Zionist epithets. Eyewitnesses said the men pulled up to the Sushi Fumi restaurant and asked, \u201cWho\u2019s Jewish?\u201d before commencing to attack Jewish men in a violent incident police in Los Angeles are investigating as a potential hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of another incident was reportedly \u201cshared by the perpetrators themselves, along with security footage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zionist flipped us off for supporting Palestine. We went after him,\u201d the video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiaKordestani\/status\/1395140735272308736\">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 More EVIDENCE this time shared by the perpetrators themselves, along with security footage: <\/p>\n<p>13\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVtzEfnyWH\">pic.twitter.com\/oVtzEfnyWH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sia Kordestani \ud83e\udd81 (@SiaKordestani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiaKordestani\/status\/1395140735272308736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New York City \u2014 already home to dozens of anti-semitic attacks this year \u2014 also experienced anti-semitic violence throughout the week. As two demonstrations supporting different sides of the conflict converged in Times Square on Thursday night, a truckload of people flying a Palestinian flag reportedly threw two commercial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jews-attacked-on-streets-of-new-york-city-in-restaurant-by-alleged-pro-palestinian-extremists-reports\">fireworks<\/a> into the pro-Israeli gathering of mostly Jewish people. The blasts injured a 55-year-old woman, according to the New York Post. A freelance reporter named Oliya Scootercaster <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1395527136757391363\">uploaded<\/a> video footage of the altercation, which took place near Manhattan\u2019s Diamond District.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3049645390071\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Explosive device goes off during Palestine\/Israel protests in NYC.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qd9eeJl0S8\">pic.twitter.com\/qd9eeJl0S8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1395527136757391363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The same evening, in the Diamond District, a crowd of Palestinian supporters surrounded a Jewish man, knocked him to the ground, and beat him in the face with a crutch. \u201cMy whole face\u2026 felt like it was on fire for hours,\u201d the victim, 29-year-old Joseph Borgen, <a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2021\/05\/21\/jewish-man-brutally-beaten-in-manhattans-diamond-district\/\">told<\/a> local media. Borgen said he \u201cwore my yarmulke, wore my kippah,\u201d but \u201cI never made it to the rally.\u201d He&nbsp;\u201csaw someone start chasing me from behind, and next thing you know, \u2026 I was surrounded by a crowd.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robertrand77\/status\/1395517015729885186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1395517015729885186%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewyork.cbslocal.com%2F2021%2F05%2F21%2Fjewish-man-brutally-beaten-in-manhattans-diamond-district%2F\">Video<\/a> of that horrifying incident also made social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5555555555556\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just witnessed a beat down in Times Square. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TimesSquare?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TimesSquare<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewYorkCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewYorkCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KSR5GQRvtw\">pic.twitter.com\/KSR5GQRvtw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Bertrand (@Robertrand77) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robertrand77\/status\/1395517015729885186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe chronology of the two videos is unclear,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/jews-attacked-one-person-burned-amid-pro-palestinian-protests-in-new-york-city\/\">reported<\/a> the Times of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the video may have helped land the perpetrator. \u201c23-year-old Waseem Awawdeh was arrested for using a crutch to assault a man in front of 1604 Broadway,\u201d the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDHateCrimes\/status\/1395815856693813253\">announced<\/a> May 21 on Twitter. \u201cHe\u2019s been charged with hate crime assault 2, gang assault 2, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does social media help capture perpetrators by crowdsourcing the ability to identify assailants? Or does the addictive thirst for online affirmation drive people to commit acts of violence they might otherwise not commit? \u201cA recently published study suggests that \u2018likes\u2019 on Instagram work in similar ways to the delivery of food to a hungry rat pressing a lever in a Skinner Box,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/digital-world-real-world\/202102\/do-likes-cause-social-media-addiction\">according<\/a> to Phil Reed, D.Phil., at Psychology Today. \u201cThe faster that \u2018likes\u2019 are received, the more postings are made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The greater the feedback, the more likely the poster was to follow up with similar content. \u201cReceiving a \u2018like\u2019 was related to shorter latencies to make the next post,\u201d Reed wrote.<\/p>\n<p>When the media favor one side of the conflict, viewers may seek to \u201cright the scales\u201d by taking matters into their own hands against anyone associated with the other side \u2014 in this case, those associated with the world\u2019s only Jewish state. Meanwhile, the Chinese-owned platform TikTok provides a potential audience of 732 million people searching for a virtual front row seat at a violent altercation \u2014 something Balls called the \u201cTikTok Intifada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to the TikTokisation of global politics,\u201d Ball wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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