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After the Palestinian prisoner escape, Orly Noy – a journalist, translator of Farsi literature into Hebrew, and political and Mizrahi activist – wrote a post on Facebook in which she described the prisoners as freedom fighters and said that “every Palestinian who survives the occupation and persists in continuing to live is a hero. For that post, Orly was temporarily banned from Facebook. Peter Beinart speaks to Orly about the prisoner escape, Mizrahi identity and politics, and solidarity with Palestinians. 

Orly wrote about the temporary ban from Facebook in this article, “Facebook banned me for calling Gilboa escapee Zakaria Zubeidi a hero” (Middle East Eye). 

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Orly Noy is a journalist, translator of Farsi literature into Hebrew, and political and Mizrahi activist. She is an editor at Local Call, member of B’Tselem’s Executive Board and an activist with the Balad political party. She tweets at @NoyOrly. 

Peter Beinart is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York, a Contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, an Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, and a CNN Political Commentator. He tweets at @PeterBeinart.