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VIDEO: Jerusalem camera catches brutal attack by Jewish teens on Arab youths
By Uri Blau, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Pisgat Ze'ev, Jerusalem 

Dozens of Jewish teens were caught on camera outside a Jerusalem mall carrying out a brutal attack on two Arab youths on Holocaust Remembrance Day earlier this month.



Some two weeks ago, indictments were filed against 11 youths, eight of them minors, suspected of having perpetrated the attack in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood. According to the indictment, the boys responded to a message on the ICQ instant messaging internet program calling for "Jewish blood" to "put an end to Arabs running around the Pisga." According to the indictment, the Jewish teens gathered outside the local shopping center armed with knives, sticks and bats and attacked two Arab teens, aged 16 and 18, from the nearby Shuafat refugee camp.
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One of the Arab youths, Ahmed Abu Camal, was stabbed in the back, but managed to escape. His friend was described by one of the suspects during questioning as a "trampoline and a punching bag." The suspect recounted how "everyone jumped, kicked and stepped on him."

In the video footage, a group of teens can be seen waiting outside the shopping mall. At around 11 P.M. the two victims can be seen walking past the group. After a short dialogue, the video shows one of the victims being hurled into the street, pushed toward the railing and then viciously attacked.

In his testimony, the victim told police officers that "a group of children, numbering more than 80, pounced on us and they had bats and knives in their hands and they attacked us. All I remember now is that I passed out and woke up in the hospital."

The video shows Abu Camal fleeing the scene chased by a number of Jewish teens. In a recent conversation, he said "when I passed by the entrance there was a large crowd of young men who just stood there while I walked between them on the shoulder of the street. I heard them talking among themselves and they said something like 'are those them? Are they them?' and then someone stuck a knife in my back and knocked me down and continued to beat me. One guy bit my ear. I don't know how I managed to get up, but I got up and ran away."

The video footage shows the Jewish teens fleeing the area after a car passes by. The unconscious Arab teen can be seen left on the side of the road until he is taken away by what appears to be shopping mall security staff.

On Sunday, the Supreme Court decided to release all the suspects that remained in custody to house arrest. Attorney Yehuda Shushan, who represented three of the suspects, said "there is no doubt that this incident must be dealt with from an educational point of view, but at the same time each suspect should be judged according to his individual level of involvement. It is doubtful that those who were present but did nothing should be charged, otherwise 200 indictments should be filed against each child that was at the scene."

