New York City: Muslim Cabbie Attacks Jewish Passenger [picture]

 Violence against people for their religion is no stranger to the US, no martter how much we delude ourselves. The recent outbreak of terrorism has just ripped the scabs from  ageold woiunds.  This story below highlights the cauldron of viollence which lies just below the surface in many parts of the world: we in the US are not immune.

“I took a cab from Manhattan to Brooklyn yesterday at 8 PM. I asked the driver to make a phone call. He refused but then relented and put the call on the speaker. When he saw that I was speaking Hebrew, he said: ‘I hate the people and the language you are speaking. If I had known that you were a Jew, I would not have given you the call.” Open, unapologetic hatred.

“When he dropped me off in Brooklyn I started walking and suddenly he got out of the vehicle and ran toward me and started punching me in the head. I was immediately concerned that he might have a knife or some other weapon, so I hit him forcefully. He grabbed my kippah and my cellphone and ran away.” Time for Obama and Kerry to press Israel for more concessions to the “Palestinians   source