By Newswire Editorial
A video showing an Israeli tourist pushing a Sri Lankan tour guide off a boat and into the sea has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread criticism.
The footage, shared by Russian media RT, shows a group of Israeli tourists aboard a boat in Sri Lanka, with one tourist seen pushing the male tour guide into the water while he was drinking water.
The incident has sparked criticism on social media, with many questioning the tourists’ behaviour towards the local guide.
Israeli journalist and social activist Daniel Amram, who reported on the incident, subsequently shared a response from the tourists involved.
According to Amram, the tourists claimed the incident was intended as a joke and that the guide had participated in it.
They maintained that there had been no intention to humiliate the guide and claimed that he was unharmed.
“It was a joke, the worker is fine, it wasn’t meant to be mean,” the tourists reportedly stated.
The tourists also expressed concern over the backlash they had received following the circulation of the video.
“We’re enlisting in a month. We’re good kids; we don’t deserve this hate,” they added.
The incident has continued to attract attention on social media, with the tourists’ explanation also drawing reactions. (Newswire)
ISRAELI tourists FILM themselves PUSHING SRI LANKAN worker OFF BOAT and INTO WATER — LAUGHING
Say ‘IT WAS a JOKE’ and they didn’t ‘MEAN TO BE MEAN’
‘We’re ENLISTING in a MONTH. We’re GOOD KIDS. We don’t deserve this HATE’ https://t.co/j7gkKP6rzD— RT (@RT_com) November 8, 2026