Ezra Nawi

Nawi, April 2010 Ezra Nawi (born 1952) is an Israeli human rights activist who came to international attention after being convicted in 2007 of participating in a riot and assaulting a police officer, in connection with the demolition of an Arab home in the West Bank by Israeli border police . Nawi, a plumber by trade, had been active in the south Hebron region of the West Bank, where Palestinian residents have for years been attacked by Israeli settlers . During the incident, which was filmed and broadcast on Israel's Channel 1 , Nawi can be seen non-violently resisting the demolition of the home before being taken into custody. Despite the video evidence, he was found guilty by an Israeli court on March 19, 2009 of assaulting a police officer and participating in a riot. Initially scheduled for July 1, sentencing was moved to September 12, 2009, after the judge was presented with over 100,000 letters supporting Nawi, the product of an international campaign by his supporters. Translation of the court proceedings.

Nawi, April 2010 Ezra Itzhak Nawi ( ; born 1952) is an Israeli human rights activist and pacifist. He is particularly active among the Bedouin herders and farmers of the South Hebron Hills . He has been charged for numerous infractions of the law, convicted for a number of offences, and served several short stints in prison as a consequence of his activism. He has been described as a " Ta'ayush nudnik ", and "a working-class, liberal gay version of Joe the Plumber ". Some regard him as an extreme leftist activist and troublemaker. According to David Shulman , he is an Israeli exponent of Gandhian civil disobedience . He came to international attention after being convicted in 2007 of participating in a riot and assaulting two police officers in connection with the demolition of Bedouin homes in the West Bank by Israeli border policemen . In 2008, Nissim Mossek produced a film on his life, private and public, which has had mixed reviews. Shulman 2009b :Shulman, when asked to define what he meant in calling Nawi an exponent of non-violent protest, replied: "I mean the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr.

Israeli human rights activist (1951–2021) Nawi, April 2010 Ezra Yitzhak Nawi ( ; 1951 – 9 January 2021) was an Israeli Mizrahi Jew , left-wing, human rights activist and pacifist. He was particularly active among the Bedouin herders and farmers of the South Hebron Hills and against the establishment of Israeli settlements there, in what Uri Avnery described as a protracted effort by settlers to cleanse the area of Arab villagers, in the prevention of which he played a key role. He was described as a " Ta'ayush nudnik (nuisance)", and "a working-class, liberal gay version of Joe the Plumber ". He was regarded by some as an extreme leftist activist and troublemaker. He was charged with numerous infractions of the law, with convictions ranging from statutory rape , illegal use of a weapon and possession of drugs to assaulting two policemen, In addition, he also served several short stints in prison as a consequence of his activism. Defenders claimed that many of the prosecutions were politically motivated. David Shulman regarded him as a major obstacle to the theft of Palestinian land, and considered him an Israeli exponent of Gandhian civil disobedience . Nawi once said that he would strike back when attacked. He came to international attention after being convicted in 2007 of participating in a riot and assaulting two police officers in connection with the demolition of Bedouin homes in the West Bank by Israeli border policemen . His trial and imprisonment spurred a worldwide protest against his treatment that elicited 20,000 signatures. In 2008, Nissim Mossek produced a film on his life, private and public, which had mixed reviews. In 2015, an undercover pro-settler group taped him bragging that he had identified Palestinian land brokers willing to sell land to Israeli or Jewish brokers to the PA security services. Under Palestinian law, such sales are a capital offence , and Nawi claimed they would be tortured and killed. The case triggered a political backlash in Israel and there were calls for England and France to stop foreign funding of two Israeli civil rights NGOs, Ta'ayush and B'Tselem , whose members were involved in the incident. Nawi and two others were arrested, and then released and banned from the West Bank for two weeks. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Israeli human rights activist (1951–2021) Ezra Yitzhak Nawi ( Hebrew : עזרא יצחק נאווי ; 1951 – 9 January 2021) was an Israeli Jew , left-wing, human rights activist and pacifist. He was particularly active among the Bedouin herders and farmers of the South Hebron Hills and against the establishment of Israeli settlements there, in what Uri Avnery described as a protracted effort by settlers to cleanse the area of Arab villagers, in the prevention of which he played a key role. He was described as a " Ta'ayush nudnik (nuisance)", and "a working-class, liberal gay version of Joe the Plumber ". He was regarded by some as an extreme leftist activist and troublemaker. He was charged with numerous infractions of the law, with convictions ranging from statutory rape , illegal use of a weapon and possession of drugs to assaulting two policemen, In addition, he also served several short stints in prison as a consequence of his activism. Defenders claimed that many of the prosecutions were politically motivated. David Shulman regarded him as a major obstacle to the theft of Palestinian land, and considered him an Israeli exponent of Gandhian civil disobedience . Nawi once said that he would strike back when attacked. He came to international attention after being convicted in 2007 of participating in a riot and assaulting two police officers in connection with the demolition of Bedouin homes in the West Bank by Israeli border policemen . His trial and imprisonment spurred a worldwide protest against his treatment that elicited 20,000 signatures. In 2008, Nissim Mossek produced a film on his life, private and public, which had mixed reviews. In 2015, an undercover pro-settler group taped him bragging that he had identified Palestinian land brokers willing to sell land to Israeli or Jewish brokers to the PA security services. Under Palestinian law, such sales are a capital offence , and Nawi claimed they would be tortured and killed. The case triggered a political backlash in Israel and there were calls for England and France to stop foreign funding of two Israeli civil rights NGOs, Ta'ayush and B'Tselem , whose members were involved in the incident. Nawi and two others were arrested, and then released and banned from the West Bank for two weeks. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).