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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Sun Jun 12, 2016, 03:24 AM Jun 2016

Video: Palestinian carrying watermelon is stopped for four hours by Israeli soldiers [View all]

Source: Mondoweiss, 9 Jun 2016

This is upsetting. A Palestinian man attempts to bring a watermelon home in Hebron and Israeli soldiers stop him and force him to put the offending fruit down.

Can I pass?

Not yet. Put the watermelon down.

The video was produced by Ta’ayush, and translated by the Alternative Information Center (AIC):

What is green on the outside red on the inside and threatens Israeli security?

On June 1, 2016 an elderly Palestinian tried to go through Shuhada Street in Hebron carrying a watermelon. This is his story.

Read more: http://mondoweiss.net/2016/06/palestinian-watermelon-soldiers/

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Video: Palestinian carrying watermelon is stopped for four hours by Israeli soldiers [View all] Little Tich Jun 2016 OP

Hmmmmmmmm..................... Israeli Jun 2016 #1

I'll take a look. I can read German, so some of the translations will be available to me. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #4

His poems are hard to translate Little Tich...... Israeli Jun 2016 #12

That's just crazy 6chars Jun 2016 #2

His only crime was that he was a Palestinian. Little Tich Jun 2016 #3

that was no crime at all 6chars Jun 2016 #5

I don't think that the Palestinian guy with the watermelon realized that he looked just a terrorist, Little Tich Jun 2016 #7

Has nothing to do with a crime. Jewish/Israeli lives matter... shira Jun 2016 #11

Thanks for that context about melon bombs. shira Jun 2016 #9

To Mondoweiss, Israeli Jews barely register as humans oberliner Jun 2016 #6

What do you think about the OP? Little Tich Jun 2016 #8

You might not be aware Little Tich...... Israeli Jun 2016 #13

Yeah, it's pretty low to try to silence your opponents by taking down their websites. Little Tich Jun 2016 #14

Still scraping the bottom of the sewer @ Mondoweiss? I thought... shira Jun 2016 #10

I think it's good to have a wide range of sources on DU - even Mondoweiss. Little Tich Jun 2016 #15

If you're against posting hate speech, Mondoweiss did just that with Paul Larudee's letter. n/t shira Jun 2016 #16

You mean this letter? Little Tich Jun 2016 #18

"While I can't really explain why such a letter appeared on Mondoweiss..." shira Jun 2016 #20

I'm against all forms of racism, and I don't tolerate the promoting of Palestinian interests over Little Tich Jun 2016 #22

That's not what this website is about oberliner Jun 2016 #17

I would respect your opinion more if you were less one-sided. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #19

You should respect the facts, no matter the source. n/t shira Jun 2016 #21

I didn't present any opinion oberliner Jun 2016 #23

If your non-opinion applied to pro-Israel sources as well, Little Tich Jun 2016 #24

I have repeatedly said that Israel National News articles ought not to be posted here oberliner Jun 2016 #25