Wouldn't "Savage Rights Award" be more accurate. This is monstrous.
"#F**kIsrael’: Pro-Palestinian Activist Who Has Called Israel ‘Terrorists’ Is a Finalist for Prestigious Human Rights Award" By The Blaze, October 1, 2013 (thanks to Christian)
An Egyptian activist who has in the
past expressed sympathy for Palestinian attacks on Israel and who has
stated a desire for “martyrdom” is one of three finalists being
considered for the top human rights prize, the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, set to be bestowed next week in Geneva.
Mona Seif became known to the public
during the 2011 uprising against the rule of then President Hosni
Mubarak when she provided updates via social media and founded the “No Military Trials for Civilians” campaign.
Egyptian activist Mona Seif (Image: YouTube)
Despite the revelation from a
pro-Israel group of her apparently vocal support via Twitter of
terrorist acts, the Martin Ennals Prize jury continues to seriously
consider her candidacy.
The monitoring group UN Watch
suggests she is unworthy for the human rights prize, because she has in
the past tweeted statements that appear to show sympathy for Hamas and
other terrorists. This past spring, UN Watch called on the jury
which includes Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and eight
other human rights groups to drop her nomination — a call that was not
heeded.
UN Watch tells TheBlaze that Seif has
also expressed a willingness to fight alongside Palestinians to the
death. The group found some tweets from March of last year in which she
wrote in Arabic (Blaze translation) “Palestine is my way and I am full
of determination and will. I will draw my blood in the West Bank, in
Gaza I hope to die, in Bethlehem I will strengthen my people, and in
Jerusalem I will achieve martyrdom…”
UN Watch found another tweet she sent
out three days later in which she said: “A day will yet come when I will
join the resistance and participate in the intifada. Palestine is my
way, and I am full of determination and will. I will draw my blood in
the West Bank; I hope to die in Gaza…” Here are the images of the
messages as captured by UN Watch:
TheBlaze obtained a letter sent on
Monday by UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer to William Zabel,
head of Human Rights First (HRF), one of the groups that is on the prize
jury.
“As a human rights supporter, you
should not celebrate an unabashed advocate of violence and terrorism,”
Neuer of UN Watch wrote.
UN Watch in April highlighted other
tweets, including her criticism in November 2012 of Amnesty
International and Human Rights Watch for their call on the Izz ad-Din
al-Qassam Brigades which is associated with Hamas to halt its attacks on
civilians. The State Department classifies Hamas as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
When Amnesty tweeted this:
Feel enraged by the violence in #Gaza & #Israel? Demand that @netanyahu & @AlqassamBrigade stop attacks on civilians
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) November 16, 2012
@amnesty you don't ask an occupied nation to stop their "Resistance" to end violence!!! SHAME ON YOU!
— Mona Seif (@Monasosh) November 16, 2012
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An Egyptian activist who has in the
past expressed sympathy for Palestinian attacks on Israel and who has
stated a desire for “martyrdom” is one of three finalists being
considered for the top human rights prize, the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, set to be bestowed next week in Geneva.
Mona Seif became known to the public
during the 2011 uprising against the rule of then President Hosni
Mubarak when she provided updates via social media and founded the “No Military Trials for Civilians” campaign.
Egyptian activist Mona Seif (Image: YouTube)
Despite the revelation from a
pro-Israel group of her apparently vocal support via Twitter of
terrorist acts, the Martin Ennals Prize jury continues to seriously
consider her candidacy.
The monitoring group UN Watch
suggests she is unworthy for the human rights prize, because she has in
the past tweeted statements that appear to show sympathy for Hamas and
other terrorists. This past spring, UN Watch called on the jury
which includes Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and eight
other human rights groups to drop her nomination — a call that was not
heeded.
