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Ok, the nature of the harassment does seem fairly minor. Israel advices their citizens to play down their Israeli-ness when traveling and the scary anecdote of Shahar being chased in the lede had its origins in Israelis chanting pro-Israel chants in a club. Well reported article.

1:49 • = 66. 4 Safari But for Shahar Gutman and his friends, an otherwise fun vacation ended in fear when, on their last night in Rhodes they went to a club popular with Israelis, Ms. Gutman, his mother, said in an interview. Another group of Israelis at the club had gotten into an argument with a dozen or so men, according to Ms. Gutman. The altercation started with the Israelis chanting pro-Israeli slogans and the other group of patrons responding with pro-Palestinian chants, the Greek police said. Ms. Gutman insisted that Shahar and his friends played no part in the slanging match, a claim that could not be independently verified. But when they left the club, she said, the pro-Palestinians, who appeared to speak a language other than Greek, pursued them and, she said, beat some of them. Later, the police came to the teens' apartment and questioned them, according to Ms. Gutman. A police spokeswoman, Constantina Dimoglidou, said the police investigation pointed to a verbal exchange and said there were no injuries. She said the nationality of the pro-Palestinians remained unclear. The next day, Shahar and his friends got on their scheduled flight back to Israel.

aug 29, 2025, 10:53 am • 1 0

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I’m trying to think of the last time I visited another country and started chanting pro-American slogans… oh wait I would never do that because I’m not an entitled moron. Even though he says they didn’t. He also says they were “beaten” with no injuries 🤷

aug 31, 2025, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view

This is the first time I’ve heard the phrase “slanging match” (and I love it)

aug 29, 2025, 11:46 am • 1 0 • view