Overview
- An unidentified man confronted an i24NEWS Hebrew crew in a busy Belfast bar area while they were filming a documentary on antisemitism and threw a large beer glass that struck cameraman Nadav Abbas.
- Abbas sustained a superficial cut to the head that required no further medical treatment and the Israeli crew left the scene and returned to Israel after the incident.
- A local report says police charged a 30-year-old man with assault and related offences over the episode, and the case was due to be reviewed in court.
- The Anti-Defamation League condemned the attack as an example of global antisemitism, and the crew said the assailant used an anti‑Israel slur and tried to seize camera equipment.
- The episode comes against a backdrop of strained Ireland–Israel relations and recent Irish data and community reports showing a small Jewish population in Northern Ireland and a rise in reported antisemitic incidents in Ireland.