Although most of the protest had broken up by the time the walk was under way, some members of the group Neturei Karta and a few men wearing keffiyehs lingered at the Princes Gate.
Later, as the walk ended and some walkers returned to the CNE grounds, a large crowd gathered to counter the fringe group. The pro-Israel crowd mostly sang Israeli songs and humourously mocked the protesters; some criticized or tried to argue with them.
Eighty-four-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Shedletzky exchanged a few angry words with the protesters before police quickly intervened. Three large, burly policemen quickly stood in front of Shedletzky as if he posed a threat to the group of healthy young protesters, some of whom were quite muscular. Shedletzky called the men of Neturei Karta “the worst antisemites” who “want to destroy everything.”
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Interesting photos and stuff that didn’t make it into the papers:
As they were leaving, the young girl in blue turned back to the crowd of walkers, raised her arm, pointed at them, and said twice in a chilling voice, “You’ll be sorry, I swear. You will pay: the day is coming.”
