Professional Protester, Palestinian-Style
The names are coming in—Earlier bloggers called him "Hand Gesture Man," and LGF'ers seem to prefer "Rageman" (Leaps over "apartheid" barriers at a mile a minute?). Aussie Dave made me laugh the hardest, though, with his suggestion: Hairstyle Man. Don't mess with the power of mousse, man!
Wow, there are some nice high-resolution photographs, many of which I haven't seen in the Getty archives, over at Dutch blog Geenstijl.
It's OFFICIAL: the Photoshop Contest is on!
What is it about the Jihad-supporting world that attracts such virulent displays of always-available-on-command anger? We've seen travelling rage shows all the world over, and have even been introduced to the most famous professional protester in the world, and yet, no matter how many times such professional outragists (not to be confused with "bloggers") are unveiled as the professional puppets that they are, there always appear more.
Here's the latest example of Professional Raging, from the Palestinian territory, which we noticed a week or so ago:—He is frighteningly reminiscent of a particularly angry gym teacher we had back in 7th grade. Rooster, you remember who I'm talking about?
I'm betting that the photo above came straight from AFP photographer Abbas Momani's best stack of Pulitzer padding material, as it shows a very "oppressed" Palestinian, enraged at the treatment supposedly being given to him by the evil Israeli Defence Forces.
Auditioning to be the next Verizon Guy—Can you hear him now?.
Lo and behold, shortly after posting the Rage Boy: Palestine article, I received an e-mail from a couple of fellow bloggers who have been tracking this guy too, and from the looks of things, he's been at it a while. And that led me to discover once again, that the world will never have quite enough manufactured rage.
I immediately contacted longtime "friend" Mohammed Muheisen (who has actually become quite cordial towards this website as of late), and asked him if he knew anything about the gentleman pictured, and for Mr. Momani's contact information. Muhammed said that he's seen the protester on the photo wires, but didn't know anything more about him.
I then passed my request for information on to Abbas Momani himself, to see if I could get to the bottom of exactly who is this ragin' non-Cajun—as opposed to this guy—that he seems to be so fascinated by.
Mr. Momani responded to my request by stating that he didn't know the man personally, but said that he "lost a lot of his lands" due to Israel's "apartheid" separation barrier, and shows up in the outskirts of Bilin every Friday to protest against it. (To "fight" against it is the exact phrase used.)
One interesting point to think about here:—Claims of land-loss to the "Zionist occupiers" are not exactly rare in the area. In fact, the problem is so bad that if one were to total up the claims of "stolen" land, one would end up with a total greater acreage than all of the farmland in Israel and Palestine combined. In light of that, I requested more information from Abbas as to whether anyone's actually seen any documentary evidence that this man's lands have actually been stolen, but I haven't heard back from him at present. Were this gentleman to actually be able to prove that Israel stole his land, one would think that he'd be bringing a case before the Israeli Supreme Court, considering how sympathetic they tend to be towards Palestinian claims, rather than appearing at a weekly anger-fest.
So we're back to our traditional display of patterns:—Protests held every Friday at Bilin, presumably after the morning prayers have been completed. These same rallies are attended by a merry band of anti-war groups and other assorted NGOs, and are covered by the photographers with striking regularity. And, while these events are generally hailed by the wires as being "peace" protests, you'll notice that there are always thugs throwing stones present, which is still a rather violent act, last I checked.
It is amusing to see that at each one of these little shin-digs, our mysterious serial outragist manhandles his way right up to the edge of the Israeli guard force, and spends an unknown amount of time engaging in some sort of verbal battle, dutifully recorded week after week by the exact same photographers.
But alas, I've spoken for far too long. Let's get on with the photographs, which I've helpfully numbered for your own handy reference.
Thanks to the truefactor blog, here's our first brief timeline. Just for full disclosure, this blog address was e-mailed to me shortly after my original Rage Boy: Palestine piece, and appears to have only one article published. I can't therefore vouch for the source, but hey, the photos do speak for themselves, do they not?
