Posts Tagged ‘tamimi’

Hassan Nasrallah Pays Tribute to Ahed Tamimi; NBC News Calls it the ‘Slap Heard ‘Round the World’

Posted on March 11, 2018  by Richard Edmondson It’s a strange world we live in, to be sure. You wouldn’t think NBC News and Hassan Nasrallah would ever, in a million years, find any common ground. But in the video above we see the Secretary General of Hezbollah paying tribute to 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi, referring to her […]

Israel Claims Shooting Victim Mohammad Tamimi Hurt Himself on His Bike

Now, Israel suddenly cleared itself in the incident, saying they learned through a “confession” (For years, Israel has demanded/extracted confessions from Palestinian children accused of crimes, but the papers they are asked to sign are always in Hebrew, translators not included) that the boy smashed his head on his bicycle. Israel’s desperate propagandists who apparently […]

Ahed Tamimi: One story, multiple narratives

Palestinians in the Occupied Territories are among the most watched people on the planet. They’re under the constant gaze of Israeli soldiers. But in the Israeli media, Palestinians aren’t as visible as you might think. And when they do attract news coverage, there’s a perception issue. Too often they’re framed as problems – security problems for the most […]

wasanThe Palestinian olive tree and Ahed Tamimi

If you pull out an olive tree from my land, I’ll plant a hundred olive trees in return, and that’s my heroic motto. After my father’s release from the Negev prison in 1988, our family, friends, and neighbors had a huge celebration welcoming him home.  He spent a few months as a political prisoner in […]

Mohammad Tamimi: ‘They beat me into confessing’

Mohammad Tamimi, 15, was shot point-blank in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet following a protest in the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank in December. The bullet, considered by Israel as a “non-lethal weapon” in the West Bank, entered his face below his nose and lodged into the back of […]

Exclusive interview with Ahed Tamimi

A famous international journalist interviewed Ahed Tamimi about her hardships and aspirations living under occupation. During the interview, it became clear why her subjugators are trying to silence her voice. Source Article from http://daysofpalestine.com/post/10910/exclusive-interview-with-ahed-tamimi

In fit of mendacity, Israeli official claims Mohammed Tamimi, 15, was not hit in the head by a bullet

The Israeli army is using all means to avenge itself on the Tamimis and Nabi Saleh for their resilience and resistance, epitomized by the imprisoned girl Ahed Tamimi who slapped a soldier.   Yesterday morning, before dawn, Israeli soldiers raided the occupied village of Nabi Saleh and detained 10 members of the extended Tamimi family […]

Israeli military detains 10 members of Tamimi family, including cousin they previously shot in the face

     In the middle of the night on Monday, around 3 a.m., the Israeli military raided the central occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in full force, a common occurrence for the village’s internationally-recognized residents, the Tamimi family, who have seen several family members – a large portion of them minors – arrested from […]

Israeli forces detain 10 members of Tamimi family, including teenager previously shot in the face

In the middle of the night on Monday, around 3 a.m., the Israeli military raided the central occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in full force, a common occurrence for the village’s internationally-recognized residents, the Tamimi family, who have seen several family members — a large portion of them minors — arrested from the […]

Seriously injured 15yo cousin of Ahed Tamimi arrested by Israeli soldiers (VIDEO)

Haaretz reports that Muhammad Tamimi was among 10 Palestinians, including five minors, taken from his bed in the middle of the night in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Tamimi was seriously injured on December 15, 2017 when he was struck in the head by a rubber bullet fired by an Israeli soldier. Tamimi’s […]

Sarah Silverman stands by Ahed Tamimi: ‘Do you wonder where her rage comes from?’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/02/13/im-ahed-tamimis-cousin-israel-needs-to-stop-imprisoning-kids-like-her/?utm_term=.02b46b35333a “I’m Ahed Tamimi’s cousin. Israel needs to stop imprisoning kids like her.” By Nour Tamimi February 13 Washington Post Nour Tamimi is a journalism student and activist from Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank. “I had barely fallen asleep when I woke to find an armed Israeli soldier hovering over my bed. He […]

A plea for Ahed Tamimi’s protection

The Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick of Che Guevara black and red portrait fame has done it again: He has painted a minimalist poster of another iconic leader of her people and of a worldwide liberation movement, this time of an oppressed child who had slapped power with her bare  truth. When I read his rationale […]

‘Great Concern’: Chile Calls on israel to Release Ahed #Tamimi

‘Great Concern’: Chile Calls on Israel to Release Ahed Tamimi The Palestinian Federation in Chile calls for Ahed Tamimi’s freedom: ‘Will Chile say something?’ (Photo: via Twitter) Amid a campaign by the large local Palestinian community, the Chilean government expressed Friday its “great concern” over the case of Palestinian iconic teen Ahed Tamimi, who is […]

Journalists, diplomats kicked out of Ahed #Tamimi’s trial

Despite Ahed Tamimi’s request for her trial to be open to the public, military judge rules that it will take place behind closed doors. By Oren Ziv Ahed Tamimi during the first hearing of her trial at the Ofer prison military court. February 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) Dozens of diplomats, journalists, photographers, and supporters arrived at the […]

Why the Experience of Ahed #Tamimi Matters So Much

Why the Experience of Ahed Tamimi Matters So Much It is now known by virtually everyone who follows the Palestinian struggle that a 16 year old girl, now 17, named Ahed Tamimi, confronted Israeli soldiers on her family’s land shortly after her cousin, Mohammed, was shot in the face with a rubber bullet, causing a […]

