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 […]
Dozens of men - young and old - from the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh lined the entrance of the morgue at Ramallah Hospital. All were waiting to catch a glimpse of 21-year-old Ezzaddin Abd El Hafeezh Tamimi, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning, during an Israeli military raid on Nabi Saleh, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank. Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack told Middle […]
At 3am, Mohammed Tamimi woke up to loud screaming and banging on his family's front door. While still in his bed, his bedroom door flung open and he saw Israeli soldiers coming towards him, with his father in tow. He knew he was just about to be arrested. The Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, is well versed in night raids by Israeli […]
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 […]
Ahed Tamimi will be detained until Monday as she is refusing to speak with Israeli officers who are trying to interrogate her, according to an Israeli military court. The 17 year old Palestinian from Nabi Saleh village was arrested on Tuesday, after a video of her confronting an Israeli occupation soldier made headlines around the world. Her mother Narriman, who was also arrested when she visited her daughter at the […]
Israeli forces on Tuesday detained a 16-year-old Palestinian girl during an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank. Ahed al-Tamimi was taken into custody after Israeli forces raided her home in Nabi Saleh village in the northern West Bank, her father said. "A large Israeli force raided our house at dawn and arrested Ahed while she was sleeping in her bed," Basem al-Tamimi told Anadolu Agency. "Israeli forces have beaten […]
By Tasneem Adams “We believe that the bullet that doesn’t kill you, will make you stronger. If you want to be a journalist you have to remember that your camera is your weapon. It’s stronger than a weapon as it tells the truth!” You’d be woefully mistaken by thinking this is just another sound bite from a seasoned journalist with years of experience in the trenches. Instead, these resolute words […]
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