UN Watch tells TheBlaze that Seif has
also expressed a willingness to fight alongside Palestinians to the
death. The group found some tweets from March of last year in which she
wrote in Arabic (Blaze translation) “Palestine is my way and I am full
of determination and will. I will draw my blood in the West Bank, in
Gaza I hope to die, in Bethlehem I will strengthen my people, and in
Jerusalem I will achieve martyrdom…”
UN Watch found another tweet she sent
out three days later in which she said: “A day will yet come when I will
join the resistance and participate in the intifada. Palestine is my
way, and I am full of determination and will. I will draw my blood in
the West Bank; I hope to die in Gaza…” Here are the images of the
messages as captured by UN Watch:
TheBlaze
obtained a letter sent on Monday by UN Watch Executive Director Hillel
Neuer to William Zabel, head of Human Rights First (HRF), one of the
groups that is on the prize jury.
“As a human rights supporter, you
should not celebrate an unabashed advocate of violence and terrorism,”
Neuer of UN Watch wrote.
UN Watch in April highlighted other
tweets, including her criticism in November 2012 of Amnesty
International and Human Rights Watch for their call on the Izz ad-Din
al-Qassam Brigades which is associated with Hamas to halt its attacks on
civilians. The State Department classifies Hamas as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
When Amnesty tweeted this:
Feel enraged by the violence in #Gaza & #Israel? Demand that @netanyahu & @AlqassamBrigade stop attacks on civilians
November 16, 2012 1:35pm via HootSuite Reply Retweet Favorite
@amnesty
AmnestyInternational
This was Seif’s response:
@amnesty you don’t ask an occupied nation to stop their “Resistance” to end violence!!! SHAME ON YOU!
November 16, 2012 2:15pm via Twitter for BlackBerry® Reply Retweet Favorite
@Monasosh
Mona Seif
When Amnesty tweeted this photo showing
both Israeli and Palestinian victims of the violence, adding the
tagline “Stop the madness! Share this image if you want an arms embargo
on all sides #Israel #Hamas #Gaza “…
…Seif slammed the human rights group.
@aidaseif @amnesty & @hrw r leading a shameful campaign asking Palestinians under occupation & non stop air strikes 2 stop their resistance!
— Mona Seif (@Monasosh) November 20, 2012
Resistance” is a word used frequently among Palestinians to refer to armed attacks on Israel.
Seif also tweeted in support of
terrorist attacks on pipelines in the Sinai Peninsula transporting gas
to Israel (expletive warning).
“We the Egyptian ppl DO NOT WANT OUR
GAS TO BE EXPORTED TO ISRAEL.Sinai ppl are our heroes everytime they
blow up the pipelines #FuckISrael,” Seif tweeted on July 6, 2011.
“In endorsing the actions of the Al
Qassam Brigades, she was effectively advocating, supporting and
legitimizing attacks such as their launch of Fajr 5 missiles at the city
of Tel Aviv,” Neuer added in his letter to one of the groups on the
jury considering awarding Seif the prestigious human rights prize.
After UN Watch published a report in
April highlighting her controversial tweets, Seif responded, tweeting on
May 1, “all my anti israel tweets were written in English precisely so
that the international community celebrating our… revolution understands
that we support the resistance of the palestinian nation against
israel. I didn’t fool anyone or hide my thoughts.”
“i support a nation’s right to resist
occupation! Sending me tweets calling me a terrorist wont change the
fact that real terrorist is Israel,” she tweeted.
In May, Seif further defended her tweets in a post on Facebook,
maintaining she has not celebrated attacks on civilians. She wrote,
“No-one was ever killed or injured in an attack on the gas pipelines in
Egypt.”
“I have never called for nor
celebrated attacks on civilians. My position is very clear: I support
people’s right to resist occupation and I resist all attempts at
portraying the siege of a predominantly civilian population by the
world’s 4th most powerful Army as one of ‘equivalence,’” she wrote,
calling UN Watch’s protest of her candidacy a “vulgar slandering.”
She concluded her defense with a final dig at Israel (expletive warning).
“And ofcourse #F**kIsrael until there’s justice for the Palestinians,” Seif wrote on Facebook.