‘Palestinian’ activist gets 18 months for punching, kicking, beating, and pepper-spraying Jewish man

How much would he have gotten if the roles had been reversed, which they would not be and should not be? He would have gotten years.

“Pro-Palestinian activist sentenced to 18 months for attack on Jewish man in New York,” by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, June 14, 2023:

NEW YORK — A New York court on Tuesday sentenced a pro-Palestinian activist to 18 months in jail for an attack on a Jewish man two years ago.

Waseem Awawdeh was one of five assailants who attacked Joey Borgen while he was walking to a pro-Israel rally in Manhattan in May 2021.

The attackers punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and beat Borgen with crutches, causing injuries, including a concussion.

Awawdeh pleaded guilty in April to attempted assault in the second degree as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. He received 12 months for the assault charge and six months for the weapon charge. The sentences will be served consecutively.

Another attacker in the case, Faisal Elezzi, pleaded guilty in April to attempted assault in the third degree as a hate crime. He is set to serve three years of probation and go through mandatory anti-bias programming, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told The Times of Israel.

Awawdeh and Elezzi admitted that they attacked Borgen with the three other attackers and were required to make public apologies….