.@skhojamoolji: “Individuals who are victims of state violence, whose activism unveils the viciousness of power, or whose rights advocacy centres communal care, deserve to be included in our vision of justice.”
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/west-praising-malala-ignoring-ahed-171227194606359.html …
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@skhojamoolji: "Why isn't Ahed a beneficiary of the same international outcry as@Malala? ... Ahed's suffering also exposes the West's selective humanitarianism ... Her girl power threatens to reveal the ugly face of settler-colonialism"#FreeAhedTamimihttps://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/west-praising-malala-ignoring-ahed-171227194606359.html …Show this thread -
“Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi has been released from Israeli prison after completing an eight-month sentence in a case that sparked international condemnation. Tamimi broke down in tears as an emotional crowd welcomed her in [her] village“https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/palestinian-ahed-tamimi-freed-jail-180729051621393.html …
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#AhedTamimi: “If they were not wrong, they would not be afraid of the truth. ... And I managed to deliver this truth to the world. ... they’re afraid how far I reached. They always fear the truth, they are the occupier, and we are under occupation.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/30/ahed-tamimi-i-am-a-freedom-fighter-i-will-not-be-the-victim-palestinian-israel …Show this thread -
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@AliAbunimah puts#AhedTamimi into the broader context of Israel’s brutal military occupation and subjugation of Palestinianshttps://youtu.be/iBBGfiKyE2MShow this thread -
“My courage was a normal reaction to the soldier being in my house, or on my land, or in my country, or shooting at my people. [...] the national activism should be aligned with social activism.”https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1024906140117655552?s=21 …
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