ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
November 11, 2014
Lynching victim returns to Taibe to thank Israeli Arab rescuer – who reassures him that ‘we are all one.’
Moshe German, 47, who survived a lynching attempt on the Taibe bridge Sunday night, met the man who saved him from the mob on Monday, in a heartwarming gesture of gratitude.
Majdi Baloum, 37 pulled Moshe from his vehicle after an Arab mob began pelting it with rocks, eventually setting it alight. Moshe, who recounted his experience in previous interviews to the media, related that he had been hiding under his seat; if Baloum had not pulled him from the vehicle, he likely would have died in the blaze.
Moshe revisited Taibe, meeting Baloum at the Hydraulic Institute where he works, to thank him. “You don’t understand how moving this is,” German told Yediot Aharonot. “I went here via the same road where I was almost killed yesterday. I saw the remains of my car, now just ashes. Images of what happened just flash in front of me all the time. They threw rocks at me, concrete blocks and fireworks. I was terrified.”……
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