Miss Israel was reportedly called a “war criminal” and “little Zionist” and threatened with a knife after she identified herself as an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in New York City on Monday, according to reports.
“I’m an Israeli Defense Force soldier. Ask me anything,” Miss Israel Noah Kochiba said on the streets of the Big Apple. daily mail report.
As Kociba stood in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, next to New York University, a bystander approached her and said, “I heard there are Zionists here,” brandishing a knife at the beauty queen. Ta.
“She pointed a knife at us and we got scared and actually ran away,” Kociba said. Said of new york post. “That woman, it seemed like she really wanted to hurt us. I’ll never forget the hatred in her eyes.”
Kochiba was an advocate for the pro-Israel group Facts for Peace.by postshe undertook a “social experiment” in which students had “meaningful conversations” about the war they had so vocally protested.
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“I’ve been to war, so I know what it’s like from the inside,” she said. post. “But none of them wanted to talk or listen.”
“It’s terrible to see what’s happening at universities,” she said. “It’s hard to imagine that future generations of leaders won’t even ask questions.”
“They’re getting their information from TikTok instead of real people who went to war,” she continued. “To me, that’s ignorance.”
another passerby barked. “You are a war criminal. How do you sleep at night?”
“I sleep well knowing I’m on the right side of history,” Kociba replied.
In Israel, military service is compulsory for all citizens at the age of 18. Women are required to serve for two years and men for three years.
“Of the 100 or so people she encountered, she said, about 70 percent spewed anti-Israel comments, often screaming or rolling their eyes. Only one person asked her a serious question. did” post report.
“How much hate people had towards me today…I was just trying to have a peaceful conversation with them,” the beauty queen tearfully posted on Instagram after the ordeal.
“I swore to save everyone’s lives. I treated Palestinians. I treated terrorists. I treated everyone in Gaza,” she said.
A U.S. military officer stopped Kociba and spoke to her about the “sense of purpose she gained by serving her country.” post Another passerby thanked her and said, “I’m with you people.”
