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Ahed Tamimi Offers Israelis a Lesson Worthy of Gandhi
Cook, Jonathan
http://www.counterpunch.org/2018/01/10/ahed-tamimi-offers-israelis-a-lesson-worthy-of-gandhiDate Written: 2018-01-10 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX21942 Sixteen-year-old Ahed Tamimi may not be what Israelis had in mind when, over many years, they criticised Palestinians for not producing a Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela. Eventually, colonised peoples bring to the fore a figure best suited to challenge the rotten values at the core of the society oppressing them. Ahed is well qualified for the task. Abstract: - Excerpt: Palestinian villages like Nabi Saleh are regularly invaded by soldiers. Children are dragged from their beds in the middle of the night, as happened to Ahed during her arrest last month in retaliation for her slaps. Human rights groups document how children are routinely beaten and tortured in detention. Many hundreds pass through Israeli jails each year charged with throwing stones. With conviction rates in Israeli military courts of more than 99 per cent, the guilt and incarceration of such children is a foregone conclusion. They may be the lucky ones. Over the past 16 years, Israel’s army has killed on average 11 children a month. Subject Headings |