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      1.   Jewish teens 17:50  |  Marcello 27/05/08
      2.   Terrorists/// 17:53  |  Joe 27/05/08
      3.   Lynch ??? 17:54  |  Russ 27/05/08
      4.   Russ , just condemn the damn thing , period 18:11  |  Gabriel (zionist) 27/05/08
      5.   Disgraceful Behavior 18:12  |  Proud Israeli Jew 27/05/08
      6.   But yet cameras are absent when Arab teens run amuck 18:15  |  William 27/05/08
      7.   200 indictments SHOULD be filed - NEVER AGAIN 18:16  |  Yuval Meron 27/05/08
      8.   Joe#2 - take a lesson of other scholars and read a book 18:18  |  William 27/05/08
      9.   You learn hate at home 18:20  |  Natallie Durson 27/05/08
      10.   WYSIWYG 18:21  |  Not Suprising 27/05/08
      11.   The right-wing "culture of hate" or Yitzhak Rabin revisited..... 18:22  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/05/08
      12.   Totally Disgusting 18:22  |  Moishe Ben Yitzhak 27/05/08
      13.   Typical Israeli Settlers, terrorists of a racist ideology 18:30  |  anti-racist 27/05/08
      14.   Armed settlers always feel strong by attacking unarmed Pals 18:32  |  anti-racist 27/05/08
      15.   Disgraceful it never happens in the UK USA Switzerland etc 18:45  |  x-ray 27/05/08
      16.   Natallie Durson 18:48  |  Steve 27/05/08
      17.   Nobody to be charged 18:51  |  Rachel Stevens 27/05/08
      18.   anti-racist 18:52  |  Steve 27/05/08
      19.   #8 not surprising 18:54  |  Warren J. 27/05/08
      20.   Culture ov Violence 19:03  |  Neshri 27/05/08
      21.   I am sure American money will flow to these terrorists 19:03  |  El-Birawi 27/05/08
      22.   brutality 19:10  |  H. H. MENDELSOHN 27/05/08
      23.   #7 natalie Durson "You learn hate at home" 19:19  |  H 27/05/08
      24.   As a Jew I am ashamed 19:26  |  Justin 27/05/08
      25.   No Jew get charged for killing an Arab 19:36  |  El-Birawi 27/05/08
      26.   Arab/left wing racicts pretending indignation 19:37  |  17 27/05/08
      27.   What is the big deal 19:37  |  x 27/05/08
      28.   Sad, but we must understand them and the root cause 19:52  |  PeaceActivist 27/05/08
      29.   Natalie and El-Birawi - grow up 19:55  |  Elihu 27/05/08
      30.   I bet GABE1 enjoyed it 19:57  |  Reuben 27/05/08
      31.   No difference 19:57  |  Janice 27/05/08
      32.   Could anyone imagine Israeli "lefties" doing stuff like this..??? 20:00  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/05/08
      33.   They resist the Arab foreign occupation of Jewish land 20:03  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/05/08
      34.   Big deal - happens all the time in the UK 20:04  |  Chris Thompson 27/05/08
      35.   Is Janice fair? No way, anything from the "Jewish State" 20:04  |  x-ray 27/05/08
      36.   to (28) Peace Activist 20:04  |  Palestinian in UK 27/05/08
      37.   Pisgat Ze`ev is a settlement 20:06  |  Bob 27/05/08
      38.   No Arab is ever charged for killing a Jew in Arab countries/Iran 20:09  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/05/08
      39.   Brutality 20:09  |  H. H. MENDELSOHN 27/05/08
      40.   #28 - Nothing to understand 20:10  |  ScotGuy 27/05/08
      41.   Malcolm X`s feelings 20:10  |  jehiel chaleff 27/05/08
      42.   Thats a video of OJ and Nicole ... 20:36  |  smarter then Olmert 27/05/08
      43.   swiss dino is quick to comment 20:47  |  amos 27/05/08
      44.   let`s hope 20:55  |  rm 27/05/08
      45.   Shameful 20:55  |  Mike 27/05/08
      46.   jerusalem brutal attacks 20:59  |  jack 27/05/08
      47.   Over reacting and with lack of knowledge 20:59  |  Scharker Yid 27/05/08
      48.   The attack 21:08  |  Abu Yusuf 27/05/08
      49.   For now, the IDF has filed their names. 21:08  |  Andreas 27/05/08
      50.   I bet GABE1 enjoyed the video 21:10  |  Reuben 27/05/08
      51.   Can a jew walk in Nablus or Hebron? 21:17  |  Yosi 27/05/08
      52.   I live in a arab neighborhood 21:18  |  EGO 27/05/08
      53.   I condemn 21:21  |  Mikey 27/05/08
      54.   execute them! 21:23  |  alon 27/05/08
      55.   Israel, WAKE UP 21:25  |  Turk 27/05/08
      56.   #40, there IS a root cause 21:32  |  judith 27/05/08
      57.   Palestinian in UK 21:37  |  ZISD 27/05/08
      58.   This was sending a message to Arab youths...watch your step 21:39  |  spade 27/05/08
      59.   Repugnant, Inexcusable Behavior 21:39  |  Slibovitz 27/05/08
      60.   Keeping the Arabs in fear instead of the other way around 21:39  |  spade 27/05/08
      61.   What do you expect after the Yeshiva massacre? 21:40  |  spade 27/05/08
      62.   Totally understandable...Jews dont want to be victimized anymore 21:41  |  spade 27/05/08
      63.   #19 - Warren - Leaves out a very important piece of information 21:45  |  WYSIWYG 27/05/08
      64.   one in the same 21:46  |  justin 27/05/08
      65.   This is the future of Israeli society 22:04  |  Yoel 27/05/08
      66.   # 43 amos (Toby) 22:09  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/05/08
      67.   What if the situation was reversed? 22:10  |  Nasir 27/05/08
      68.   Arabs would have dismembered them like they did in ramallah 22:12  |  JJ 27/05/08
      69.   It`s the Kassams, Grads, suicide bombers, stupid! 22:12  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/05/08
      70.   Jewish attack on Arab youths 22:14  |  Zion Segal 27/05/08
      71.