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‘If they fight, we’re gonna fight back,’ say participants in Flag March
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFour Jewish teenagers taking part in the Flag March — three from the United States and one from Spain — stop to speak with The Times of Israel by the Old City’s Chain Gate.
All four are students at the Atzmona pre-military academy.
“We don’t want to fight. But if they fight, we’re gonna fight back,” says Yosef Ruderman, 19, who is originally from Colorado.
Asked how they felt about some of the chants at the march — “may your villages burn” and “Mohammad is dead” — the four say they disagreed with the violent slogans.
But Menahem Drew, 18, says the chants do not necessarily make him “feel uncomfortable.”
“You have to fight fire with fire,” he says.
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