{"id":85822,"date":"2025-07-30T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=85822"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:01:50","slug":"knife-drawn-in-jerusalem-office-fear-among-public-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/knife-drawn-in-jerusalem-office-fear-among-public-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Knife Drawn in Jerusalem Office: Fear Among Public Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"698\">In the heart of Abu Tor, an East Jerusalem neighborhood where public services are meant to connect state and citizen, a violent incident shook the calm. A local man burst into a community office, grabbed the director by the throat, and threatened him with a knife. The assault, caught on camera, ended in an indictment \u2013 but left lingering fear among public sector staff across the city<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"746\">From Dispute to Assault \u2013 Within Moments<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"1063\">According to police findings, the incident began with a verbal altercation between a female employee and her manager, who asked her to leave. She refused and later called her husband, who stormed in and attacked the manager physically. He pulled a knife, held it to the victim\u2019s face, and threatened to leave a scar<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"1063\">\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05dd \u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e4\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05d1\u05d3 \u05e6\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 - \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F9jlkO96_NQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1098\">Footage Leads to Indictment<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1382\">The man fled after realizing staff were calling the police. Officers from the Oz precinct quickly tracked him down. He was charged with assaulting a public servant while armed, unlawful possession of a knife, and making threats. A request for his detention until trial was submitted<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1382\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/lion-cub-found-in-east-jerusalem-illegal-trade-thrives\/\">Lion cub found in East Jerusalem, illegal trade thrives<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1429\">When State Services No Longer Feel Safe<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1801\">The Abu Tor attack is not an isolated case. It highlights growing unease among public sector employees operating in East Jerusalem. Suspicion, social tension, and occasional violence form the background of everyday work in these offices. This incident, documented and prosecuted, reflects the fragile space where government and community collide in the city of Jerusalem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage shows a violent assault in Abu Tor office, amid rising tensions between East Jerusalem residents and state workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":85823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Knife Drawn in Jerusalem Office: Fear Among Public Workers","_seopress_titles_desc":"Footage shows a violent assault in Abu Tor office, amid rising tensions between East Jerusalem residents and state workers","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10327,9319],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking","8":"category-jerusalem-updates"},"acf":{"subtitle":"Footage shows a violent assault in Abu Tor office, amid rising tensions between East Jerusalem residents and state workers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}