Ahed Tamimi remains in Israeli prison as "trial" adjourned

Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 13 February 2018 Bassem Tamimi sits in Ahed Tamimi’s bedroom holding a poster of his daughter, in their home in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, 28 January. Ahed’s trial in an Israeli military court began on 13 February. Sara Lemel DPA More than two dozen prominent US […]

UN Slams israel for Jailing Ahed #Tamimi

UN Slams Israel for Jailing Ahed Tamimi Michael Lynk: ‘Israel detains and prosecutes between 500 to 700 Palestinian children in military courts annually.’ (Photo: MEMO) Israel is violating the international Convention on the Rights of the Child by detaining a Palestinian teenager for slapping an Israeli soldier, UN human rights experts said on Tuesday. After […]

‘Israel must release Ahed Tamimi,’ Amnesty International says

Amnesty International called for Israeli occupation authorities “to immediately release teenage Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi,” a statement said on Monday. The statement said that Tamimi’s “continued detention is a desperate attempt to intimidate Palestinian children who dare to stand up to repression by occupying forces.” It added: “Ahed Tamimi’s trial is due to start tomorrow […]

Israeli military court to try Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi

Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi is to go on trial before Israeli military court on Tuesday for slapping and punching two heavily armed Israeli soldiers in courtyard of her house. The act of slapping and punching heavily armed Israeli soldiers embodies David vs Goliath struggle against a brutal military occupation. Israel’s full-throttle prosecution of Tamimi, 16, […]

Prominent actors, musicians, and authors demand Ahed #Tamimi’s release

Prominent actors, musicians, and authors demand Ahed Tamimi’s release Danny Glover, Rosario Dawson, Cornel West, Angela Davis and others sign letter demanding Israel release the 17-year-old Palestinian from custody.  By +972 Magazine Staff Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills) Dozens of major American actors, athletes, musicians, scholars, and […]

Turkish minister meets father of Ahed Tamimi jailed by Israel

The Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports met on Wednesday with father of Palestinian girl Ahed al-Tamimi, who was abducted from her bed by Israeli security forces last year. Osman Askin Bak met with al-Tamimi’s father Basim during his visit to Palestine. The Turkish minister told Anadolu Agency that he delivered the Turkish people and […]

‘Death to Ahed Tamimi’: Israeli settlers vandalize Nabi Saleh

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — On Thursday night, when residents of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank were sound asleep in their homes, Israeli settlers crept through the village’s streets, vandalizing walls with graffiti threatening jailed teen activist Ahed Tamimi and her family. Some of the graffiti reads: “Death to Ahed Tamimi,” “There’s no […]

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb: Ahed Tamimi right to slap a soldier after years of trauma & assaults

     The Jewish political map is far from a monolith. Anti-Zionist, pro-Palestinian lefty Jews have gained prominence and attention due to public relation successes on the international arena as well as the Netanyahu government’s escalation of anti-Democratic legislation, targeting of human rights’ groups, persecution and expulsion of African refugees, and its endorsement and collaboration with […]

Sick society: Israeli lawmaker tells BBC he’d hospitalize Ahed Tamimi by kicking her face

     Israeli lawmaker Oren Hazan of the Likud Party was interviewed by the BBC on Wednesday, in a news report about Ahed Tamimi titled “Is a slap an act of terror?”. Hazan opined that “a slap is terrorism” and described his response: “If I was there, she would finish in the hospital. For sure. Nobody […]

Four Days in Palestine: My Time with Bassem Tamimi by Miko Peled

My own daughter is one year younger than Ahed. I would lose my mind, I think to myself — but I never lived under military rule, under occupation, so I don’t know how to keep my composure when facing this sort of thing. After about an hour I see the camera crews starting to come […]

Israeli lawmaker tells BBC he’d put Ahed Tamimi ‘in the hospital’ by kicking her face

Israeli lawmaker Oren Hazan of the Likud Party was interviewed by the BBC on Wednesday, in a news report about Ahed Tamimi  titled “Is a slap an act of terror?”. Hazan opined that “a slap is terrorism” and described his response: “If I was there, she would finish in the hospital. For sure. Nobody could stop me. […]

Worldwide mobilization marks Ahed Tamimi’s 17th birthday

As evening turned to night in New York on January 30, Ahed Tamimi’s seventeenth birthday had already reached its early morning hours in Israel. She, along with a monthly average of 300 fellow child prisoners, entered her late teens isolated behind bars. But she did not spend the day alone. At the height of rush […]

‘They’re trying to punish us through our children’: A report from Nabi Saleh on Ahed Tamimi’s 17th birthday

Driving into the village of Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) have already closed the main gate of entrance. It’s nearly dark and a handful of the village’s youth are still clashing with soldiers in the field beyond the gate. As the soldiers turn their back to […]

‘We are proud of her’: Palestinian teenagers on the importance of Ahed Tamimi

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — Ahed Tamimi, a prominent teen activist, turned 17 on Wednesday in Israel’s HaSharon prison, where she has been held for more than a month. Last month, Israel’s military court in Ofer detention center near Ramallah ruled to keep both Ahed and her mother Nariman in prison until the end of their […]

Israeli Military Court Delays Trial of Ahed Tamimi

An Israeli court has postponed the trial of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi and her mother to 6 February, according to the Palestinian Information Centre. Israel’s Ofer military court, located west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, delayed the trial yesterday that was originally scheduled to take place to tomorrow. Tamimi, a resident of Nabi […]

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