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Posted By dissent 6 months ago in NewsNawi is not a typical rights activist. A member of Ta'ayush Arab-Jewish Partnership he is a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi descent who speaks fluent Arabic. He is a gay man in his fifties and a plumber by trade. Perhaps because he himself comes from the margins, he empathises with others who have been marginalised – often violently.
His "crime" was trying to stop a military bulldozer from destroying the homes of Palestinian Bedouins from Um El Hir in the South Hebron region. These Palestinians have been under Israeli occupation for almost 42 years; they still live without electricity, running water and other basic services and are continuously harassed by Jewish settlers and the military – two groups that have united to expropriate Palestinian land and that clearly have received the government's blessing to do so.
As chance would have it, the demolition and the resistance to it were captured on film and broadcast on Israel's Channel 1.
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we live in a culture of war.
let's make it a culture of peace.
"my country is the world. and my religion is to ...
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dissent6 months ago
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"As chance would have it, the demolition and the resistance to it were captured on film and broadcast on Israel's Channel 1. The three-minute film (above) – a must see – shows Nawi, the man dressed in a green jacket, not only courageously protesting against the demolition but, after the bulldozer destroys the buildings, also telling the border policemen what he thinks of their actions. Sitting handcuffed in a military vehicle following his arrest, he exclaims: "Yes, I was also a soldier, but I did not demolish houses … The only thing that will be left here is hatred."
The film then shows the police laughing at Nawi. But in dealing with his audacity, they were not content with mere ridicule and decided also to accuse him of assaulting a policeman. Notwithstanding the very clear evidence (captured on film), an Israeli court recently found Nawi guilty of assault in connection with the incident, which happened in 2007, and this coming July he will be sent to prison. Unless, perhaps, there is a public outcry."
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Justice4All6 months ago
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If you support human rights the Zionists will accuse you of all kinds of things. They try to hide their racism and supremicist ideas by calling everyone else anti-semitic.
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But it is even more difficult for Jewish people to speak out against Zionism. Look what happened when Bill Maher, a zionist, intervied a Jew who was not zionist in his movie Religulious. Bill tore into te guy and was very insulting. Barely let him talk. -
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AnteUp6 months ago
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So, having just read the Counterpunch article about the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act - maybe I should bite my tongue.......
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but there is something very Third Reich-ish about the joy
taken by one ethnic group's oppression of another.
Why would there be such hilarity in causing such misery -
they are witness to it - yet they laugh?
Very disturbing.........someone should not only be ashamed,
they should be frightened of encouraging such disregard for
humanity - regardless of race or religion.
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