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Nanjeanne

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11. Gideon Levy is a very important voice to listen to. He is a child of refugees - his father fled the Nazis and
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 05:14 PM
Jan 2024

was on a boat seeking a home for more than 6 months.

Levy, after being in the army, became a reporter and traveled to the occupied terroritories where his views began to change.

He has won many awards including Israel’s top prize of journalism, the Sokolow Prize in 2021, and the Olof Palme Prize of International Human Rights in 2016; the Peace Through Media Award in 2012; the Euro-Med Journalist Prize for Cultural Dialogue in 2008; the Leipzig Freedom Prize in 2001; the Israeli Journalists’ Union Prize in 1997; and the Association of Human Rights in Israel Award for 1996.

The first book I read of his was back in 2010 - The Punishment of Gaza. If you can get it - read it.

You can follow him on X - it's worth doing if you are a fan of the man some call the thorn in Israel's side! *I Am.*

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