Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 25 April 2018 Ahed Tamimi’s lawyer called for an investigation into sexual harassment during the teenager’s interrogation. (Oren Ziv, ActiveStills) Israeli lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich published a tweet on 21 April calling for a Palestinian child … Continue reading
Jan 30, 2018 — Dear friend, Tomorrow, 31 January, Ahed Tamimi, the imprisoned Palestinian teen, is turning 17. Unfortunately, due to the Israeli settler colonial occupation, she will be marking her birthday behind bars in HaSharon prison awaiting a military … Continue reading
Ben Caspit, from his twitter feed Jonathan Ofir, Mondoweiss, December 26, 2017 Prominent Israeli journalist Ben Caspit caused international furor last week, when he wrote in his Maariv article that “in the case of the girls, we should exact a … Continue reading
On December 18, 2017, in the middle of the night the Israeli army burst into the Tamimi family home and arrested 16-year-old girl, Ahed Tamimi. They beat her father, mother, older and younger brothers and confiscated the families laptops, phones … Continue reading
Ahed Tamimi in court 17 January 2018 (Oren Ziv, Activestills) B’Tselem, 17 January 2018 Remand in custody – even of minors – is part of the routine of oppression that Israel employs against Palestinians, with the full backing of the … Continue reading
CODEPINK After a video of Ahed confronting Israeli soldiers outside her house went viral, she was arrested in the middle of the night. Overnight, she became a hero for young women throughout the world. Israel wants her case to … Continue reading
Friends of Sabeel-North America (FOSNA), 5/11/20 From Palestine to Turtle Island (North America) settler colonialism continues to exploit land and natural resources to the detriment of indigenous communities. To commemorate Nakba Day, when 700,000 Palestinians were violently displaced from their … Continue reading
I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism in my country – now it must happen again, for the Palestinian people Relatives of 12-year-old Faris Hafez al-Sarasawi at his funeral. He was killed … Continue reading