Published: 30 August 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Arab hate crime victims say outpouring of support ‘gives them hope’ (Times of Israel)
Three Arab men who were beaten last week by a group of Jews at a Haifa beach in an apparent hate crime said the outpouring of support following the violent attack has given them hope.
Muhammad Yusifin, Muatasim Ayoub, and Mawd Ayoub, revealed their identities to Channel 10 news after a solidarity event in their hometown of Shfaram on Monday night.
“After we received this outpouring of support from all kinds of people including Jews, Arabs and Knesset members, we felt secure enough to show our faces,” the men said. “We aren’t the ones who are criminals, we are the victims.”
“The support we received has given hope that this will not happen again in the future,” they said. “Change begins slowly at first, and we are just hoping for better days.”
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Photo: Hate crime victims Muhammad Yusifin, Muatasim Ayoub and Mawd Ayoub at a solidarity event in Shfaram, on August 28 (screen capture: Channel 10)
