A University of Massachusetts Amherst student was arrested after allegedly assaulting a Jewish student and spitting on the Israeli flag at a vigil calling for hostages to be released.
A University of Massachusetts Amherst student was arrested after allegedly punching a Jewish student and spitting on the Israeli flag the student was holding. The incident took place Friday night at the end of a vigil organized by UMass Hillel in which students called for the release of the more than 240 Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. The event included symbolic Shabbat tables with empty seats representing each hostage abducted during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
The victim was not injured, according to the university. UMass police investigated and arrested the suspect on the night of the event. The suspect was released on bail, but prohibited from returning to campus. 'What this student is accused of is reprehensible, illegal, and unacceptable,' Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life Shelly Perdomo-Ahmed and Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief of Police Tyrone Parham said in a joint statement.
More than 10,000 people have been killed in Gaza and Israel since Hamas launched its largest attack against the Jewish State in decades, prompting a military response from Israeli forces. Thousands more have been wounded, and many others have been taken hostage by Hamas and raped, tortured and murdered.
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