Leila Molana-Allen:
Omran isn’t the only Palestinian to claim unfounded arrest and abuse at the hands of Israeli authorities since October 7.
In the weeks since the war began, Israeli Arabs and Palestinians have been interrogated, harassed, and arrested by Israeli security forces in their hundreds for social media posts and messages in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
The crackdown raises questions over not only whether it’s a proportionate response, but the future of free speech in this country; 21-year-old engineering student Bayan Khatib, an Arab citizen of Israel, didn’t know a social media post could ruin her life.
On the morning of October 8, she posted a short reel of her breakfast shakshouka, a tomato and egg dish, with the caption, “Soon, we will eat victory Shakshouka,” and a Palestinian flag. Hours later, her life began to unravel. Her fellow Israeli students refused to sit in class with her. Then she was summoned by the university and dismissed.
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