Zionist who shot two zionists in Florida thought they were Palestinians

𝐀 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 [𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐛 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐳𝐲𝐜𝐤𝐢/𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬]

A man charged with attempted murder over the shooting of two Israeli visitors in Florida, the United States, believed the victims were Palestinians, police have said.

Mordechai Brafman, 27, was on Sunday charged with two counts of attempted murder and booked after the shooting at Miami Beach the previous night, according to the website of Miami-Dade County Corrections.

In an arrest report, police alleged that Brafman had “spontaneously stated that while he was driving his truck, he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both”.

Both victims, identified in local media as a Jewish father and son visiting Miami from Israel, survived.

One of the men suffered an injury to his shoulder, and the other was wounded in his forearm, according to local news reports.

In an interview with WPLG Local 10, one of the victims, identified as Ari Revay, said the shooter had opened fire at him and his father from a passing truck.

“‘Boom, boom, boom’ and he randomly started shooting,” Revay was quoted as saying in an interview that was reportedly translated from Hebrew by his cousin.

“He put the window down, driver’s seat and just blasted,” Revay was quoted as saying.

The shooting comes amid warnings by advocacy groups that incidents of anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic hate have surged since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, including several violent attacks on Palestinian Americans.

On October 14, 2023 six year-old Palestinian Wadea al-Fayoume was killed after his family’s landlord stabbed him 26 times, in suburban Chicago.

In another incident, a 41-year-old woman allegedly attempted to drown a three-year-old Palestinian-American girl in Texas, while three young Palestinian men were injured after they were shot near a university campus in Vermont in November 2023.

“This is just the latest example of the hate targeting the Palestinian-American community in this country and Palestinians in their homeland,” Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement on Monday.

“Policymakers in our nation should stop fomenting the anti-Palestinian hate that led to the genocide in Gaza and to hate crimes in America.”

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𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐑-𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 ‘𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬’
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/breaking-cair-florida-calls-for-federal-hate-crimes-charges-for-shooting-attack-on-victims-thought-to-be-palestinians/

by Ibrahim Hooper

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for federal hate crime charges following the arrest of a suspect who allegedly opened fire on a vehicle in Miami Beach after he reportedly saw what he thought were “two Palestinians.”

Mordechai Brafman, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder after reportedly making a U-turn to stop in front of the victim’s vehicle and shooting “17 times, unprovoked, striking both victims.” Police say that while he was in custody, Brafman said that “he saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both.” One of the victims was shot in the shoulder, while the other’s arm was grazed by a bullet.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴-𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦.”

He added that earlier this month, CAIR-FL called for the censure of Palm Bay City Councilman Chandler Langevin for his inflammatory and xenophobic anti-Muslim remarks, in which he claimed that Muslims “do not belong” in the United States.

Last year, CAIR-FL called for the Florida legislature to censure of state Rep. Randy Fine after he posted an anti-Muslim tweet celebrating the murder of Turkish-American human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and appeared to call for more killing.

Ruiz noted that from January to June 2024, CAIR documented 4,951 incoming bias complaints nationwide, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2023.

Last year, CAIR’s national office released its 2024 civil rights report, which revealed the highest number of complaints it has ever received in its 30-year history. Titled “Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate,” the report documented 8,061 complaints. Nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year.

CAIR-Florida’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.

La misión de CAIR – Florida es mejorar la comprensión del Islam, proteger las libertades civiles, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.

CONTACT: Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, CAIR-Florida Communications Director, wruiz [at] cair.com, (305) 502-6749; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell [at] cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw [at] cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper [at] cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison [at] cair.com