A Jewish peace activist in Italy was recently accosted after he criticized current Israeli policy in a local Jewish magazine. As he was walking toward the Israeli embassy to a vigil in support of Israel, Giorgio Gomel was accosted by other Jews who called him a “friend of Arafat” and tried to attack him.
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