Of course Yehia Amin had the feeling that he had won a victory. After all, if the roles had been reversed, as they would not have been and should not have been, and a Jewish man had punched a Muslim and screamed, “All Muslims must die,” that Jewish man would never see the outside of a prison again. But this? 90 days, and he won’t even serve all of that.
“Jew-hating attacker flashes wild ‘victory sign’ after NYC judge hands him light sentence for antisemitic assault,” Jewish News Syndicate, September 16, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Yehia Amin, of New York, smiled and flashed what court observers saw as a “victory sign,” as he was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 days in jail for stalking kippah-wearing Jews through Times Square and punching an Israeli tourist days after Oct. 7.
Amin pleaded guilty in March to third-degree assault as a hate crime under a plea agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He originally faced seven charges stemming from the Oct. 18, 2023 attack.
Glenn Richter, founder of the New York Jewish Community Judicial Watch Group, told JNS that Amin arrived at court late in the day with his mother after failing to appear in the morning.
“Mr. Amin, who should have been there in the morning, saunters in in the afternoon, along with his mommy,” Richter told JNS. Court staff had to locate an Arabic interpreter, which pushed the case to the end of the day, he said.
During the sentencing, Althea Drysdale, a judge in the New York City Criminal Courts, saw Amin smiling and asked him about it.
“I see you smiling,” the judge told Amin, as Richter recalled. “This is a serious matter. Why are you smiling?”
Amin said, via the interpreter, that he was smiling because he wanted to look good for the photographs, Richter told JNS.
Amin’s demeanor struck Richter as especially jarring given that he was being sentenced to jail. “What kind of guy grins at this very, very, very tough judge Althea Drysdale as she’s sentencing him to prison time?” Richter told JNS.
Richter said that he did not interpret Amin’s hand gesture as a peace sign. “To me, it’s a V for victory,” he said. “It’s possible that he thought, listen, there were originally seven charges that were going to be thrown against him, and it was plea bargained down to one charge of third-degree assault as a hate crime.”
“Maybe to him this was a victory,” Richter told JNS….
The smile “could have been a smirk of satisfaction,” he said. “You know, ‘I only got 90 days.’”
Prosecutors said that Amin followed the 23-year-old Israeli and four friends, all of whom were wearing kippahs, for several minutes near Times Square while making antisemitic threats. The latter included “Hamas should kill more of you,” “may Allah kill all the Jews” and “all Jews should die,” prosecutors said.
After the Jewish group tried to get away, Amin ran up behind the Israeli and punched him in the back of the head, according to prosecutors.”…
Wellington says
Never trust a smirker. And I have noticed over many decades now that those most likely to smirk adhere to some kind of warped and deficient belief system, whether Leftism, Islam or whatever. In any case, I don’t like smirkers; never have, never will.
Rufolino says
What is a “smirk” which you dislike so much ?
In what sense is it different to a smile ?
(I’m only asking.)
mgoldberg says
forgive my intruding for Wellington, but a smirk mostly indicated indifference or… worse. The issue here is a very serious one. A ‘smirker’ at best is indifferent, and most often, it is worse.
somehistory says
Forgive me, too. A smirk has a lot to do with what is seen in the smirker’s eyes. A smirk indicates that the smirker has absolutely no respect for the one being “smirked.”
the smirk might also be one-sided with the mouth, and sometimes, the mouth is closed.
A person’s eyes say a whole lot about the person.
David Rasch says
AGREE! A smirk’s also a sign of childishness, immaturity no matter the age or economic status.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Someone in the Manhattan D.A.’s office needs to be investigated. Could it have been a sympathizer with Hamas, a Muslim, or an antisemite who allowed him to be let off with such a short time in the slammer?
ploome says
from Breitbart
The 56-year-old man who sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) with vinegar in January has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
maybe he should have punched her to get a shorter sentence ?
Or the Jewish man should have said he was muslim?
Billy says
Another Muslim Terrorist of Allah is against Jews, Christians, and all Non-Muslims as taught in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 5:51; 9:5, 29, 41, 111; 49:15, etc.). Demonic Allah in Qur’an 8:39 commands, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” Ultimately, Allah desires to fill hell with Non-Muslims(Qur’an 7:18; 11:119; 32:13; 98:6, etc.).
Public Funding is a privilege that should not be granted to organizations like Islam and its Muslim Organizations which are fundamentally against the US Constitution and Western Constitutions. Allah in Qur’an 49:15 teaches, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” See also Qur’an 2:191; 4:89, 91; 8:60; 9:5, 29, 111; 47:4; 48:29, etc. Ultimately, Allah desires to fill hell with Non-Muslims(Qur’an 7:18; 11:119; 32:13; 98:6, etc.).
somehistory says
There was no good reason for making a deal with the slug. Many times, crimes have “only” (as people like to say) circumstantial evidence. No living witnesses, no DNA, fingerprints in the victim’s blood, or confession.
Thousands of cases are won when the LE have “only” circumstantial evidence.
This crime *did* have eye witness accounts. Multiple witnesses, all in agreement about what the slug did. There should have been no deal.
the dam ani will likely visit him in jail.
Taffy says
Welcome to topsy-turvy Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s world, where he prosecutes an ex-marine and hero, Daniel Penny, for saving a subway car full of commuters from a deranged savage, who threatened to kill them all, and who happened to die from his psychotic state, the synthetic cannabinoid, K2, sickle cell trait, exacerbated by Penny’s chokehold. After spending a fortune prosecuting Penny, a jury acquitted him. Every sane New Yorker was wondering why Penny was even prosecuted.
In contrast, this Muslim punk gets seven charges reduced to third degree assault as a hate crime. Third degree assault in NY is an A misdemeanor, where sentencing is up to a year. The hate crime enhancement bumps the A Misdemeanor up one category to an E felony which carries a 1.5 to 4-year sentence. But, under NY’s lax sentencing laws, for first time offenders, the judge has the non-state prison option of A judge still has the discretion to sentence the offender to alternative penalties, such as probation (usually up to 5 years), a local jail sentence of 1 year or less, or a conditional discharge.
The whole system in New York needs an overhaul. The law basically says that the judge can sentence him to anything she likes as long as it’s not more than 4years.
This judicial ”discretion” makes a hate crime enhancement a joke.
somehistory says
And the guy called her “tough” “this very, very, very tough judge ” that’s nonsense.
Jon says
This guy is a poster child for all the people who should be deported — yesterday.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He deserves to be doxxed once he is released, and harassed daily thereafter
tgusa says
Many US courts have decided to become irrelevant in their duty to protect the law abiding from the criminal. They should reconsider their plan and take in to consideration that the men who just wanted to be left alone are preparing to get involved. The courts are there to protect the criminals from the men who just wanted to be left alone. Do you job or we will.
Pray Hard says
Well, criminals are their income.
Spiro says
Muslims run the city of New York
The others either are scared or dont vote
Beans🫘 says
Jihad and sharia
Jerusalem mufti issues ‘fatwa’ forbidding Muslims to sell land to Jews
Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the Palestinian mufti of Jerusalem, issued an edict on Tuesday calling the “land of Palestine” an inalienable religious endowment forbidden to sell to “the enemies.”
Why don’t they show this to Tucker qatarson and the left wing Palestine suckers?
Pray Hard says
That fatwa is as old as islam.
jerry glenn says
NYC surges in the national Islamopandering derby
Pray Hard says
This is exactly why I say that Western legal systems are utterly inadequate in dealing with moslems.