A Dutch man who risked his life to save a Jewish child during the Holocaust gave back a medal he received for his actions in order to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Born in the Netherlands to an Israeli father and Dutch mother, Ithamar Avnon volunteered for Israeli army duty, serving in Operation Cast Lead in 2009.
A chief rabbi of the Netherlands said unidentified individuals hurled stones at his home in what he said was the second anti-Semitic attack on him this week.