With the arrival of US President Joe Biden in Israel last Wednesday, it was revealed that an agent of the American Secret Service was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a young woman outside a bar in Jerusalem. After being arrested by the Israel Police, it became clear what his role was and with the intervention of the Foreign Ministry he was sent urgently to the United States.
Tamar Ben-Haim, the young woman who was allegedly attacked by the same agent, repeated last night (Thursday) in an interview with News 13 what happened on Monday in the Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem. “I looked up from the phone and straight he came to me with a fist,” she recounted, “he came right with a fist forward to me, and straight to my chest straight attacked me in the chest, grabbed me hard, gave me a slap, took out my earring, took out the headset, He threw everything at me on the floor. “
The young woman, who is also the granddaughter of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, told of the terror that gripped her in those moments, “In that second I saw death in front of my face because I thought someone was coming to kill me. And you shout and there is no one. His friend stood right on the side, he released me. I I couldn’t get out, he had all the power. ”
Biden is surrounded by his men, this week Photo: Yonatan Sindel / Flash90
A statement from the Secret Service said that “in accordance with the agency’s protocol, his access to the Secret Service’s systems and facilities was suspended pending further investigation.” The Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the incident. The attacker was returned to the United States before Biden arrived in the country without charge.