Ezra Nawi
Ezra Yitzhak Nawi (; 1951 – 9 January 2021) was an Israeli Mizrahi Jew, left-wing, human rights activist and pacifist. He was particularly active among the Bedouin herders and farmers of the South Hebron Hills and against the establishment of Israeli settlements there, in what Uri Avnery described as a protracted effort by settlers to cleanse the area of Arab villagers, in the prevention of which he played a key role. He was described as a "Ta'ayush nudnik (nuisance)", and "a working-class, liberal gay version of Joe the Plumber". He was regarded by some as an extreme leftist activist and troublemaker. He was charged with numerous infractions of the law, with convictions ranging from statutory rape, illegal use of a weapon and possession of drugs to assaulting two policemen, In addition, he also served several short stints in prison as a consequence of his activism. Defenders claimed that many of the prosecutions were politically motivated. David Shulman regarded him as a major obstacle to the theft of Palestinian land, and considered him an Israeli exponent of Gandhian civil disobedience. Nawi once said that he would strike back when attacked. He came to international attention after being convicted in 2007 of