Ewa Jasiewicz is a Polish–British freelance journalist and human and environmental activist. Her activism focuses on anti-capitalism and climate change and has engaged in solidarity campaign in Iraq, Palestine and Syria. She was one of the journalists in the Gaza Strip during the 2008/2009 Israeli attack known as Cast Lead.[1][2]

Education and activism

Ewa Jasiewicz was born in London to an immigrant Polish family of the Anders Army. She was educated in anthropology at the Goldsmith College. After her graduation she went into social work and practices as a freelance journalist. In 2008, she went to the Gaza Strip as a freelance journalist and reported extensively on the 2008/2009 Hamas-Israeli war known as Cast Lead. She reported from Gaza and Iraq and her reports were published in The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Le Monde Diplomatique and The Guardian.[3][4]

On 31 May 2010, Jasiewicz and other human rights activists were attacked on sea by Israeli commandos while travelling to the Gaza Strip in a ship convoy intending to breach the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. She has participated in a number of climate and solidarity activism including No Dash for Gas, Fuel Poverty Action, Witness Syria and Polish Campaign of Solidarity with Palestine. She is an organizer of Unite the Union with migrant and casual workers.[5][6]

Jasiewicz sparked outrage in Poland in 2010 after she and a former Israeli airforce pilot Yonatan Shapira printed "Free Gaza and Palestine" on a wall in the former territory of the Warsaw Ghetto where thousands of Jews were imprisoned and starved to death under Nazis. Jasiewicz described her action as "a small act of unarmed resistance".[7][8]

A group of Israeli activists, academics and artists went on to publish a letter of solidarity with Jasiewicz and Shapira after their action was misrepresented as an attack on a memorial. Jasiewicz also apologised for her actions in a number of public statements.

References

  1. ↑ "She vandalized a Holocaust memorial. Now she teaches about antisemitism". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Liphshiz, Cnaan. "Woman who vandalized Warsaw Ghetto is teaching UK teachers about antisemitism". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Harpin, Lee. "Warsaw Ghetto desecrator did 'very good job' on antisemitism training, insists union boss". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ewa Jasiewicz". Healing Justice London. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ewa Jasiewicz". Energy Live News. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Harpin, Lee. "NEU says members 'requested' Warsaw Ghetto vandaliser for antisemitism sessions". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Harpin, Lee. "'Free Gaza' Warsaw Ghetto vandaliser 'supporting' union antisemitism sessions". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Frazer, Jenni; Cohen, Justin. "Activist who daubed 'Free Palestine' at Warsaw Ghetto quits Momentum panel event". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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