OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
2:40 PM – Sunday, November 19, 2023
An Ohio man has been detained for reportedly lying to police officers about being the “victim of an anti-Palestinian hate crime.”
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According to authorities, 20-year-old Hesham Ayyad is facing charges for allegedly lying about how he “suffered injuries” for being the “victim of an anti-Palestinian hate crime.”
On October 22nd, Ayyad was taken to the hospital after claiming to police officers that he had been struck by a vehicle in a “racially motivated” assault.
Ayyad claimed to the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) that a male driver had “yelled anti-Palestinian insults” at him and then proceeded to “hit him with his car,” according to a CAIR press release.
According to the CAIR press release, Ayyad told CAIR officials that while he was walking home from lunch near the Olmsted Falls and North Ridgeville border, a car slowed down next to him and the driver yelled phrases like “Kill all Palestinians” and “Long live Israel” at him.
Ayyad alleged that he was…
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