Word: shahak
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...addition, Palestinians are frequently "ordered to shout 'There is no Palestine,'" Shahak said. "Those who don't follow orders are beaten up," he added...
...Intifada has two purposes," said Israel Shahak, a professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. "To struggle against oppression and to liberate for freedom and democratization of Palestinian society," he said...
...Shahak cited many examples of government-sanctioned human rights violations committed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank region. He said members of the Israeli army are allowed to slap Palestinian women to calm them and shut off electric power to Palestinian homes...
...said Palestinians in the occupied territories are treated as second-class citizens and are not afforded the same rights as Israelis. "There is a crucial difference between Israeli citizens and the occupants of the territories," Shahak said...
...Shahak said that the Intifada's goals are moral, and are merely defending land that is rightfully theirs...