June 10, 2009
Peace Process Israeli Style
Ezra Nawi, one of Israel’s most courageous human rights activists is to be put in jail. His crime? He tried to stop a military a front-end loader from destroying the homes of Palestinian Bedouins in the South Hebron region. Nawi, a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi descent, is a threat to the Jewish settlers and the Israeli government because he has brought international attention to efforts to illegally remove Palestinians from the Hebron region. He will be sentenced in July.
(Watch the remarkable video of Nawi trying to stop the home demolition and his subsequent arrest.)
If look carefully there is a shot of the Jewish settlement homes higher up the hill. Hebron is in Palestinian territories and therefore the destroyed home is on Palestinian land. The Jewish soldiers and settlement are in territory that does not belong to them and they have no right to be there.
There are many people in Israel that want peace and support a two state solution. To show your support for them, and to help keep Ezra out of jail, visit http://www.freeezra.org. The site is sponsored by "The Jewish Voice For Peace"




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