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Thousands held a pro-Israel rally in Trafalgar Square Sunday Jan. 11 2009
Dovid Von Neumann stood up on the ridge of a Trafalgar Square fountain and sung the well known child's Chanukah song 'Sevivon sov sov sov.' [Spinning-top, spin spin spin]
He was pushed into the iced fountain by members of the demonstration and was wrestled into police custody by special Jewish security guards.
Whilst the ongoing Israeli bombing of Gaza began during the festival of Chanukah, Jewish children around the world received the traditional gift of a four sided spinning-top (sevivon in Hebrew, driedel in Yiddish).
Jewish children play a betting game on whichever side the sevivon should land on. Today these are mostly made from plastic; once upon a time they were cast in lead - hence Operation Cast Lead, the name given by Israel to its current Gaza incursion.
Dovid explains:
"I wished to highlight the insidiousness of how the current Israeli invasion into Gaza was named after a child's toy made from a highly toxic material, lead, and how Palestinian children have been at the mercy of such randomly falling deathly devices. Houndreds of children in Gaza have been killed by indirect attack, like flying shrapnel or inadequate medical resources, whilst many have died through direct attack. It's as if Israel had the lead sevivon in mind as a metaphorical present to Palestinian children."
Through his red megaphone, Dovid also accused Rabbi Sacks of being unrepresentative of the Jewish community in his claims that British Jews supported Israel's current military action.
As he was being grabbed by a Jewish security guard inside the semi-frozen Trafalgar Square fountain, Dovid was seen kissing the guard on each cheek, a traditional way of greeting another Jew. Nevertheless the guard snapped his megaphone in half and pulled him to the crowd, who assisted to drag him to the pavement.
Dovid was screaming "Ani gam Yehudi! "[I'm also Jewish] but he was nevertheless handcuffed and carried away by Police. The on looking crowd, mostly Jewish and Hebrew speaking, was left quite shocked.
Dovid, 25, was held for a number of hours by Metropolitan Police until the day's other demonstrations were over. He was released without charge.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 04:29 PM Anonymous Says:
Dlad to see they shoved him into the fountain -- the dirty pro-appeasement so-and-so could probably use a good bath.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 04:39 PM lead pencil Says:
He must have ate a large amount of lead paint peelings when he was little to so detrimentally damage his brain. Nebach.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 04:41 PM Chatzkel Says:
He should have been shoved in to a padded wagon, he doesn't look stable to me.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 05:30 PM Use Your Head Says:
"I agree not with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- Voltaire
Evidently, the above commentators lack a grasp of this concept. Police custody? For what crime exactly?
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Jan 11, 2009 at 05:25 PM Yonason Says:
I disagree with the fellow substantively - and I disagree with #s 1,2 and 3 philosophically - your intolerance and vilification of a dissenting view reminds me of Islamist extremists - intolerant Yiddishe extremists do Klal no great service ... We're supposed to be better than that.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 05:17 PM Reb Yid Says:
i dont know too many Jews who greet by a kiss on each cheek!
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Jan 11, 2009 at 05:32 PM Dov Kleinman Says:
“ He should have been shoved in to a padded wagon, he doesn't look stable to me. ”
David you made a kidush hasham
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Jan 11, 2009 at 06:58 PM sharfe mottel Says:
filthy traitor with more sympathy 4 murderous terrorists than his own people. warped hypocrite
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Jan 11, 2009 at 06:39 PM Anonymous Says:
“ David you made a kidush hasham ”
emphasis on the "sham," lol
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Jan 11, 2009 at 06:34 PM jew first Says:
“ "I agree not with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- Voltaire
Evidently, the above commentators lack a grasp of this concept. Police custody? For what crime exactly? ”
since when do we give jews over to the police i wonder if they have a din of a moser
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Jan 11, 2009 at 07:32 PM Anonymous Says:
big deal, he has a different opinion. this is a reason to bash him? he's also a yid.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 07:04 PM zigi Says:
“ I disagree with the fellow substantively - and I disagree with #s 1,2 and 3 philosophically - your intolerance and vilification of a dissenting view reminds me of Islamist extremists - intolerant Yiddishe extremists do Klal no great service ... We're supposed to be better than that. ”
And you have been playing
to much dreidel, which made you tzu'dreit.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 06:19 PM Babishka Says:
“ "I agree not with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- Voltaire
Evidently, the above commentators lack a grasp of this concept. Police custody? For what crime exactly? ”
Voltaire was a huge Jew hater, why should Jews have to defend his words to the death?
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Jan 11, 2009 at 08:05 PM Anonymous Says:
It is indeed interesting that if he would be saying real kefira we would be bullied by achdus talk but now that he said somwthing just stupid not evil he may get beaten up and his property damaged. What a warped world.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM babies Says:
He is entitled to his opinions
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Jan 11, 2009 at 10:41 PM Use Your Head Says:
“ Voltaire was a huge Jew hater, why should Jews have to defend his words to the death? ”
Did you even read what I wrote? Because it seems you did not understand it.
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Jan 11, 2009 at 11:17 PM Anonymous Says:
“ I disagree with the fellow substantively - and I disagree with #s 1,2 and 3 philosophically - your intolerance and vilification of a dissenting view reminds me of Islamist extremists - intolerant Yiddishe extremists do Klal no great service ... We're supposed to be better than that. ”
You remind me of the two jews standing against the wall in front of a nazi firing squad. One leans over to the other and says "do you think we should ask for a final wish?" The other replies "nah, we don't want to meake them angry.'
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Jan 12, 2009 at 02:00 AM Milhouse Says:
“ "I agree not with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- Voltaire
Evidently, the above commentators lack a grasp of this concept. Police custody? For what crime exactly? ”
For creating a disturbance during R Sacks's speech. He was free to sing on his own time and in his own place; at that moment Trafalgar Square was assigned to someone else, and the freedom to speak does not include the freedom to prevent others from speaking.
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Jan 12, 2009 at 09:10 AM Ian From Oxfordshire . Says:
I have rarely seen anything as funny as this disgusting Meshumad been sent off for an early bath for disrupting The Chief Rabbi .
Scabs like The Neturei Karta & The International Anti-Zionist Network are betraying The Jewish People & should be treated like pariahs & excommunicated from The Jewish Community .
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Jan 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM Stefan Says:
"I agree not with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
- Voltaire
Use Your Head is right...
He was free to sing on his own time and in his own place; at that moment Trafalgar Square was assigned to someone else, and the freedom to speak does not include the freedom to prevent others from speaking.
Milhouse is also right!
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Jan 12, 2009 at 10:43 AM murray Says:
“ For creating a disturbance during R Sacks's speech. He was free to sing on his own time and in his own place; at that moment Trafalgar Square was assigned to someone else, and the freedom to speak does not include the freedom to prevent others from speaking. ”
Not his fault that he was born as a "crack baby", and fetal alcohol syndrome. he should however be in an institution. Sorry, I have no tolerance for clearly 100% inappropriate and disgusting behaviour.