A US court rules in favor of a Palestinian activist against a former Israeli female soldier

A US court ruled in favor of the Palestinian activist, Suheir Nafal, by rejecting a lawsuit filed by a former Israeli soldier, Rebecca Ram, accusing the activist of “defamation.”
The American judge issued a ruling in a California court, rejecting the Israeli female soldier’s lawsuit, which is based on a law punishing “criticizing Israel” with a one-year prison term. The judge rejected the judge’s decision to pay the material compensation demanded by Rebecca Ram of up to 6 million US dollars.

The Palestinian website Ma’an reported that this lawsuit comes after Suheir Nafal published a picture on Facebook in 2018, in which she collected the paramedic, Razan al-Najjar, who was shot dead by the Israeli occupation soldiers in the Gaza Strip in her medical uniform, and the female soldier Ram, who was carrying a weapon. And expressed its rejection of the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. ”

The site pointed out that Suhair Nafal “is considered an activist in the Boycott and Divestment of Israel (BDS) movement in the United States of America, and it is one of the active movements at the level of American universities and companies, and that she has made many achievements in favor of the Palestinian cause over the past years,” pointing out that This “pushed many states to enact special laws that criminalize boycotting Israel or supporting BDS, until they became within the conditions of some important jobs, especially teachers and university professors.”

Source: “maa”