Israel is expelling two Italian artists who drew a large mural of Palestinian resistance icon and teen, Ahed Tamimi, on the illegal Separation Wall in occupied Bethlehem. The pair had been detained on Saturday and the Interior Ministry decided to revoke their tourist visas and gave them 72 hours to leave the country. A Palestinian man who had been arrested with the Italians was released. The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday […]
Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian girl jailed for slapping an Israeli soldier and an icon of resistance against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, was released on Sunday after eight months. Tamimi, who was 16 at the time of her detention, vowed to continue her struggle against the Israeli occupation. "I will continue my university tuition and I will study law so that I can address the cause of my country […]
Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi will be released from an Israeli prison this Sunday, the Israel Prisons Services confirmed on Thursday. Ahed will be released along with her mother Nariman at the Jabara checkpoint near the Palestinian city of Tulkarem. Ahed has been in an Israeli prison since December for slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank town of Nabi Saleeh. After their release, Ahed and her […]
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi could be released on Sunday, her father told the Anadolu Agency. Basem Tamimi said Ahed’s release is scheduled for August 19, but he expects her to be allowed out of Israeli jail this weekend. He explained: “The Israeli authorities usually do not inform the detainee or his family of the date of his release, but I think she will get a decision” to reduce her detention […]
The family of Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager who garnered international attention after being detained and sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping an Israeli soldier, released on Monday footage of the 17-year-old girl being interrogated by Israeli officers in the days following the arrest. Because she is a minor, Israeli authorities are required to hand over excerpts of footage of interrogations to Tamimi's lawyer upon request. Her family […]
Despite global calls for Ahed Tamimi to be released from prison, some pro-Palestinian activists believe the eight month sentence handed down is a victory for the fearless young Palestinian activist. Ahed was arrested on 18 December last year after she was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier on the steps of her home in Nabi Saleh village in the occupied West Bank. Ahed had defended her home after an […]
By Fadi Quran The Israeli military was forced to give in and drop 8 of the charges against Ahed as part of a plea bargain, in which Ahed recognized in court the fact that she slapped the soldier and called for protests. In return, Ahed will get the minimum sentence of 8 months instead of spending at least 3 years in prison based on what the military prosecutor was initially […]
Ahed Tamimi, the teenage Palestinian girl who was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, accepted a plea deal on Wednesday under which she will be sentenced to eight months in prison, her lawyer said. Tamimi, 17, became a hero to Palestinians after the 15 December incident outside her home in the village of Nabi Saleh was streamed live on Facebook by her mother and […]
The trials of a prominent Palestinian teen activist and her mother have begun behind closed doors after an Israeli military judge banned media from entering the court. Ahed Tamimi, 17, was arrested in December after a video of her slapping and hitting two Israeli officials outside of her house in the village of Nabi Saleh went viral. Her mother, Nariman, was arrested soon after. Court proceedings began on Tuesday at […]
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