- Miss Israel Noa Cochva filmed herself with an ‘I am an IDK soldier’ poster
- Critics called her a war criminal and one person pulled a knife
Miss Israel Noa Cochva has been branded a ‘war criminal’ and had a knife pulled on her in New York as she invited people to ask her questions about her membership of the IDF.
The beauty queen filmed herself with a poster that read ‘I am an IDF soldier. Ask Me Anything” around Washington Square Park on Monday.
An onlooker punched Cochva and told the 25-year-old: “You are a war criminal.” “How do you sleep at night,” someone asked.
Cochva replied, “I sleep very well because I know I am on the right side of history.”
“I heard there was a Zionist here,” said a woman wearing a camouflage crop top and pants.
She then pulled out a knife and bit the lid off in front of Cochva, saying she worked on a boat.
Miss Israel Noa Cochva filmed herself with a poster that read ‘I am an IDF soldier. Ask Me Anything” around Washington Square Park on Monday
A woman pulled a knife as she approached Cochva’s troop after saying: ‘I heard there was a Zionist here’
The woman stuck her face into the camera and said “you little Zionist” as the crew tried to back away.
‘This is fucking stupid. You should go home,” one man said. “I don’t think there can be peace now,” said another.
A U.S. Air Force soldier asked Cochva how she felt about having to join the military at a certain age.
‘It’s the best thing ever. When I did my duty, I felt like I had a very big purpose,” Cochva said. Many people approached the beauty queen and thanked her for her services.
Cochva posted the video to Instagram, along with an emotional response to the critics
The woman stuck her face into the camera and said “you little Zionist” as the crew tried to back away
One person told Cochva: ‘This is fucking stupid. You guys should go home.”
“I support your people and I thank you for being so brave and showing it,” one woman said.
Cochva posted the video to Instagram, along with an emotional response to the critics.
“The amount of hate people had for me today. “I was just trying to have peaceful conversations with them,” she said.
‘But it’s a completely different experience to see something like that. We can’t let things like this happen.’
“I don’t think there can be peace now,” another told the beauty queen
Cochva was crowned Miss Israel in 2021 and serves in the Israel Defense Forces
Students and faculty from New York University came to Washington Square Park in April to protest Israel’s Hamas war.
University campuses have been rocked by pro-Palestinian protests, with some schools canceling commencement speeches as the demonstrations turn anti-Semitic.
President Joe Biden condemned the “wild wave of anti-Semitism” in the US, including on college campuses, in his Holocaust memorial speech on Tuesday.
“As Jews around the world continue to cope with the atrocities and trauma of that day and its aftermath, we have seen a wild wave of anti-Semitism in America and around the world,” the president said during a speech at a memorial ceremony for the Holocaust in the US. Capitol.
Biden defended America’s right to free speech, but said there is no place for violence in the country.
“There is no place on any campus in America – anywhere in America – for anti-Semitism or threats of violence at any time – whether against Jews or anyone else,” he said.
“Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. It’s against the law. We are not a lawless country. We are a civil society.’
“We know that scapegoating and demonizing any minority is a threat to every minority, and to the foundation of our democracy.”