'Isreali' Marxist Detained in Jail by Occupation for Support of Palestine

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Andrew Pshenichnikov (23 years old) has already spent a week in Israeli prison. Andrew possesses Israeli citizenship, which he seeks to give up in order to become full citizen of Palestine. His only fault - violation of the blockade put on the Palestinian Authority. Two months ago Andrew moved to the territory of the Palestinian Authority and made his home in the refugee camp called Dheysha (near Bethlehem). For that he was thrown into Israeli prison. Today in the court he stated that he doesn’t recognize legitimacy of Israeli government and its judiciary and will not accept any judgment. Besides that Andrew said that he supports Palestinian resistance against occupation and declared ideological closeness to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. After the court hearing Andrew returned to prison. And he will stay there until the next hearing.













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Israeli Citizen Fights for Palestinian Citizenship


Thursday May 31, 2012 11:00 by Sarah Snobar - IMEMC & agencies
An Israeli citizen has been imprisoned for trying to drop his Israeli citizenship and replace it with Palestinian citizenship. He said that he does not recognize Israeli courts and the Israeli government as they represent an illegal occupation.


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Andrew Pshenichnikov - thepeoplesrecord.com




23-year-old Andrew Pshenichnikov has been in an Israeli prison for a week. He is being detained for entering a West Bank zone other than “Zone C” which is the only zone Israelis are allowed into.

He moved to Dheisheh Refugee camp near Bethlehem which is in “Zone A” and therefore his actions are considered "against Israeli laws".

Pshenichnikov has announced that he will not accept any judgment the court makes as he does not recognize the Israeli government as a legitimate authority as it is a government of occupation. Therefore, he does not recognize its judiciary.


The People's Record, a group that identifies itself as "[a]n ongoing chronicle of communities of resistance around the world" reported that Andrew said he supports the Palestinian resistance against the illegal Israeli occupation, and that he has "declared ideological closeness to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine".





http://www.imemc.org/article/63631

[Prometeo liberado]

They tend to take that kind of shit to a whole new level out there. Not so much that they are more cruel, just that they don't give a shit who knows it. Good luck comrade, your passion maybe could have been put to better use in the camps but oh well, it's your choice.

[Red Future]

Makes me think of the parralels between this and the repression of the ANC and SACP under Apartheid even more so.

[Prometeo liberado]

what do you mean.??

still,hes more of a socialist,than someone on a internet forum.

Do you know how many good comrades are in those Israeli jails rotting to death to prove a point? Even the Palestinian activist are telling their people to stop getting arrested, too many useful comrades who can do good work organizing in the camps are gonna die in a cell. You can not abandon the street fight for martyrdom in a cage. Not at this juncture. But as I said its his choice if he wants to be a cowboy and not part of the collective struggle.

[Prometeo liberado]

still,hes more of a socialist,than someone on a internet forum.

So if he gets 10 years and does it all in the prison library on the internet will that make him less of a socialist? Because online we have no past or relevance apparently, correct? Waste my time.

[Prometeo liberado]

he is part of a collective struggle.do you think he's the only anti-zionist isreali who is part of the struggle.he was arrested because he was in a p.a. area.not for being against the occupation.btw I would say the same if he was arab,cuban or whatever.

it's quite strange that you are criticising him.??

What critcism? I do find it hard to beleive that this arrest was not forseen though. And who gives a shit if he's an Isreali or not, you seem to think it may give him some kind of activist street cred I'm thinking because you insist on bring it up. My only question, and if your are a leftist who doesn't think questions are good then you've got bigger problems, is that why does he matter over all the other prisoners? Because he is Israeli? And did he do this on his own, getting arrested?

[Prometeo liberado]

Ya, I really don't know about it. You post a an austere article and follow it up with how this person should be respected "mostly because he's not Palestinian and more so because he's an Israeli citizen". I would like at this time to impart a wee bit of wisdom to you. This shit is much akin to the Rudyard Kipling poem "The White Mans Burden". We quantify the suffering of others by the level of suffering endured by our oppressors, i.e. Because the Israelis act as the overlords of an unjust system we tend to look at the those Israelis, when they aid the Palestinians, as "better" people lowering themselves to help the downtrodden. You seem to think that because this man is an Israeli that he deserves special mention, not mostly but more so because he's an Israeli citizen. Yet you want it mentioned that he is part of a collective? But by your statements he is deserving of more because of he is Israeli. Get the point?

[Yuppie Grinder]

I don't think this has anything to do with "White Mans Burden". If this is a "white mans burden" case then all anti-imperialist actions from people who live in imperialist countries are too.

[TheRedJew]

Why do you support Palestinian facist "liberation" movements?

[TheRedJew]

It is a sad day when marxists support facists

[Comrade Trollface]

It is a sad day when marxists support facists
Opposing occupation and apartheid isn't the same thing as supporting fascists, schmuck. A comrade gets thrown in the klink for supporting a people's right to self determination and that is all you can say? Go shit in the sea!
Why do you support Palestinian facist "liberation" movements?
Because Israeli apartheid and occupation must end.