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Two women were shocked after being kicked out of an Invercargill cafe yesterday because they come from Israel.
Sisters Natalie Bennie and Tamara Shefa were upset after being booted out of the Mevlana Cafe in Esk St by owner Mustafa Tekinkaya.
"He heard us speaking Hebrew and he asked us where we were from. I said Israel and he said `get out, I am not serving you'. It was shocking."
(full article in link above)
MachsomWatch, in existence since 2001, is an organisation of peace activist Israeli women against the Israeli Occupation of the territories and the systematic repression of the Palestinian nation. We call for Palestinian freedom of movement within their own territory and for an end to the Occupation that destroys Palestinian society and inflicts grievous harm on Israeli society.
Originally posted by Skittle
Good one, atleast someone has balls to stand against injustice in their own small way.
Originally posted by Skittle
Good one, atleast someone has balls to stand against injustice in their own small way.
Originally posted by Skittle
Good one, atleast someone has balls to stand against injustice in their own small way.
Originally posted by Skittle
Good one, atleast someone has balls to stand against injustice in their own small way.
Originally posted by Harassment101
It's wrong to pick on individuals for the actions of their government. Just the same way it's wrong to hate Americans for the actions of the American government.
What if these women are against what is being done in Gaza? There are some Isreal citizens who do not approve of what is happenig.
If my country does something wrong, or unjust, I don't want to be hated for it, or discriminated for it, anymore than these women should be.
I feel sympathy for the owner if he does have family that is being attacked, killed, and having weapons tested on them, but these women didn't do anything, but try to have lunch.
[edit on 14-1-2009 by Harassment101]
Originally posted by Skittle
Good one, atleast someone has balls to stand against injustice in their own small way.
Originally posted by kid_of_3NKi
Dude, if these women were against their gov's actions in Gaza, why are they having a nice time sitting in cafes instead of protesting in front of their country's embasies while 100s of innocent Gazans are being killed?
There are many Israelis who support their gov's actions (maybe the majority even), and most of those who don't, do not have the guts to stand up against it.
You realy can't blame Mustafa (isnt't that an arab name even?!) for throwing out those women.. I would have done the same without hesitating, and I'm not a Palestinian / Arab.