Leftist Female

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Leftist Israeli woman choses to become a Muslim.

Tali Fahima converts to Islam

Woman who had affair with al-Aqsa Brigades commander Zubeidi, served time for aiding terrorists converts to Islam at Umm al-Fahm mosque. 'From now on she is a full-fledged Muslim,' sheikh says

Sharon Roffe-Ofir, 06.08.2010

Israeli left-wing activist Tali Fahima, previously convicted of aiding Palestinian terrorists, told Ynet that she had converted to Islam on Monday at a mosque in Umm al-Fahm in the presence of three sheikhs.

Sheikh Yusuf Albaz confirmed that Fahima converted. Fahima herself refused to comment, saying that she doesn't give interviews to the "Zionist media."

Fahima plead guilty in December 2005 to maintaining contacts with a foreign agent with the intention of harming state security, and was sentenced to three years in prison.

She was specifically convicted of aiding Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades terrorists, including the group's leader in Jenin Zakariya Zubeidi, whom she had an affair with, and was released from prison in January 2007.

The Shin Bet security service claimed that Fahima, who resides in Wadi Ara, planned on becoming the first Jewish terrorist to act against her own people.

Sheikh Albaz, a senior member of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, accompanied Fahima throughout the conversion process. "I liked her mentality; I like anyone who prefers resistance to capitulation, and Tali Fahima is an example of resistance," he said.

The issue of Islam was discussed during the meetings between the sheikh and Fahima. "I wanted to encourage her and I told her that she must continue along her current path. I also spoke to her about the ways of Islam and explained that the religion stands for resistance in the face of all that is evil in the world," the sheikh recounted.

Fahima eventually informed the sheikh that he had convinced her, and told her associates that the head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Shiekh Raed Salah, was her model.

"Salah accepted her with open arms," said Sheikh Albaz. "From this point on she is a full-fledged Muslim – there is no need for a special ceremony."

Fahima visited Salah in Umm al-Fahm over the weekend. The sheikh was placed under house arrest for participating in the Gaza-bound flotilla.

The Islamic Movement praised Fahima's decision to convert and was quick to publish the development on its website.

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TALI FAHIMA

She was nominated for the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize.

To the Committee of the Alternative Nobel Price

We, a group of peace activists, struggling against the occupation of Palestinian lands, would like to submit the name of Tali Fahima as a candidate for the Alternative Nobel Price for Peace.

Tali Fahima, born 1976, an Israeli peace activist, did a great work for peace and better understanding between Palestinians and Israelis.

We believe that Tali truly deserves the Alternative Nobel Price.


Miriam Adams, Albuquerque NM, USA.



Professor Ammiel Alcalay, Queens College / Graduate Center,

City University of New York.



Hassan M. Al-Haifi, Senior Columnist and Editor, Yemen Times.



Dr. Janina Altman, Chemist.


Prof. Colman Altman, Physicist.



Gil Alvarez, California, USA.



Nitza Aminov



Professor Daniel Amit, Istituto di Fisica, La Sapienza, Roma.



Hanna Aviram



Nachoua el-Azhari, Cairo, Egypt.



Professor Mona Baker, UK.



Yossi Bartal, Jerusalem.



Eldad Benary, Saugerties, NY.



Alissa Ben-Ari, Tel Aviv.

Professor Matania Ben-Artzi, Hebrew University.



Ofra Ben-Artzi, Jerusalem.

Elat Benda



Marcia Bernstein, Brooklyn, New York.



Jo Bird, England.



Jeffrey Boss, Senior Lecturer (retired), Bristol University.



Ido Bruno, Jerusalem, Israel.



Dena Bugel-Shunra, Port Townsend, WA, USA.



Prof. Dr. John BUNZL, Political Science, Austrian Institute for

International Affairs (0IIP) and University of Vienna.



Dan Burnstein, Boston.



Paula Cardoso, South Africa.



Smadar Carmon, The Coalition for Just Peace in Palestine and Israel,

Toronto.



Rachel Choukroun, Marseille,France.



Adi Dagan, Coalition of Women for Peace, Israel.



Sarah Danaher, Cork, Ireland.



Dr A E Dangor, Imperial College London, UK.



Dr. David Degani, Haifa.



Dr. Diana Dolev



Dan van-Egmond, Marseille, France.



Esther Eillam.



Katayoun Etminani, Teacher, France.



