Hoax Alert: A Molotov in Manhattan (2024)
According to Jacob Frankel writing in the perpetually outraged ‘Algemeiner’ there has been yet another so-called ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ in Tel Aviv on the Hudson otherwise known as New York.
He writes how:
‘An assailant was caught on video attempting to torch a Hatzalah ambulance parked on the street in New York City last week in an incident that police are investigating as a possible hate crime.
Hatzalah volunteer ambulances serve predominantly Jewish communities around the world.
The New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Hate Crime Task Force is searching for the suspect who, in surveillance camera footage, can be seen wearing khaki shorts, a light blue t-shirt, and holding an unidentifiable beverage. In the footage, the suspect casually walks up and bends down next to the Hatzalah vehicle.
In the next frame of the video, after the man kneels beside the car, a fire spreads in the rear of the vehicle near the rear tire and tail pipe.
The attempted arson occurred in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Grand Street near Madison Avenue, a few blocks from Hatzalah’s Lower East Side Garage. The area is home to several synagogues including the Young Israel of Manhattan and the historic Bialystoker Synagogue.
Joel Petlin, superintendent of the Kiryas Joel school district and a commentator, lambasted the incident on X / Twitter, writing, “Nothing says ‘Free Palestine’ quite like someone in New York City setting fire to a first responder vehicle owned by Hatzalah, a respected organization that serves the Jewish community and anyone else who calls for their emergency medical services.”
Meanwhile, at 500C Grand Street, roughly two blocks from where the arson took place, a Jewish family found the message “Hate You Jew” scrawled onto their apartment door. The NYPD is investigating the graffiti. A representative from the apartment building management company commented to Hamodia Magazine that they condemn the “despicable, antisemitic incident” and are fully cooperating with the NYPD’s investigation.’ (1)
The problem with Frankel’s narrative is simply that there is no reason to suppose that the attack on the Hatzalah ambulance had anything to do with Hatzalah being a jewish organization and we have no evidence to suggest as much.
Frankel lazily simply assumes that this is the case then desperately chirps about some graffiti a whole two city blocks away because that is the closest he can come to trying to make the attempted torching of the Hatzalah ambulance about it being linked to jews, while also quoting a jewish official named Joel Petlin from Kiryas Joel which is well outside New York City in New York State and we have no reason to suppose was present or has any special insight or information.
The simple fact is that he has no evidence this is remotely about jews but like jews nearly always do; they make something which is a relative common place in New York City today – i.e., attacks on emergency services personnel and vehicles – all about jews not about the out of control mobs that stalk the streets hunting commuters and residents to attack and steal from.
References
(1) https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/07/12/assailant-tries-torch-hatzalah-vehicle-new-york-city-police-investigating-possible-hate-crime/