Gideon Levy Quotes

Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper Haaretz that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Levy has won prizes for his articles on human rights in the Israeli-occupied territories. His critics characterize him as left-wing and accuse him of being a propagandist for Hamas. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. June 1953
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Famous Gideon Levy Quotes

“It's impossible not to admire a person who devoted his life to his ideas.”

This Biography Makes It Clear: The Founder of the Palestinian Popular Front Was Right (April 15, 2018)

“She is perhaps the bravest woman living today under Israeli control.”

About Khalida Jarrar.
In a Democracy, Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar Would Be Free (June 21, 2018)

“Political prisoners, detention without trial and unlimited imprisonment define tyranny.”

In a Democracy, Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar Would Be Free (June 21, 2018)
Context: Jarrar could end up spending the rest of her life in prison; there is no legal impediment to this since all the pathetic arguments used to justify her continued detention could be deemed valid indefinitely. If she’s dangerous today, she’s dangerous forever. Political prisoners, detention without trial and unlimited imprisonment define tyranny.

Gideon Levy Quotes

“There can be no political prisoners in a democracy, nor detention without trial in a state of law.”

In a Democracy, Palestinian Lawmaker Khalida Jarrar Would Be Free (June 21, 2018)
Context: The continued detention of Palestinian parliament member in Israel. Her imprisonment is an inseparable part of the Israeli regime and it is the face of Israeli democracy, no less than its free elections (for some of its subjects) or the pride parades that wind through its streets. Jarrar is the Israeli regime no less than the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty. Jarrar is Israeli democracy without makeup and adornments. The lack of interest in her fate is also characteristic of the regime. A legislator in prison through no fault of her own is a political prisoner in every way, and political prisoners defined by the regime. There can be no political prisoners in a democracy, nor detention without trial in a state of law. Thus Jarrar’s imprisonment is not only a black stain on the Israeli regime; it’s an inseparable part of it.

“I felt very sorry that I had not met this man.”

About George Habash.
This Biography Makes It Clear: The Founder of the Palestinian Popular Front Was Right (April 15, 2018)

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