Tali Fahima released from prison

Tali Fahima released from prison today
Dorothy Naor, January 4, 2007
Tali lost her job and spent 877 unnecessary days in prison, that is to say a total of 2 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Yet Tali claims that she has no regrets. Today I heard her say, after she’d been released, that she would even be willing to serve a life sentence if necessary, but not to give up her desire to learn.

Why Rebels Must Be Middle Class
Daphna Baram, 20 Sep. 2004
Perhaps Tali Fahima's misfortune is being poor and of Moroccan background. Israeli authorities don't treat ashkenazi university students with the same harshness.
It is not unheard of for Israelis to visit Zbeide, who has survived at least five Israel Defence Forces attempts on his life. I personally know of five lefty activists who have enjoyed his hospitality during the past month. None was arrested or interrogated. So why was Fahima?The answer is that her profile does not fit the bill. The Israeli security services know what a lefty activist should be like: a student or academic from a middle-class background, preferably of Ashkenazi (European Jewish) descent, who is a member of one of the tiny leftist groups. Such people are tolerated because they can be supervised and controlled.

My Personal Hero: Tali Fahima
Michael Warschawski, AIC, Thursday, 04 January 2007
While my arrest occurred following more than two decades of political activity, Tali began having troubles with the Israeli authorities already during her first political moves; while the forbidden relations I had with Palestinian activists were the result of a long process of political maturation, Tali’s decision to go to Jenin and meet with Palestinian activist Zakariya Zbeideh, was, as she explained during her trial, a “natural thing to do” as a free human being interested in understanding the roots of a conflict that is shaping our lives.