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More from the Electronic Intifada article
"Omar Saad is not alone in his community in refusing to serve in the Israeli army. As Patrick O. Strickland reported*for The Electronic Intifada last year, the number of Druze youths who refuse is growing. Omar, along with his brothers Mustafa and Ghandi,*performed*with Nigel Kennedy at the 2013 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London earlier this year. During the live broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Kennedy was heard telling the audience: “It’s a bit facile to say it, but we all know from the experience of this night of music that giving equality and getting rid of apartheid gives a beautiful chance for amazing things to happen.”The BBC*edited out*his remarks in subsequent broadcasts."
Druze youth in military prison for refusing Israeli army draft | The Electronic Intifada
Omar has become a celebrity, with his music and activism, and he has become a role model for other Israeli Druze youth to follow.
Imprisonment will only increase his followers.
That is the nature of Persecution, it only strengthens the cause of those persecuted, Palestinians in Israel in this example.
"Omar Saad is not alone in his community in refusing to serve in the Israeli army. As Patrick O. Strickland reported*for The Electronic Intifada last year, the number of Druze youths who refuse is growing. Omar, along with his brothers Mustafa and Ghandi,*performed*with Nigel Kennedy at the 2013 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London earlier this year. During the live broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Kennedy was heard telling the audience: “It’s a bit facile to say it, but we all know from the experience of this night of music that giving equality and getting rid of apartheid gives a beautiful chance for amazing things to happen.”The BBC*edited out*his remarks in subsequent broadcasts."
Druze youth in military prison for refusing Israeli army draft | The Electronic Intifada
Omar has become a celebrity, with his music and activism, and he has become a role model for other Israeli Druze youth to follow.
Imprisonment will only increase his followers.
That is the nature of Persecution, it only strengthens the cause of those persecuted, Palestinians in Israel in this example.
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