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“I observed surveillance video of the above described event and observed the above individual [victim] get knocked to the ground by two men,” an officer who investigated the crime is quoted as saying in the criminal complaint for Awawdeh. “I then observed a group of approximately six men punch and kick the above individual while he was on the ground.”

“I observed surveillance video of the above described event and observed the above individual [victim] get knocked to the ground by two men,” an officer who investigated the crime is quoted as saying in the criminal complaint for Awawdeh. “I then observed a group of approximately six men punch and kick the above individual while he was on the ground.”

The criminal complaints against both Elezzi and Awawdeh allege the victim told authorities that “while he was on the ground, he heard the men saying, in substance, ’Dirty Jew. Filthy Jew. F--k Israel. Hamas is going to kill you. Go back to Israel.’”</blockquote></ref>  Waseem said, after being arrested, that he would do it again, to which a journalist Tweeted: ''Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people.''<ref>Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) Tweeted: Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people [https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1396266906546548740?s=20 May 22, 2021]</ref> Days later, another Arab from NY was arrested in that beating, Faisal Elezzi.<ref>NYPD arrests suspect in beating of Jewish man in Times Square. May 24, 2021. ''Faisal Elezzi was arrested and charged in connection to the violent beatdown of a Jewish man near Times Square. The suspects spewed anti-Semitic statements while pepper spraying, punching and kicking Borgen, police have said. Police said the group also used crutches to beat the victim.''</ref>  

The criminal complaints against both Elezzi and Awawdeh allege the victim told authorities that “while he was on the ground, he heard the men saying, in substance, ’Dirty Jew. Filthy Jew. F--k Israel. Hamas is going to kill you. Go back to Israel.’”</blockquote></ref>  Waseem said, after being arrested, that he would do it again, to which a journalist Tweeted: ''Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people.''<ref>Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) Tweeted: Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people [https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1396266906546548740?s=20 May 22, 2021]</ref> Days later, another Arab from NY was arrested in that beating, Faisal Elezzi.<ref>NYPD arrests suspect in beating of Jewish man in Times Square. May 24, 2021. ''Faisal Elezzi was arrested and charged in connection to the violent beatdown of a Jewish man near Times Square. The suspects spewed anti-Semitic statements while pepper spraying, punching and kicking Borgen, police have said. Police said the group also used crutches to beat the victim.''</ref> Also Mohammed Said Othman, 28, was arrested and later arraigned on an indictment in connection to the May 20, 2021 attack.<ref>Joe Marino and Amanda Woods, [https://nypost.com/2023/02/10/another-suspect-nabbed-in-brutal-2021-anti-semitic-attack-in-nyc/ Another suspect nabbed in brutal 2021 NYC anti-Semitic attack], ''NYPost'', February 10, 2023.<blockquote>

* Mohammed Said Othman, 28, was arrested .. and later arraigned on an indictment in connection to the May 20, 2021 attack on Joseph Borgen – who was knocked to the ground, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed, struck with crutches and assailed with anti-Semitic statements on Broadway near West 49th Street."<ref>Joe Marino and Amanda Woods, [https://nypost.com/2023/02/10/another-suspect-nabbed-in-brutal-2021-anti-semitic-attack-in-nyc/ Another suspect nabbed in brutal 2021 NYC anti-Semitic attack], ''NYPost'', February 10, 2023.<blockquote>

Mohammed Said Othman, 28, was arrested Thursday morning and later arraigned on an indictment in connection to the May 20, 2021 attack on Joseph Borgen – who was knocked to the ground, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed, struck with crutches and assailed with anti-Semitic statements on Broadway near West 49th Street.</blockquote></ref> <small>[Related on Othman:<ref>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Suleiman_Othman Suleiman_Othman], Canary.</ref>

Mohammed Said Othman, 28, was arrested Thursday morning and later arraigned on an indictment in connection to the May 20, 2021 attack on Joseph Borgen – who was knocked to the ground, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed, struck with crutches and assailed with anti-Semitic statements on Broadway near West 49th Street.</blockquote></ref> <small>[Related:<ref>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Suleiman_Othman Suleiman_Othman], Canary.</ref>

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Othman has engaged [00:06:15] in anti-Israel activism [00:17:55] with WOL multiple times. Until February 2018, WOL was known as the New York City chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), using the name NYC SJP. 

Othman has engaged [00:06:15] in anti-Israel activism [00:17:55] with WOL multiple times. Until February 2018, WOL was known as the New York City chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), using the name NYC SJP. 

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On December 26, 2021, two Jewish college students, Blake Zavadsky and Ilan Kaganovich, were reportedly assaulted by two men outside a Foot Locker in Brooklyn, New York. Zavadsky wore an IDF sweatshirt, was punched in the face by one of the assailants, who called Zavadsky and Kaganovich “dirty J...”</blockquote>]</small>

On December 26, 2021, two Jewish college students, Blake Zavadsky and Ilan Kaganovich, were reportedly assaulted by two men outside a Foot Locker in Brooklyn, New York. Zavadsky wore an IDF sweatshirt, was punched in the face by one of the assailants, who called Zavadsky and Kaganovich “dirty J...”</i>]</small>

On July 20, 2021 three Arab-Muslims: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst, Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood, and Ashan Azad, 19, of Midwood, were charged in hate crimes in Brooklyn, NY. The defendants allegedly stated, “Kill all the Jews,” demanded that a Jewish man say, “Free Palestine,” punched him when he refused, and then chased him and a friend while holding a cricket bat.<ref>[http://www.brooklynda.org/2021/07/20/three-brooklyn-men-indicted-for-assault-and-menacing-as-hate-crimes-for-attacking-jewish-people-outside-synagogues/ Three Brooklyn Men Indicted for Assault and Menacing as Hate Crimes For Attacking Jewish People Outside Synagogues]

On July 20, 2021 three Arab-Muslims: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst, Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood, and Ashan Azad, 19, of Midwood, were charged in hate crimes in Brooklyn, NY. The defendants allegedly stated, “Kill all the Jews,” demanded that a Jewish man say, “Free Palestine,” punched him when he refused, and then chased him and a friend while holding a cricket bat.<ref>[http://www.brooklynda.org/2021/07/20/three-brooklyn-men-indicted-for-assault-and-menacing-as-hate-crimes-for-attacking-jewish-people-outside-synagogues/ Three Brooklyn Men Indicted for Assault and Menacing as Hate Crimes For Attacking Jewish People Outside Synagogues]

Brooklyn DA, July 20, 2021.

Brooklyn DA, July 20, 2021.