The chairman of the Constitution Committee, MK Simcha Rotman of Religious Zionism, responded this morning (Sunday) to the incident of "stealing the megaphone from a protester in New York last Friday.
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""A small group of violent protesters attacked me and my wife while we were walking late at night in New York," Rothman said. "They blocked our path, stepped on my wife, Hannah, and cursed, including death wishes. The security guards called the police, we described where we were, and we continued walking, ignoring the protesters.".
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About the megaphone incident, he wrote: "At some point the protesters realized that we were not excited about them, and then they put a megaphone to our ears (an assault on everything) and shouted. Both I and the security guards told them repeatedly to stop and move away, and they continued.".
""After all the warnings," Rothman described, "I took the megaphone from the protester, which she pushed into my ear without touching, of course. After about half a block, we arrived at a place where we could go in and wait for the police. The police escorted me to the hotel, and the incident was over.".
MK Rothman described the meetings with the Jewish community: "During Shabbat, and also during my visit on Thursday, the Jewish community here received me with great joy. With respect and appreciation. There is great support and encouragement in advancing the reform, but even the few who disagreed came and respected it.".
'"The violent attackers came from Israel. Just as in Israel they represent a small and violent group, so too here. It is permissible to demonstrate, it is forbidden to physically attack and harass members of Knesset. The fact that Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz do not condemn the violent attacks on members of Knesset, and even encourage them, indicates more than anything else that they have become opposition to the state.".
Meanwhile, the New York police announced tonight that they have closed the complaint filed against him yesterday by the protester MK Simcha Rothman, who snatched a cellphone from her.
