tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009264794790792869.post5943602012419773707..comments2021-10-27T12:08:24.145+00:00Comments on three little dogs human rights blog: Ezra Nawi to be sentenced tomorrow in IsraelJustin Morahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15303825083582409853noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009264794790792869.post-1641902740697175412009-08-17T00:48:10.238+00:002009-08-17T00:48:10.238+00:00The sentencing has been postponed to September 21....The sentencing has been postponed to September 21.<br /><br />During the hearing, the Jewish Voices for Peace group presented the court with a petition signed by 20,000 supporters abroad, asking it not to send Nawi to jail.<br /><br />Nawi, a Jewish pacifist, denied the allegation that he had assaulted a policeman on the occasion that he had tried to prevent the demolition of a Bedouin home in February 2007, adding that the trial had revealed the Israeli State's culture of lies.<br /><br />He said he was proud of the backing he had received from Noam Chomsky and others.<br /><br />"Maybe some Israelis aren't happy about the support I get from Chomsky, but I can tell you that the police officers who lie all the time are 1,000 times more dangerous than Chomsky, who isn't dangerous at all." he said according to a report in an Israeli newspaperJustin Morahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303825083582409853noreply@blogger.com