Pnina Firestone, Forum for the struggle against unemployment;

Women's coalition for peace, Israel.




Ruth Fruchtman, Writer, Berlin.



Mark Galmud



Ron Ganzfried, Association Swiss-Palestine, Bern, Switzerland.



Monica Gilboa Ph.D., Albuquerque, New Mexico.



Professor Rachel Giora, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.



Professor Eli Glasner, Department of mathematics,

Tel Aviv university.



Professor Oded Goldreich, Weizmann Institute of Science,

Rehovot, Israel.



Joanna Graham, USA.



John and Jennifer Grosvenor, Portland, Oregon, USA.




Professor Yossi Guttmann, University of Haifa.



Mirjim Hadar, Tel-Aviv University.



Professor Uri Hadar, Tel Aviv University.



Hava Halevi, Jerusalem.



Idan Halili



Dr. Roni Hammermann, Jerusalem.



Gillian Handyside, UK.



Tal Haran



Eric Hazan, publisher, La Fabrique, Paris.



Drago Heler, Philosopher, Australia.



Annemarie Hendrikz, HIV and AIDS worker, South Africa.



Yoav Hess, Activist for "Yesh Gvul".



Sarah Irving, Britain
Olive Co-operative Ltd, Responsible tourism, trade

and education in the Middle East.


Dr Ronit Lentin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.



Liliane Cordova Kaczerginski, France,

[daughter of Schmerke, Vilnius ghetto guerilla fighter].



Jacob Katriel, Haifa.



Adam Keller, Editor of Other Israel



Hava Keller, WOFPP (Woman Organization For Political Prisoners).



Professor Baruch Kimmerling, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.



Laurence Kirby, Woodstock, NY, USA.



Beate Klarsfeld.



Sharon Komash



Joel Kovel, Willow, NY, USA.



Blair Kuntz, Librarian,
University of Toronto Libraries, Toronto, Canada.



Dr Fintan Lane, Dublin, Ireland.



Uri Laor



Vivien Lichtenstein, London, UK.

Joint Action for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Jews for Justice for Palestinians www.jfjfp.org
European Jews for a Just Peace www.ejjp.org
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Dr. R. Ruth Linden, San Francisco, California, USA.

Joelle Marelli, Translator, Paris, France.



Rela Mazali



Joe Moore.



Professor Moshe' Machover, London, England.



Ronit Marian-Kadishay

Dr. Ruchama Marton, President, Physicians for Human Rights,

Israel.

Irene McPhail, Berkely Ca.



Benjamin Merhav, Melbourne , Australia.



Doris Mossinson



Faran Nader, MIS Director
Oregon Human Development Corp.




Ofer Neiman, Jerusalem, Israel.



Orna Neumann, UK.



Marlene Newesri, New York City.



Claire Oren, Machsom Watch.



Nora Orlov, MachsomWatch.



Dr. Ilan Pappe, University of Haifa.



Gerhard Pulfer, Austria.



Michal Pundak Sagie, Hertzlyia, Israel.



Michal Raz



Eitan Reich, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa.



No'omi and Avraham Rinat, Rehovot, Israel.



Marilyn Robinson, Human Rights Activist, aka 2nd mamma,
Denver,CO.



Ellen Rohlfs, Germany.



Professor Dana Ron, Tel Aviv.



Atallah Said, Chairman, Arab Labour Group, London, UK.



Waltraud Schauer, Vienna, Austria, member of "women in black".



Evalyn F. Segal



Prof. Nomi Shir, Beer Sheva.



Dr. Rann Smorodinsky



Doris A. Soroko, Barrytown, NY, USA.



Gideon Spiro, Council for Vanunu



John Spritzler, Boston, MA, USA.



Talila Stan, Fighting Court-ruption.



Thomas Immanuel Steinberg, Hamburg, Germany.



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Rivka Sum


Tirtza Tauber, Tel Aviv.



Michael Varshawski, Journalist, Jerusalem.



Dan Vered, Tel Aviv.



Eric Walberg, Uzbekistan.



Eric Weissberg, Woodstock NY



Shani Werner



Shmuel Yerushalmi, Poet.



Ofra Yeshua-Lyth, Author, Ramat Gan, Israel, www.eretzbrith.com



Daniela Yoel


Union juive francaise pour la paix (UJFP)
PARIS, FRANCE, Richard WAGMAN, President.



Women in Black, Marseille,France.

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