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'Don't mess with Iran': Two Jewish men beaten in San Jose after speaking Hebrew
The Jerusalem Post ^ | 3/11/26 | Sam Halpern

Posted on 03/11/2026 6:44:15 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie

Two Jewish men were beaten, and later briefly hospitalized, after they were heard speaking Hebrew in front of a restaurant in San Jose’s Santana Row in California, local media reported on Tuesday.

Footage of the incident, shot by local witnesses, shows the pair of victims attacked by three other individuals outside the Augustine restaurant, NBC Bay Area reported.

“I just turned around, and they literally started punching,” one of the victims, who wished not to be identified, told the outlet. “We got swarmed very badly. I’m in a lot of pain. I still cannot chew. My jaw hurts, my back is hurting.”

According to NBC, the victims said they did not recognize their assailants, and police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

According to ABC7 News, both Jewish men were waiting to be seated at the restaurant when the incident occurred.

"One of the witnesses said that they heard them saying, 'don't mess with Iran', which we don't know why," one of the victims told the outlet. "We don't have any problem with them. But, I heard at the beginning of the fight, something with, 'F the Jews'."

ABC7 added that one of the victims had been knocked out and needed stitches after the assault.

In a statement, the Bay Area Jewish Community Relations Council identified the pair of victims as Israeli Americans.

Sam Liccardo, the Democratic representative of California’s 16th Congressional District and former San Jose mayor, condemned the assault in a subsequent statement on X/Twitter.

“Violence targeting any members of our community—including our Jewish and Israeli community members—amounts to an attack on all of us,” he wrote.

Current San Jose Mayor also weighed in on X, stating that “Antisemitism and all acts of hatred have no place in San Jose. Being able to talk about our differences and celebrate them is what makes us the safest big city in America.”

“I have been in touch with our police department and leaders in the local Jewish community regarding this deeply disturbing incident and will continue to monitor the situation closely as the investigation continues,” he added.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Israel; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: california; iran; israel; waronterror

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1 posted on 03/11/2026 6:44:15 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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To: Uncle Miltie

This is a Rorschach Test.


2 posted on 03/11/2026 6:45:05 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

We invite this by having “peaceful” Muslims in America.


3 posted on 03/11/2026 6:45:38 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“Footage of the incident, shot by local witnesses”…who didn’t bother to lift a hand to help.


4 posted on 03/11/2026 6:49:37 AM PDT by albie
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To: Uncle Miltie

My money is on schoolteacher thugs.


5 posted on 03/11/2026 6:49:43 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Jewish man 1 to Jewish man 2: Shalom!

Jewish man 2 to Jewish man 1: Shalom!

Obviously trigger words for certain types.


6 posted on 03/11/2026 6:51:04 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: albie

In their defense, Silicone (sic) Valley tech weenies have trouble lifting their Venti Caramel Oat Milk Mochas.


7 posted on 03/11/2026 6:51:18 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Ezekiel

Whenever I see veiled muslim women in America, I exclaim loudly in their presence, “Am Yisrael Chai!” Which they never get. But I feel better, which is the point. :-)


8 posted on 03/11/2026 6:52:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Remember when W proclaimed Islam a “religion of peace”?
I do. It was just after 9/11. It was not what I expected.
Let’s just say that my opinion of him changed that day.


9 posted on 03/11/2026 6:53:12 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: ChessExpert
We invite this by having “peaceful” Muslims in America.

I really don't think this even has anything to do with Muslims. Then entire Left has become increasingly antisemitic. Violently antisemitic. Remember the pro-Palestinian protestors who surrounded the young Jewish girl in the Yale library and started screaming at her until she was crying. They represented the "rainbow" of Leftist causes. Jews are the new enemy - officially the colonizers. We're back to the days when Revrun Al (back when he was fat) could lead a mob to beat up Jews in Bensonhurst.

10 posted on 03/11/2026 6:54:37 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ChessExpert

Muslims beat Jews during their holy Ramalamadingdong?


11 posted on 03/11/2026 6:56:41 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

An incident in Europe in the late 1930s.

No wait. It’s in 2026. In the United States.

The pendulum is going to have to swing back toward equal justice for all or there will be war.


12 posted on 03/11/2026 6:57:07 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Uncle Miltie
Photos of perps, at link ...

The 3 suspects responsible for attacking an Israeli man for speaking Hebrew in San Jose, CA have been identified as:
1.Ramon Akoyans
2.Roma Akoyans
3.Bruneli Chamaki.

Assyrian from San Jose Militia
MMA fighters. Highly successful and well off. Highly Antisemitic. Radicalized Pro IRGC and online.

https://t.co/6nxl6lZjXa— Stealth Medical (@StealthMedical1) March 11, 2026


13 posted on 03/11/2026 6:58:19 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Being able to talk about our differences

Liberals are too stupid for words. Liberals, RATs, Ragheads, Nazis, et al, do not want dialogue. They insist upon a) monologue and then b) genocide.

We'll never learn. We just continue to allow these mongrels to perpetuate chaos and catastrophe upon the USA. All in the name of ... what?

14 posted on 03/11/2026 6:58:34 AM PDT by LouAvul (I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6)
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To: Uncle Miltie

https://x.com/StealthMedical1/status/2031522102315200908?s=20


15 posted on 03/11/2026 6:58:58 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Ezekiel

During the early anti-Israel protests after October 7th in the US on college campuses such as the University of Michigan, Jewish students said they were taking off or hiding Jewish star necklaces and anything else that looked Jewish.

Others said they were deliberately wearing more things in defiance of the tormentors.


16 posted on 03/11/2026 7:01:12 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: bk1000

I understand why he said that. It was because he was sending small teams of people to work with Islamic governments to counter terrorism. The teams had to rely on these governments for cooperation and protection if they were going to have any effect. You’re not going to get that if you’re deliberately antagonistic (even if its true!) He also had to defuse terrorist propaganda that he was making war on Islam.


17 posted on 03/11/2026 7:02:42 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Jane Long

Good find! From your link:

“There are three wanted individuals from the violent antisemitic hate crime and terror attack on a Jewish man.

We found you & you just ruined your lives, you trash peasants.

Brunel Charmakli incitement to violence started by his consumption of Jake Shields content allegedly.

JD from IC Berkeley minor in Philosophy graduated Summa Cum Laude.”


18 posted on 03/11/2026 7:03:51 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (May we notice massive black violence without being labeled “racist!” so we can work on solutions?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Lots of Persians in LA.


19 posted on 03/11/2026 7:05:44 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Jane Long

If that is the thugs, hopefully they can be shipped out of the USA ASAP.


20 posted on 03/11/2026 7:07:37 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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