From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee:
Bil'in Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah was sentenced to two months of imprisonment and to a six month suspended sentence, after a five year long trial on charges clearly related to freedom of speech.
Abu Rahmah was convicted of two counts of "activity against the public order", simply for participating in demonstrations, in one count despite the fact that "No evidence of violence towards the security forces was provided". Abu Rahmah was also convicted of "obstructing a soldier in the line of duty", for shouting at a police officer and refusing to leave the scene of a demonstration, of "breaking curfew", for being in the street in front of his house when the army declared curfew on Bil'in to suppress a demonstration, and of "incitement", which under military law is defined as “The attempt, verbal or otherwise, to influence public opinion in the Area in a way that may disturb the public peace or public order”. Abu Rahmah was convicted of inciting others to "[…] continue advancing [to their lands during a demonstration in Bil'in], claiming that the land belongs to them.
Adv. Gaby Lasky, Abdallah Abu Rahmah's lawyer said that "The military court threads a dangerous path of criminalizing legitimate protest in the West Bank. Abu Rahmah was arrested, prosecuted and sentenced with the clear intention of sending a message that the Palestinian struggle, even when of civic nature, will not be tolerated".
“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” revisited.
So now the Israeli army suddenly gives a hoot about “public order” in the occupied Palestinian territories? What does the army care? If such “disorder” were to harm other Palestinians, wouldn’t the army rejoice anyway, given its track record on attacking Palestinian civilians?
But, I guess if one can sail some 50 miles off the coast INTO international waters, storm a ship of unarmed humanitarian activists, kill 9 and injure dozens more AND still call it “self defense”, then I can see where the Israeli army would consider a shout uttered by a Palestinian some 20 miles from Tel-Aviv can be considered a “threat”.
It all makes sense once you look at the situation with Israeli Psycho Glasses. They’re kind of like those 3D glasses, once you put them on things start to look different.
Q: Where’s the Palestinian Gandhi?
A: He’s likely exiled, deported, in jail or dead. Why do you care? They’re all just terrrrrrrists anyway. And we’re scared.
“Remember the Holocaust!”
More nazism from those wonderful and tolerant folks at ziofascism, inc.
So it’s an imprisonable offence to object to the theft and destruction of one’s property. But it’s the state wot dunnit! Yet if a gang of Israeli Jews came by, did a bit of thieving and assault, there’d still be a way to charge a non-Jewish victim for complaining, wouldn’t there? How many times have Seham’s lists included incidences very similar?
I’m surprised they only gave him two months. A friend of mine got a year for absolutely nothing. Mohammad Othman was put away for four months for promoting a divestment campaign. Still, it’s very sad. I hope he doesn’t get sick in there. It’s hot in August in the Holy Land, and I doubt there’s much in the way of AC in Israel’s prison camps. At least he’ll not be shivering through the winter.
Unless they extend his sentence because they feel like it.
It’s not like there is any law or justice in the WB
What about the continuous mistreatment of the Palestinians in the Arab world? Not aware of it, pro-Palestinian human rights defenders?
link to hudson-ny.org
Isn’t this kind of like trying to hide the Holocaust of Jews behind the mistreatment of Jews in France and Great Britain that was concurrent to the World Wars?
Ah, the old “they do it, too” defence.
>> What about the continuous mistreatment of the Palestinians in the Arab world?
It’s been said before: Start a blog that discusses the mistreatment of Palestinians in the Arab world and you will get the condemnation you’re looking for.
Interesting there are only blogs about ISRAEL and the Palestinians. That why so many hidden Jew-haters infest sites like these. Watch out, you folks!
I’ll bet when you wear your tin hat you can see inside ALL the jew-haters and expose their cesspool of hate! Just like Dilbert!
link to dilbert.com
>> Interesting there are only blogs about ISRAEL and the Palestinians. That why so many hidden Jew-haters infest sites like these. Watch out, you folks!
Please direct us to your blog about OTHER COUNTRIES and the Palestinians. Surely you have one, or are you a “Jew-hater”, too?
So go somewhere and write about it. Write loads of shit about it. Keep yourself busy.