Bulldozer sentence

News in Brief

On 23 May, Israeli human rights activist Ezra Nawi began a month’s jail sentence for his July 2007 attempt to stop a military bulldozer from destroying the West Bank homes of Palestinian Bedouins.

Ezra wrote: “I have been harassed and targeted throughout the years, because I embody three elements which provoke bigotry in the Israeli society: I am a homosexual, I am a Mizrahim [Middle-Eastern Jew], and I devote all my time to fighting for the human rights of Arab Palestinians…. I would like to believe that my personal adversity will inspire and motivate individuals to actively oppose the occupation.”