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The identity of this passenger is unclear. However, many of the commenters here note that the antisemitic passenger has a Lebanese accent, and is thus likely one of the many Muslim migrants from Lebanon who have settled in Australia. The rise in antisemitism in Western countries has accompanied the rise in Muslim migration. Islamic antisemitism is rooted in Islamic texts, and is frequently manifested in majority-Muslim countries. Now, with Muslim immigration into Western countries, incidents of Islamic antisemitism have become an increasingly common feature of daily life. Sweden, France and Germany are particularly affected, due to their lax immigration policies that saw vast numbers of Muslim migrants flow in. German authorities tried to cover up the increase of Islamic antisemitism by instructing law enforcement officials to record incidents of Islamic antisemitism as “right wing.”
And several days ago:
An academic study of Muslim refugees in the southern Austrian city of Graz conducted three years ago warned that the strongly antisemitic views held by half of them were “alarming.” Graz was the same city where a Muslim migrant recently attacked a Jewish leader with a baseball bat.
In Sweden, members of the Jewish community have been hiding their Jewish identity as incidents of violent Islamic antisemitism have increased.
Last year in Australia, a Jewish boy was forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim student amid reports of rising antisemitism. Now comes the news that “a passenger filmed himself in Melbourne, Australia calling his Uber driver a ‘Jewish scumbag’ and demanding that his ride end early because he didn’t want to ‘ride with a Jew.'”
“Australian Uber Passenger Calls Driver ‘Jewish Scumbag’ in Video, Asks for Ride to End Early,” Jewish Journal, August 25, 2020:
A passenger filmed himself in Melbourne, Australia calling his Uber driver a “Jewish scumbag” and demanding that his ride end early because he didn’t want to “ride with a Jew.”
The Daily Mail Australia reported on Aug. 25 that the video begins with the passenger asking the driver if he’s Jewish after hearing his name. The driver answers in the affirmative.
“Just stop on the left man, just stop here,” the passenger said. “I don’t like Jews. I’m not going to ride with a Jew.”
The driver told the passenger to “enjoy yourself.”
“Jewish scumbag,” the passenger replied. The passenger then called the driver a “f—ing Jewish dog” as he left the vehicle.
“I’d rather walk,” he said at the end of the video. “F—ing dog.”
According to a press release from the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), the driver, who is in 60s, said that he “was quite shaken by this and was concerned that [the passenger] would assault me.” The driver reported the incident to Uber and plans to report the incident to police as well….
