Aleela Taylor has angered many Israelis after a video of her taking off posters of some missing Israeli citizens captured by Hamas went viral. We will delve into that story in this write-up.
Who is Aleela Taylor?
Aleela Taylor is a young lady from Miami, United States of America, who was captured on camera destroying posters of Israeli civilians kidnapped by Hamas.
Aleela Taylor had her education at the University of Denver Law School and is now known as a 2023 Justice Fellow at Americans for Immigrant Justice. She established herself as known for her advocacy for diversity and inclusion during her law school years.
During her undergraduate career, she studied human rights and multiculturalism in South Africa, where she conducted research regarding the experience, perception, and ideals of body and beauty, which was later published by the honors journal at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2018.
On her next journey, Aleela has started working with Americans for Immigrant Justice in Miami, FL, to help create more equitable access to justice for unaccompanied minors.
What Did Aleela Taylor do?
Earlier this week, a video of Aleela Taylor circulated on social media showing her tearing down a poster of one of the 222 Israelis said to have been kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th, and that has since gone viral, with many, especially supporters of Israel, feeling extremely upset with her actions.
Aleela was walking her dog on the streets and then started ripping off posters. A man who saw her doing so decided to put a camera on her to record the act, but that didn’t seem to bother Aleela Taylor at all as she continued her operation while exchanging words with the man videoing her.
Aleela Taylor, a 2023 Fellow for Americans for Immigration Justice Corps, was caught in camera in Miami destroying posters of Israeli civilians kidnapped by Hamas.
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Israel and the Hamas War: How Did It Start?
On October 7, 2023, Palestinian militant groups, mainly Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, along with other groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, launched a major attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip with a rocket barrage and vehicle-transported attacks across the border on Israeli communities.
Following the Hamas attack on Israel, the protest group identified as Kaplan Force had cancelled its planned protest against the Israeli judicial reform scheduled for October 7, instead extending support to the IDF amidst the crisis. Other protest groups, like Forum 555 and Brothers in Arms, also urged reservists to serve if called up.
Some construction sites in Jerusalem prohibited Israeli Arabs from entering, including senior managers, stating that only Jews and foreign workers were permitted.
The conflict actually originated with the election of the Islamist political party Hamas in 2005 and 2006 in the Gaza Strip and escalated with the split of the Palestinian Authority Palestinian government into the Fatah government in the West Bank and the Hamas government in Gaza and the violent ousting of Fatah after Fatah lost the election to Hamas.
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, and the joint Egyptian-Israeli blockade of Gaza have exacerbated the conflict. The international community considers attacks on civilians and civilian structures that do not discriminate between civilians and military targets illegal under international law.
Also, according to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, Israel remains an occupying power under international law.
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