Pro-Palestine Truck SCARES And INTIMIDATES Jewish Neighborhood In Brooklyn

Daily Report August 03,2024

An oversized black Ford F-150 with its sporty rims and hulking profile lumbered through the Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn several months ago sporting pro-Palestine symbolism.

The truck featured blood splatters and hand prints that look like they were dipped in the aftermath of a 2000 Ramallah lynch mob which took two Israeli reservists.

The pickup also contains mock bullet holes and a decal picture of the deceased Palestinian Liberation Organization head, Yasser Arafat, on its hood in addition to a set two Palestinian flags which float from each side.

“Never in my life did I think I would feel scared to be Jewish in Brooklyn — especially Williamsburg,” said a woman who’s lived in the neighborhood 15 years and declined to give her name out of fear.

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“And while I recognize that the person who owns that truck must be in a lot of pain to decorate it that way, I can’t help but feel targeted by it being parked at the epicenter of our neighborhood — across from our Chabad. It feels very intentional,” she added.

“I think it’s an intimidation tactic,” said Williamsburg resident Michael Safir, who calls the vehicle “Hamas Truck.”

“There’s so many things on it that are offensive to Jews, and what really bugs me is that I feel it’s a response” to the ongoing Israel-Hamas War in Gaza.

The truck is consistently stationed at North 4th Street and Bedford Avenue, and belongs to a man named Jose Littef,, as per his half-sibling Anas Arman. Arman, 34 and Littef both work for a food truck business across the street.

When approached about the community response Littef declined to comment and jumped into one of nine waiting cars, hiding behind tinted windows from photographers. He then sat in the vehicle for roughly five minutes blaring Arabic music from speakers mounted on the back of the truck.

He then illegally drove into an adjacent crosswalk on the other side of the intersection, hopped out and told two NYPD officers that a reporter and photographer had been “harassing” him.

Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn), a strong critic of anti-Israel hate, said the truck is an example of “terrorist-minded thugs living among us” and how they’re “committed to making life unbearable for Americans, while attempting to strike fear in the heart of the Jewish community.”