Woman who removed hostage ribbons defends actions
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Woman who removed hostage ribbons defends actions
"Ms Yahlom said she never intended to become a focus of attention and had been threatened with rape and violence since cutting down the ribbons, which symbolised calls for a return of the hostages captured by Hamas two years ago. "I am a Palestinian-Jewish woman living in that community who has every right to take a stance against genocide - a genocide that is being conducted in my name", she said."
"When asked why she took the ribbons down, Ms Yahlom told BBC London that after two years of "genocide" in Gaza, "we are still being told that the only lives worth commemorating, the only lives that have any value, are Jewish lives". "To me, it's astonishing that there can be moral repugnance about a handful of ribbons being cut and not generations and generations and generations of bloodlines [in Gaza] being cut.""
"In the widely shared video footage, she was heard being criticised as she took the ribbons down. Ms Yahlom was interviewed under caution by police following the removal of the ribbons from the railings on Fortis Green Road, although she was not arrested. Members of the local Jewish community have strongly condemned her actions, with one of the people who challenged her at the time describing them as "morally repugnant"."
Nadia Yahlom removed yellow ribbons attached to railings at Princes Avenue Park in Muswell Hill shortly before the two-year anniversary of the Israel-Gaza war. She framed the action as a protest against genocide in Gaza and as a rejection of the prioritisation of Jewish lives alone. The removal was captured on widely shared video and prompted strong condemnation from local Jewish community members, with one describing the act as morally repugnant. Police interviewed her under caution but did not arrest her. She reported receiving rape and other violent threats following the incident. The episode occurred amid prisoner exchanges and contested international findings on Gaza.
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