Abir Aramin

Mohammed Ayoub, shortly after he was shot.

Blaming a child for the sniper’s bullet that killed him

Education Minister Naftali Bennett claims 15-year-old Mohammed Ayoub wouldn’t have been shot dead by an Israeli sniper if he had been at school. Bennett’s comments reflect a reality in which Israeli soldiers kill with impunity. The Israeli army kills children. That isn’t new. Occasionally, the name of one of those children appears in the headlines,…

By Orly Noy April 24, 2018

Abir Aramin and Smadar Elhanan (photo: Rami Elhanan)

Father who lost daughter in suicide attack to Israelis: Vote for peace

I am voting, but I will not be endorsing any party in the upcoming elections (I wrote about for whom and how I think Israelis should vote here). Instead, I am posting a message that Rami Elhanan posted on his Facebook wall yesterday, beneath the pictures of his 14-year-old daughter who was killed in a suicide…

By Noam Sheizaf January 17, 2013

LISTEN: ‘Kiss My (Arse), Lieberman’ – Israel’s first full protest album

I’d be very surprised if any of you recall a post I published here last December. I was showing off my version of an Irish protest song from the 1980. The original refrain, penned by Irish songsmith John Maguire runs as such: “Hey Ronnie Reagan / I’m black and I’m pagan / I’m gay and I’m…

By Yuval Ben-Ami November 13, 2012

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If you’re to be killed by a soldier, better to be a Jew than an Arab

The state and media responses to this week’s shooting of Rabbi Mertzbach, seen alongside the killing of 10 year-old Abir Aramin, a Palestinian, highlight the difference in treatment of Jewish and Arab blood. There are difference between the cases. And the death of any human is, of course, tragic. But we can’t ignore the horrible…

By Haggai Matar November 12, 2011

Poster protesting the killing of Abir Aramin (Photo:Activestills/Flickr)

Justice eludes activist, father of Palestinian child killed by IDF

Posters in Jerusalem in January 2007, protesting the killing of Abir Aramin (Photo: activestills.org) In January 2007, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 10-year-old Palestinian girl on her way home from school. Abir Aramin lived in Anata, a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem. The pathologist who performed the autopsy found that Abir was hit in…

By +972 Magazine October 12, 2011