Saturday, August 13, 2011

Found Art Criminalized in 'Israel'

“We want to continue our struggle. We want to continue to have our rights until we will have freedom and independence to remove the wall, to remove the settlements, to remove all of these things and this illegal wall and arresting the people, and we will not stop because this is our right, this is our land. We must continue this until we have freedom.” – Abdallah Abu Rahmah, October 11 2010 (CNN)

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Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a school teacher and coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, was indicted in an Israeli military court yesterday.  Abu Rahmah was charged with arms possession for collecting the tear gas canisters, shot at demonstrators in Bil’in by Israeli armed forces, that he used in the creation of the sculpture: (smaller version shown in the link below)


http://www.artistsagainstapartheid.org/?p=876

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