Jewish man slapped on Dublin bus, accused of being a ‘genocidal Jew’

Jewish man slapped on Dublin bus, accused of being a ‘genocidal Jew’
An Garda Síochána told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the man was arrested and released without charge.

ByMATHILDA HELLER
JULY 20, 2025 13:55
Updated: JULY 20, 2025 16:37

A Jewish man was hit by a stranger shouting antisemitic insults on a Dublin city bus on Friday, according to a video circulating on social media. The assailant shouted “genocidal Jews” and other slurs at the man.

He also said he recognized that the man was a Jew “because of his face.” The Jewish man – who recorded the incident – can be heard saying, “I get used to it; they are all like this.”

A female passenger intervened to tell the assailant, “You are being hateful right now,” and “We are better than this,” to which the assailant replied, “Look at the white woman standing up for genocide,” and “Look at the woman white-knighting for the Jew.”

The assailant then slapped the Jewish man in the face and tried to take his phone

The assailant then slapped the Jewish man in the face and tried to take his phone.

Comments on social media said the driver called the police and that the man was arrested.

An officer told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that it does not comment on material circulated online by third parties but confirmed that “shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday, 18 July 2025, [police officers] from Rathmines responded to reports of a disturbance on a bus in Rathgar, Dublin.”

They said a male in his 30s was arrested at the scene under public order legislation and brought to a police station.

The man was released without charge, the police added. However, investigations into the incident are ongoing.