British tourists hurl antisemitic abuse at Israeli couple in Vietnam: ‘Rats running away’ |
A video has gone viral of a pair of tourists who filmed themselves hurling antisemitic and anti-Israel abuse at an Israeli couple dining in Vietnam, calling them “rats” and using white supremacist memes, until the Israelis get up and leave while other diners do nothing.
It was unclear when the video was made before it was apparently uploaded to social media by the British pair.
In the video, one of the abusing tourists asked the Israeli man and woman if they were “from Palestine” upon noticing an Israel-shaped tattoo on the woman’s arm.
The Israeli woman smiled and said, “It’s difficult.” The British women continue in the same line of questioning, asking the Israelis if they speak Arabic.
When the Israeli man said they speak Hebrew, the British women explode.
“Oh, right, you’re Israeli… Fake state of Israel,” said one.
Watch British tourists harass an Israeli couple in Vietnam. They sing “Boom boom Tel Aviv” and call them “rats”. They even invoke the Nazi trope of Jews being kicked out of “110 countries”. These pro-Pals are indistinguishable from Nazis now. I’m ashamed of them. pic.twitter.com/kod7h0su9k — Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) April 15, 2026
Watch British tourists harass an Israeli couple in Vietnam. They sing “Boom boom Tel Aviv” and call them “rats”. They even invoke the Nazi trope of Jews being kicked out of “110 countries”. These pro-Pals are indistinguishable from Nazis now. I’m ashamed of them. pic.twitter.com/kod7h0su9k
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) April 15, 2026
“Were you part of the IDF, IOF… Did you kill innocent civilians?” asked the other. The abbreviation for “Israeli Occupation Forces” is frequently used on pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel social media to refer to the Israeli military.
The Israeli man appeared about to respond, but his partner signaled to him not to take the bait, before she herself said: “Everyone is part of the army.”
“So then you’re a murderer,” said one of the British tourists. “You can refuse to be in the IDF.”
“I want to eat my lunch in quiet,” the Israeli woman said, and continued eating.
“Well, we want to save humanity,” answered the British tourist from her own table.
“Now they’re going to cry, I didn’t have my lunch in peace,” said the second UK tourist.
“Oh dear, victim, victim,” said the first one. “‘Cause we’re just goyim, aren’t we? We’re just goyim, we’re just worthless animals.”
The two British women then said, “Viva viva Iran,” before launching into a song celebrating Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on Tel Aviv: “Boom, boom Tel Aviv.”
After the ditty, the first British tourist demanded that the Israelis say they oppose genocide, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
The Israeli woman put down her utensils, turned to her abusers and said: “Okay, we got your opinion. Now, can you shut the fuck up?”
“Don’t you dare tell us to shut the fuck up,” said one of the abusers.
She and the second person proceeded to spew more abuse until the Israeli couple got up, eliciting overt antisemitism from the British tourists, who do not show their own faces in the video.
“Go on, go away,” said one. “Everywhere you are going to be hated,” said the other, adding: “A hundred and ten countries you’ve been thrown out (of).”
The number alludes to an antisemitic white supremacist meme celebrating the expulsion of Jews from a purported 109 countries throughout history, with the 110th, usually the United States, still to come, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
“Look at them, the rats running away,” said one woman as the Israeli couple moves. “Go on, rats. Murderers, savages.”
Rats have long been deployed as an antisemitic trope to depict Jews.
Israelis abroad have faced mounting harassment, sometimes descending into physical violence, since the war in Gaza was sparked by the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. A poll last year found that a majority of Israelis fear they will be unable to travel abroad due to mounting global criticism of Israel.
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