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The incident exposed an inherent tension in Israeli tourism during wartime. Shulkind, who leads one of the largest Jewish day schools in the U.S., said Milken came “as an act of Zionism to experience Israel for all of its wonder and all of its pain post-Oct. 7.”

“The Israeli teenagers chased our students and their much older siblings came from the other direction on the promenade and sprayed pepper spray at 10 Milken students,” she continued. “In two cases, our students were also pushed, punched, and kicked as well.”

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[–] RockLobstore@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

so they attacked fellow followers of Judaism? I didn’t get any real reason other then “Israel is complicated”.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Or it's just "kids are assholes". Being in the same religion doesn't always protect you from assholes. In fact, sometimes that makes you more of a target!