Jonathan Pollak

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Jonathan Pollak (born c. 1982) is an Israeli activist and graphic designer who works for Haaretz.

[6] His father is an artist who refuses to perform in the West Bank, and his maternal grandfather, Nimrod Eshel, was imprisoned for leading a strike by seamen during the 1950s.

[7] At the same time, Pollak became a vegan and an animal rights activist; years later he would state that "racism, chauvinism, sexism, speciesism all come from the same place of belittling the other".

[9] Pollak was struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier in April 2005; he briefly lost consciousness and required stitches.

[10] In October 2010, Pollak was fined $1,250 for participating in an illegal demonstration against the barrier; Palestinian activist Abdullah Abu Rahma was sentenced to a year in prison at the same hearing.

A prison term for illegal assembly was an unusually severe sentence, attributed by one official to Pollak's three previous convictions on protest-related charges.

Pollak was released from prison in February 2011 after having his sentence reduced for good behavior, and returned to demonstrating at the Palestinian village of Nabi Salih within the week.

[5] On 27 February 2018, a criminal complaint was filed against three activists in the organization Anarchists Against the Fence; Jonathan Pollak, Kobi Snitz, and Ilan Schleif.