An Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an injured Palestinian was freed from prison on Tuesday, the army said, after spending nine months behind bars. Elor Azaria was initially sentenced to 18 months in prison for the killing of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron in March 2016. He began serving his sentence on August 9. The army's chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot […]
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 […]
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