Palestinians are fighting Jews, not only Zionism, Palestinian political activist and terrorist supporter Ahed Tamimi declared on an Arabic podcast earlier this month.
In March 2018, Tamimi was convicted on four counts of assaulting an IDF officer and soldier, incitement, and interference with IDF forces. She was sentenced to eight months in prison and eight months of probation.
Tamimi was arrested again in November 2023 on suspicion of inciting violence when she was a teenager, but was released nearly a month later as part of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at the time in exchange for Israeli hostages.
“My definition of Judaism, ever since I was a child, has been that it is the same as Zionism,” Tamimi said. “There is no difference between them.”
Jews 'can join me in the struggle against Zionism'
“If a Jew does not want their religion defined that way, they can join me in the struggle against Zionism.”
Tamimi highlighted her belief that “Judaism is an occupation” and that is how the religion should always be presented to Palestinian children. “We are fighting Jews, not Zionism,” she went on.
“We are superior to the entire world,” Tamimi said heatedly, “because we are the only ones in the world fighting injustice, at the expense of our lives, and the expense of our humanity.”
She also addressed the matter of aid distribution in the Gaza Strip, calling Western countries’ handling of the matter “patronizing.” Aid will be given to Gazans regardless of anything else, she continued.
“I have reached a point where I wish for a World War III,” Tamimi said. “Let them drop nuclear bombs, let them destroy the whole world so it won’t be just the Palestinians.”