Refugee Not Charged with Hate Crime

A Palestinian refugee from the Gaza Strip attacked a Jewish man on a train in Switzerland back in February. The incident was only recently revealed to the public by the Swiss authorities in the last few days.

The Palestinian was not charged with a hate crime but was arrested and sentenced to four months imprisonment for assault. The incident took place inside a train near the city of Lausanne.

Authorities said that the aggressor threw a shirt at the passenger, accosted him, stole his water bottle, his kippah and the book that he was reading and threw them all into the trash.