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Ezra Nawi is an Israeli human rights activist who came to international prominence after being convicted of participating in a riot and assaulting a police office in connection to a 2007 home demolition in the West Bank. Nawi, a plumber by trade, had been active in the South Hebron region of the West Bank, were Palestinian residents are frequently attacked by right-wing Israeli settlers, for years. As a member of the Jewish-Arab human rights organization Ta'ayush who is fluent in both Hebrew and Arabic he served as a liason between local Palestinians and outside activists. In this role he elicited scorn from both the military authorities, who have detained him on numerous occasions, and local settlers who are suspected by the police of attempting to assasinate him.
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 by members of the border police. Despite the video evidence, on March 19, 2009 an Israeli court found him guilty of assaulting a police officer and participating in a riot, and scheduled sentencing for July 1.
Nawi's case has elicited the attention of several prominent international figures, including Eliot Weinberger, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Charles Grass, David Norris, Sheldon Pollock, and Neve Gordon, who organized a campaign to protest his arrest, conviction, and pending imprisonment.
References
- [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=584293 Haaretz, April 6 2005. Retrieved on 2009-6-14]
- [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/06/israel-human-rights-police The Guardian, May 6 2009. Retrieved on 2009-6-14]
- [http://www.supportezra.net/EzraNawiVerdictEnglish.pdf Translation of the court procedings. Retrieved on 2009-6-14]
- [http://www.supportezra.net/ Help Israel Human Rights Activist Ezra Nawi. Retrieved on 2009-6-14]