The suspect accused of spitting at the Polish Ambassador to Israel Marek Magierowski yesterday claims the security guard at the Polish mission in Tel Aviv used an anti-Jewish pejorative, his attorney says, according to Channel 13.
The man, who was arrested over the incident, says he arrived at the Polish mission to inquire about restitution of property in Poland, only to be called a “zhid” by the guard. The security guard also denied him entry to the building, the TV report says.
He was unaware that the man he spat at was the ambassador, his attorney says.
The ambassador has said that all he could make out from the shouting was “Polish, Polish,” but managed to take a picture of the attacker and his vehicle, which he then handed over to police, who arrested the suspect today.
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