Woman who confronted Israel hostage ribbon-cutter in Muswell Hill tells of her 'anger, sadness and fear'

"On Monday, a woman was caught red handed cutting down yellow ribbons meant to remember the Israeli hostages @mirandalevycopy/Instagram Ms Levy then took out her phone and began filming the encounter. Ms Yahlom, undeterred, told her she could call the police if she believed her actions were illegal. At that moment, a man joined Ms Levy and told Ms Yahlom that her behaviour was disgusting, to which she replied: I think committing genocide is disgusting."

"According to Cream, Ms Yahlom is a "Palestinian-Jewish and British artist and visual anthropologist, looking at hauntedness, supernatural life and the bio/necropolitical between Palestine and the UKs." Later, sitting in a coffee shop after the confrontation, Ms Levy said the encounter had left her feeling a mix of sadness, anger, and fear fear for the place of Jews in the UK."

"We don't really see the yellow ribbon very often," she said. "And on the rare occasion the ribbons do get put up, they last for minutes before they are unceremoniously ripped down by people who can't bear to think there are humans on both sides of the conflict."

Miranda Levy noticed yellow ribbons on railings in a Muswell Hill park that commemorated Israeli hostages. She confronted a woman, filmed her cutting down the ribbons, and demanded the woman's name. The woman, Ms Yahlom, told Levy she could call the police and later replied 'I think committing genocide is disgusting' when accused of unacceptable behaviour. Ms Yahlom is an Arts Council-funded PhD student at the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media at the University of Westminster and identifies as a Palestinian-Jewish British artist and visual anthropologist. Levy reported feeling sadness, anger, and fear for Jews' place in the UK.

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