06 August 2010

Save Mohamed Abu Muailek

Mohamed Abu Muailek is a 25-year-old Palestinian, believes that Palestinians should seek co-existence with Israel. Mohamed is in jail and facing potential execution by Hamas. Once a militant, he is now a strong advocate of peaceful coexistence. He used to fire rockets from Gaza into Israel. Then, partly because of an internet friendship with an IT colleague, Mohamed changed his mind. Deciding that violence was wrong, Mohamed became a dissident, and argued the case for peace and co-existence with Israel. Hamas have jailed him and he is facing a likely death penalty. Internationally renowned film-maker and journalist Paul Martin who had been filming with Mohamed, went to Gaza to give evidence, but was himself arrested, accused of spying and threatened with execution. He was set free in March this year, but Mohamed remains under threat of death. The film Dissident Under Fire shows that Mohamed is not a spy, he is a dissident. Publicity and international pressure may provide his only chance for survival.
I guess that there is not much we here, in Israel, can do - witness the fate of our own soldier Gilad Shalit, who is rotting in Hamas cellar already more than 1500 days. But you all over there abroad - you can weigh in, to start with by joining this Facebook group.

Hat tip: Peter Ryley aka the Fat Man on a Keyboard.

11 comments:

jams o donnell said...

THat is utterly monstrous Snoopy

Dick Stanley said...

Meanwhile the peaceful Dictator's Club is silent, right? Considering they hardly make a routine deal over Gilad.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Well, but not unusual in the region.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Why, they will say that it's an internal matter for Gazan society.

shira said...

no facebook account - am twitting this.

James said...

You know  the name Mohamed makes me instinctively kill him, not save him.

shlemazl said...

James,

That's dumb; nothing to brag about. 

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yeah, James, you definitely need to relax. What kind of names doesn't make you want to kill?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Good. I, on the other hand, don't know from twitting ;)

m said...

 if only those wacko fundermentalist Hebron Jews see the shining light of Mohamed Abu Muailek .

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Er... only these specific wackos, m? There are many more in many more places. I would say all over the world, so why focus on a single (and small) group?