My apologies for all of the "Original attribution pending" nonsense:—I honestly don't have any record of which photographer took which photograph, as this wasn't included in the caption information over yonder. I'll update this page with the correct attributions if I discover them, of course—Feel free to e-mail me if you have any information about who took these pictures.
Blogger Busywolf has more photos, but not retaining the captions prevents me from using his data as a reference. Fortunately, Ye Olde AFP Archives had source material a-plenty. The earliest date I have been able to find there is early April, 2005, though I suspect he's been around a lot longer than that. If any of y'all have seen him earlier, or in other protests than the weekly Bilin gatherings, I'd love to hear it.
Here's a delightful out-take gallery from these same protests, now including our aforementioned "international" "activists" (pronounced "meddlers" over my way).
One interesting point to think about here:—Claims of land-loss to the "Zionist occupiers" are not exactly rare in the area. In fact, the problem is so bad that if one were to total up the claims of "stolen" land, one would end up with a total greater acreage than all of the farmland in Israel and Palestine combined. In light of that, I requested more information from Abbas as to whether anyone's actually seen any documentary evidence that this man's lands have actually been stolen, but I haven't heard back from him at present. Were this gentleman to actually be able to prove that Israel stole his land, one would think that he'd be bringing a case before the Israeli Supreme Court, considering how sympathetic they tend to be towards Palestinian claims, rather than appearing at a weekly anger-fest.
So we're back to our traditional display of patterns:—Protests held every Friday at Bilin, presumably after the morning prayers have been completed. These same rallies are attended by a merry band of anti-war groups and other assorted NGOs, and are covered by the photographers with striking regularity. And, while these events are generally hailed by the wires as being "peace" protests, you'll notice that there are always thugs throwing stones present, which is still a rather violent act, last I checked.
It is amusing to see that at each one of these little shin-digs, our mysterious serial outragist manhandles his way right up to the edge of the Israeli guard force, and spends an unknown amount of time engaging in some sort of verbal battle, dutifully recorded week after week by the exact same photographers.
But alas, I've spoken for far too long. Let's get on with the photographs, which I've helpfully numbered for your own handy reference.
Thanks to the truefactor blog, here's our first brief timeline. Just for full disclosure, this blog address was e-mailed to me shortly after my original Rage Boy: Palestine piece, and appears to have only one article published. I can't therefore vouch for the source, but hey, the photos do speak for themselves, do they not?
[Ed.:—This definitely lends credence to those of you who suggested that this dude looks like Edward James Olmos!]
1: Friday, 16 December 2005. (Original attribution pending)
1: Friday, 16 December 2005. (Original attribution pending)
My apologies for all of the "Original attribution pending" nonsense:—I honestly don't have any record of which photographer took which photograph, as this wasn't included in the caption information over yonder. I'll update this page with the correct attributions if I discover them, of course—Feel free to e-mail me if you have any information about who took these pictures.
Blogger Busywolf has more photos, but not retaining the captions prevents me from using his data as a reference. Fortunately, Ye Olde AFP Archives had source material a-plenty. The earliest date I have been able to find there is early April, 2005, though I suspect he's been around a lot longer than that. If any of y'all have seen him earlier, or in other protests than the weekly Bilin gatherings, I'd love to hear it.
Bonus Time
Here's a delightful out-take gallery from these same protests, now including our aforementioned "international" "activists" (pronounced "meddlers" over my way).
[Ed.:—Arresting a smelly hippy. Should've just had Fred Thompson punch him.]
15 July 2005. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
15 July 2005. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
[Ed.:—Yeah, 'cuz Ché totally cared about the "Palestinian" "cause," maaaan.]
28 October 2005. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
28 October 2005. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
[Ed.:—Wait, I'm confused.. I thought they were for hanging the Ku Klux Klan?]
27 May 2005. (JAMAL ARURI/AFP/Getty Images)
27 May 2005. (JAMAL ARURI/AFP/Getty Images)
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