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“Too bad Hitler didn’t finish the job,” an American traveler allegedly told an Israeli man before the two got into a violent brawl at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday.
Video captured the fight inside the domestic departures waiting area.
An Israeli man and an American man got into a fight at an airport in Manila 🇵🇭.
The Israeli man alleges that the American man called him a baby killer and said: "Too bad Hitler didn't finish the job."
As long as antisemitism continues to be accepted under the false label of… pic.twitter.com/l2wpibMcXg
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 8, 2026
According to media reports citing local police, the incident began after Kenneth Scott Lee, a 54-year-old American bound for Cebu, allegedly hurled antisemitic insults at Noam, a 37-year-old Israeli traveling to the same city.
Witnesses said Lee mocked Noam’s faith before tensions turned physical.
Noam said Lee called him a “Jewish baby killer” and declared, “It’s a shame Hitler didn’t finish killing the Jews.”
Angered by what he heard, Noam kicked Lee’s trolley bag and struck him. A nearby table was damaged during the altercation.
Lee gave a different account, claiming Noam interrupted a private conversation and attacked him without provocation.
Airport police separated the pair and took both to a hospital for medical evaluation. The case has been referred to the city prosecutor, while authorities investigate both travelers on suspicion of creating alarm and scandal.
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