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April 9, 2013

Israeli Journalist Amira Hass Faces Backlash for Supporting Palestinian Right to Resist 
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Israeli journalist Amira Hass has suffered a torrent of hate mail and
calls for her prosecution after she wrote an article defending the
rights of Palestinians to resist violent occupation. In the article,
Hass defended the throwing of stones by Palestinian youth at Israeli
soldiers, calling it "the birthright and duty of anyone subject to
foreign rule." Hass said Israelis remain in denial about "how much
violence is used on a daily basis against Palestinians. They don't like
to be told that someone has the right to resist their violence," she
wrote. Tune in to Democracy Now! on Wednesday when Amira Hass will join
us.

 

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