by Katherine Shehadeh
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| Old footage of Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian activist arrested in 2017 by Israel, has been widely shared online under the false claim that she is a Ukrainian girl standing up to a Russian soldier. Images from a 2012 incident show Tamimi, then aged 11, confronting an Israeli soldier, gesturing as if to punch him during a protest against the confiscation of Palestinian land by Israel in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh (AFP photo) —Middle East Eye, February 28, 2022 |
Look at this brave Ukrainian girl standing up to a soldier!
Look at this brave Ukrainian girl standing up to a soldier!
Look at this brave ^Palestinian girl standing up to a soldier!
Look at this Palestinian girl ^terrorist standing up to a soldier!
Look at this Palestinian terrorist standing up to a soldier!
Katherine Shehadeh is a writer, attorney and mom, residing in Miami, Florida. Her recent poetry has been published by Prometheus Dreaming and Mason Street. She can be found on Instagram @katherinesarts or on Twitter @your_mominlaw.