Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Just another piece in the rising use of violence and threats of violence to squelch free speech. Apparently, throwing shoes has become a cute statement now: Dutch protesters throw shoes at Israeli
Dutch protesters threw shoes at a Israeli reservist soldier during a speech in Amsterdam.
Ron Edelheit was speaking at a Women's International Zionist Organization event Sunday at an Amsterdam hotel while on a visit to his mother. The event had changed locations due to threats. Some 50 demonstrators protested outside the venue.
Edelheit, who holds dual Israeli and Dutch citizenship, had just begun speaking when three youths stood up and threw four shoes at him. Two hit him on the legs. The reservist filed charges against the three youths.
"Today it's a shoe, tomorrow a knife," Edelheit told the Jerusalem Post.
Edelheit was scheduled to speak next in Belgium.
Earlier this month, Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, was hit by a shoe during a presentation at Stockholm University...