Video footage shows Palestinians stoning and kicking the vehicle, smashing the windows and physically assaulting the occupants. The car had Israeli license plates, an Israeli flag sticker and the Tel Aviv Municipality logo.
UnitedwithIsrael The tourists eventually escaped on foot with the assistance of an Arab Israeli, and were escorted back to Israel by Israeli security forces, according to Channel 12. The vehicle was left in the city. They had entered the city to get coffee, according to the report.
German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert posted to his Twitter account on Saturday that “a mob attacking tourists because they don’t like their license plate is disgusting and cowardly. I thank the Israeli citizen who saved them from the bottom of my heart.”
תיירים שנכנסו לשכם עם רכב שיתופי של עיריית תל אביב הותקפו בידי פלסטינים באבנים@carmeldangor pic.twitter.com/xtTWIvSkza
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) March 18, 2023
Hartmut says
Every country should start defunding the Palestinian authorities and leave them stuck with their own vermin in the streets.