'We are fighting Jews, not Zionism,' Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi declares - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by Jerusalem Post Staff

“My definition of Judaism, ever since I was a child, has been that it is the same as Zionism,” Tamimi said, according to a translation by the MEMRI Institute. “There is no difference between them."

 

Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi walks with her mother after being released amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, November 30, 2023.

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)

Palestinians are fighting Jews, not Zionism, Palestinian political activist and terrorist supporter Ahed Tamimi declared on an Arabic podcast earlier this month.  

Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi: We Are Fighting the Jews, Not Just Zionism; Westerners Patronize Us with Their Aid, They should Shut Up When We Talk; They Will Give Us Aid, Whether They Like It Or Not, and We Will Not Thank Them; I Wish for a Nuclear WWIII, So the Whole World… pic.twitter.com/NNn5Jf7TD6

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In March 2018, Tamimi was convicted on four counts of assaulting an IDF officer and soldier, incitement, and interference with IDF forces. She was sentenced to eight months in prison and eight months of probation. 

Tamimi was arrested again in November 2023 on suspicion of inciting violence when she was a teenager, but was released nearly a month later as part of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at the time in exchange for Israeli hostages.

The mother of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested by Israeli troops, reacts in her room in Nabi Saleh village in the West Bank November 6, 2023. (credit: REUTERS/ISMAEL KHADER)

“My definition of Judaism, ever since I was a child, has been that it is the same as Zionism,” Tamimi said. “There is no difference between them.”

Jews 'can join me in the struggle against Zionism'

“If a Jew does not want their religion defined that way, they can join me in the struggle against Zionism.” 

Tamimi highlighted her belief that “Judaism is an occupation” and that is how the religion should always be presented to Palestinian children. “We are fighting Jews, not Zionism,” she went on. 

“We are superior to the entire world,” Tamimi said heatedly, “because we are the only ones in the world fighting injustice, at the expense of our lives, and the expense of our humanity.”

She also addressed the matter of aid distribution in the Gaza Strip, calling Western countries’ handling of the matter “patronizing.” Aid will be given to Gazans regardless of anything else, she continued.

“I have reached a point where I wish for a World War III,” Tamimi said. “Let them drop nuclear bombs, let them destroy the whole world so it won’t be just the Palestinians.”

Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-865265

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