Thirty-year-old Israeli Gefen Bitton has been identified as one of the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Bitton was shot three times and is fighting for his life after he rushed to confront one of the shooters in the antisemitic Hanukkah attack.
Bitton, an Israeli national who, according to Australian media, has worked in Australia for the past three years as a garage door technician, appears in dramatic footage from Sunday’s attack alongside Ahmed Al Ahmed, who wrestled a weapon from one of the two gunmen and aimed it back at the attacker, Sajid Akram.
People claim it's anti-Semitism that Ahmed al-Ahmed is getting all the attention while Gefen Bitton is being ignored by the press.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's probably true. "Heroic Jew takes down Muslims shooter" is not a headline any virtuous media outlet wants to run. Far better to go with "Muslim hero takes down non-specific shooter!"