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The most hated man in Israel - and the most heroic: An interview with Gideon Levy

Sep 26, 2010 19:29

Gideon Levy is the most hated man in Israel - and perhaps the most heroic. This “good Tel Aviv boy” - a sober, serious child of the Jewish state - has been shot at repeatedly by the Israeli Defence Force, been threatened with being “beaten to a pulp” on the country’s streets, and faced demands from government ministers that he be tightly monitored ( Read more... )

palestine, israel, jewish people, arabs

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keeni84 September 27 2010, 03:01:34 UTC

This is an amazing article.

playthefool September 27 2010, 03:21:16 UTC

Oooh, thank you for this.

notgarystu September 27 2010, 03:55:16 UTC

Fucking saved.

haruhiko September 27 2010, 04:03:49 UTC

Lmfao I love this icon. <3

rex_dart September 27 2010, 03:56:40 UTC

But no Israeli made the connection between the occupation and the terror. For them, the terror was just the ‘proof’ that the Palestinians are monsters, that they were born to kill, that they are not human beings and that’s it. And if you just dare to make the connection, people will tell you ‘you justify terror ’ and you are a traitor.

This doesn't sound familiar at all.

haruhiko September 27 2010, 04:03:15 UTC

I have no idea what you're talking about.

rex_dart September 27 2010, 04:05:50 UTC

hdu, she just loves her country SO MUCH.

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haruhiko September 27 2010, 04:20:40 UTC

Lol that .gif reminds me of how the only time I ever saw bald eagles out in the wild was up in Vancouver. Even they ditched us for Canada. )':

Lmao I bookmark anything related to my Scahill posts. Because I LOVE HIM OKAY Y_____Y

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haruhiko September 27 2010, 03:59:06 UTC

Fantastic article and great work from Johann Hari as usual; hopefully some of the TL;DR crowd take the time to read it ( ... )