Imagine if this Palestinian nonviolent activism got as much attention as throwing one rock | War Is A Crime .org

28.4.11

Imagine if this Palestinian nonviolent activism got as much attention as throwing one rock | War Is A Crime .org: "On March 24, the Israeli government arrested Bassem Tamimi, a 44-year-old resident of the small Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, which is just west of Ramallah. Tamimi was arrested for leading a group of his neighbors in protest marches on a settlement that had 'expropriated' the village's spring -- the symbolic center of Nabi Saleh's life.

Tamimi was brought before the Ofer military court and charged with 'incitement, organizing unpermitted marches, disobeying the duty to report to questioning' and 'obstruction of justice' -- for giving young Palestinians advice on how to act under Israeli police interrogation. He was remanded to an Israeli military prison to await a hearing and a trial. The detention of Tamimi is not a formality: under Israeli military decree 101 he is being charged with attempting 'verbally or otherwise, to influence public opinion in the Area in a way that may disturb the public peace or public order.' As in Syria, this is an 'emergency decree' disguised as protecting public security. It carries a sentence of 10 years."