Boris Busslinger
correspondent in German-speaking Switzerland
Published on August 27, 2024 at 5:45 p.m. / Modified on August 27, 2024 at 5:47 p.m.
It is nighttime in Davos as Eli K, an Orthodox Jew of British origin, walks peacefully up the Promenade, the city’s main avenue, towards his hotel. Around 1 a.m., “as if out of nowhere,” as the 19-year-old recounted his story in a Grisons newspaper, two men in their thirties set him up, began beating him, ripping off his kippah and spitting on him. The Londoner, who was not injured in the incident, managed to escape and took refuge in his hotel. Behind him, his attackers shouted “Free Palestine.”
The man filed a complaint. The episode made headlines in Davos, a popular holiday destination for the Orthodox Jewish community, where authorities have been trying for years to calm the situation following a resurgence of mutual misunderstandings and other anti-Semitic scandals.
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