A Left wing Israeli activist arrested by Israeli police during a demonstration in favor of the 'Welcome to Palestine' fly-in protest on April 15, 2012 at the Ben Gurion Air Port near Tel Aviv, Israel. Some 650 policemen were stationed at the airport as hundreds of activists and protesters were due to arrive as part of the 'Welcome to Palestine' fly-in protest.
Photo by: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org
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freegazaorg 14 months ago | reply
This is dear Yonatan Shapira, our first mate on board the Audacity of Hope, standing up once again for what is right.
pakiwieland@gmail.com 14 months ago | reply
Yonatan, take courage, we are all with you for justice. Thank you.
codepinkhq 14 months ago | reply
he's Israeli. how can they arrest him for coming home?
activestills 14 months ago | reply
they arrested him while coming to welcome the Air Flotilla
microann 14 months ago | reply
Thanks to Israeli citizen Yonathan Shapira (and crew member on the US Boat to Gaza, the Audacity of Hope) for being at Ben Gurion airport to meet the internationals who made it through the Israeli blockade of the airspace required for persons to enter in order to get to the West Bank--its not just Israeli airspace, its Palestinian airspace too! Israeli blockades everywhere-the naval and air blockades of Gaza and the air and land blockades of the West Bank--the Israelis have walled themselves in (with US help) and are imprisoning themselves, at least in mind and emotion, as well as the physical imprisonment of Palestinians!
marnykit 14 months ago | reply
Yay! Yonathan! and all others supporting the Flytilla!
Standing with you in solidarity!
caroljmurry 14 months ago | reply
How wonderful that Yonatan is there, and the internationals - showing those Israeli police what it means to "Stay Human" as he did in Greek waters. And how wonderful that the Israeli force, fully supported by the US Government, is fully exposed to the world - naked in spirit - the very ugly ruelty that they are trying to deny and trying to hide from the world - and they have done it themselves. I hear the world singing "We are a Peaceful Loving People". This apartheid, too, will end! Would that it were sooner.
kenmayers37 14 months ago | reply
Yonatan, thank you. I hope to see you again in July when I come to help rebuild Beit Arabiya.