'Do not despair of losing so often' – Lea Tsemel, the Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinians

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She has been called a traitor and the Israeli government tried to block an award-winning new film about her work and spirit. As the BBC screens Advocate, we meet the ‘angry optimist’

In 2015, during an escalation of violence in Jerusalem, a just-turned-teenage Palestinian boy and his older cousin were involved in a stabbing that left two young Israelis injured – critically in the case of one, a 13-year-old boy. The elder cousin, Hassan, was shot dead by police. The younger, Ahmad, was hit by a car and lay bleeding on the ground as a crowd gathered. They shouted: “Die you motherfucker” and urged police to “put a bullet in his head”.

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The documentary didn't raise any questions about Lea Tsemel's thinking Palestinians killing innocent people is 'resisting the occupation' aside from an brief one by a news cameraman. It also didn't show details about other cases in the Israeli system aside from Tsemel's.

Why don’t the Britts destroy monuments to Churchill for what he’s done as an officer in India, w.White Cossacs—with no courts, advocates? Why not quote the defendants’ wictims family members?

marioricciard18 A great woman I had the pleasure and the honor to meet

She will probably end up being accused of antisemitism. That's what usually happens.

The world need people like her.

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