Israeli Couple Saved From Mob in Kiev

INN ^ | 3/16/2014 | Ari Yashar

[Slings and Arrows]

An Israeli couple in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev were rescued from a near-lynching last Friday, right before Shabbat.

Zalman Hetzklovich and his wife were walking in Kiev's Independence Square in the center of the city, when eight Ukrainians wearing uniforms and holding sticks suddenly leaped out of a van at them.

The Ukrainians pointed at the couple, shouting in Russian for them to stop.

"I understood that if I didn't run at that moment it would be the end of us," reported Hetzklovich. "I stopped a taxi and got in with my wife, asking the driver to get us out of there. The attackers surrounded the car and demanded the driver stop."

"The driver stepped on the gas and knocked over the rioters, who succeeded in damaging one side of the cab. The driver was able to drive one block away until he reached a traffic jam; we saw the pursuers were back, and had gotten into their car, starting to chase after us," recounted Hetzklovich.

The Israeli couple proceeded to get out of the taxi and run on foot several streets away, until they reached a synagogue, where they realized they had miraculously managed to escape.

'We bought them tickets back to Israel the same evening'

[Slings and Arrows]

Time to party like it's 1939.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ping.

[dfwgator]

In before “It’s Putin Propaganda.”

[icwhatudo]

You Putinistas should not trust this propaganda! Watch CNN and MSNBC instead!

[goldstategop]

Ukrainian Banderists aren’t a figment of the Russian imagination.

No wonder the Crimeans exited Ukraine as fast as they did. I can’t say I blame them for doing so.

[dfwgator]

Ukrainian Banderists aren’t a figment of the Russian imagination.

Nor of the Polish imagination.

Something both Poles and Russians agree on, and that's rare.

[tcrlaf]

These are the Not-a-Nazi Nazi’s, right?

[Slings and Arrows]

Sounds like it.

[Rockingham]

"The Ukrainians pointed at the couple, shouting in Russian for them to stop." More likely, it was Russian Spetsnaz or hired thugs sent in to provoke incidents in Ukraine. The same technique was used by Hitler to justify his annexations of Austria and the Sudentenland.

[Girlene]

Ummm....did you read the article? From the article:

Rabbi Hillel Cohen, Chairman of the Kiev Hatzala emergency rescue organization, who was stabbed last Thursday by anti-Semites, spoke about the incident.

The rabbi, who was released from the hospital Saturday, said "we called up the police today during the Purim holiday to present a complaint, but apparently the government in Ukraine is dealing with more pressing problems at the moment."

"Apparently they were provocateurs that hit and stabbed me last Thursday night," noted the rabbi, adding "it's starting to come clear that there are pro-Russian rioters wanting to cause anarchy and chaos for the Ukrainian government."

Regarding the Israeli couple, the rabbi noted that "due to the tensions and danger, and after submitting the complaint, we got return tickets for them to Israel the same evening."

[dfwgator]

From the article:

“”Apparently they were provocateurs that hit and stabbed me last Thursday night,” noted the rabbi, adding “it’s starting to come clear that there are pro-Russian rioters wanting to cause anarchy and chaos for the Ukrainian government.””

[Dead Dog]

Just watched “The Soviet Story”. Fantastic history of the region.

[Girlene]

Agreed. Read the rest of the article. The Rabbi involved with getting the couple out of the country believes it is pro-Russian rioters who are stirring things up over there.

[dfwgator]

Yep, if the article was from RT, they never would have mentioned that little tidbit.

[FredZarguna]

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Sucker-punch-Brooklyn-Jews-targeted-in-knockout-attacks-333465

Did I arrive in time to justify Putin's annexation of Staten Island?

[Rockingham]

Not just pro-Russian Ukrainians, but Russian government agents. The US and European response is utterly inadequate.

[Clemenza]

Can’t both the Putinists and Svobodists just eliminate eachother?

[Rockingham]

I am astonished that the US news media coverage of the Ukraine crisis is so inadequate. I suspect that they are deliberately ignoring Russia's use of agent provocateurs in order to protect Obama from issues that are beyond his meager abilities.

[Mike Darancette]

Russia has to invade to protect the Jews.

[Girlene]

The US and European response is utterly inadequate.

It does appear weak.