Video of the ant Arab Rally goes Viral

A video by David Sheen and Dan Cohen covering the Tel Aviv protests recently went viral with over 50 000 views on facebook. The video shows how Thousands of people gathering in Tel Aviv’s city hall to register their support for an Israeli soldier who was filmed last month executing a Palestinian youth as he lay on the ground, wounded and immobile, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. From across the country, Israelis went to Rabin Square, to express their indignation over the army’s charges of manslaughter against the soldier, 19-year-old Sergeant Elor Azarya. They also expressed hostility for his victim, 21-year-old Palestinian Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, as well as for the Palestinian people in general. Although he gave Azarya his full-throated endorsement, event organizer and former lawmaker for the hard-right Yisrael Beiteinu party Sharon Gal could scarcely contain the rage of some of the rally’s attendees and their anger boiled over into bursts of violence.

Guest: David Sheen
Position: Independent journalist & filmmaker, reporting on Israel & Palestine, staff writer at @MuftahOrg. For more on David, visit www.davidsheen.com