Brawl Outside ‘Museum of Tolerance’ as Anti-Israel Activists Protest Gal Gadot Showing Film of Hamas Atrocities

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Local KABC-7 reported:

Police responded to the Museum of Tolerance Wednesday evening as a number of fights broke out along side the screening of footage depicting the Hamas assault on Israel.

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The screening generated controversy and threats on social media, with supporters of the Palestinian trigger accusing the “Wonder Woman” actress of supporting genocide, whereas backers of Israel got here to her protection.

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AIR7 HD was over the scene as dozens of folks have been gathered outdoors the museum. Multiple fights broke out, with a number of folks being pepper-sprayed.

The Times famous that its photographer’s glasses have been damaged, and a lady was punched within the face.

The Hollywood Reporter described the movie (Gadot herself was not current):

As was forewarned, the footage was grotesque. Among different issues, it depicted Israelis being ambushed, shot by way of windshields and beheaded with shovels, and it included audio of terrorists proudly parading round hostages and calling family members again in Gaza to boast about their misdeeds. For some, it was all an excessive amount of — a quantity of attendees may very well be heard weeping, and a few left the theater mid-film, unable to look at anymore. For others, it was not sufficient — when it ended, as Sheffler rose to talk once more, a number of attendees marched out of the theater and shouted that viewers shouldn’t have been spared any of the atrocities that have been dedicated, so that individuals would know the complete extent of Hamas’ evil.

The fights outdoors occurred simply three days after a 69-year-od Jewish man was allegedly killed in a confrontation between pro- and anti-Israel demonstrators in the neighborhood of Westlake Village. Police are nonetheless searching for video of that incident.