An American man physically attacked an Israeli Jewish traveler at an airport in the Philippines, shouting 'Baby killer... Hitler was right. Too bad Hitler didn't finish the job,' according to a report.
An American man physically attacked an Israeli Jewish traveler at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday evening, shouting antisemitic slurs including 'Hitler was right' and 'Baby killer,' according to a Sunday report. The incident adds a new dimension to a sequence The Zioneer has tracked since Saturday.
The Zioneer first reported the incident at 17:58 Jerusalem on Saturday, stating that a man shouted 'Hitler was right' at an Israeli traveler. Within the same hour, an update identified the suspects: Israeli traveler Noam Shimon Rosenberg, 37, and American man Kent Scott Lee, 54. A third report confirmed that Lee allegedly called Rosenberg a 'baby killer' and said 'too bad Hitler didn't finish the job.' The Sunday report now specifies that the attack was physical, though the extent of injuries remains undisclosed. The reporting has consistently relied on local Philippine sources, with no official Israeli government confirmation as of Sunday morning.
The attack follows a recent pattern of antisemitic incidents targeting Israelis abroad, as The Zioneer reported. On Tue Aug 4, an Israeli reservist was injured in a separate antisemitic attack in the Philippines, with the assailant shouting 'baby killer' and 'genocide.' On Fri Jun 5, a man harassed and assaulted three Jewish individuals in New Haven, Connecticut, shouting 'baby killers.'
The investigation continues. The specific injuries sustained by Rosenberg have not been detailed. The case has been referred to prosecutors in Pasay City, and both men remain in custody. Lee's account, that Rosenberg initiated the confrontation, has not been independently corroborated.
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