Emily Henochowicz

Student Who Lost Eye In Gaza Protest Turns To Art

AP | LAUREN SAUSSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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POTOMAC, Md. — The left lens of Emily Henochowicz's black-framed eyeglasses is covered in tape that bears a black-and-white pattern she drew in ...

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US Pushes For Israeli Investigation Into Incident After Student Protester Loses Eye

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The United States has asked Israel to investigate the incident in which an American woman lost an eye after Israeli forces shot her ...

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Blinding the Witnesses

Naomi Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Naomi Klein

There is something way too literal about Israel shooting out the eye of a witness to its crimes. This photograph of Emily Henochowicz's bandaged face needs to be seen by the world.

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Through the Looking Glass: The Myth of Israeli Exceptionalism

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Gould-Wartofsky

2010-06-04-dove.jpg Exceptionalism is an ideology propagated by the power elites of two nations of vastly different proportions and histories -- Israel and the U.S. -- but each declares a divinely manifest destiny.

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US Woman Loses Eye After Being Hit During Anti-Israeli Raid Protest

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — An American woman has lost her eye during a demonstration in Jerusalem against Israel's naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a hospita...

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