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Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

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 Dozens of major American actors, athletes, musicians, scholars, and political figures signed a statement published Monday by American human rights group, Dream Defenders, calling for the release of Ahed Tamimi. Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine February 12, 2018

Israeli soldiers arrest Jamil Barghouti while protesting outside Ofer Military Court in support of the Tamimi women, December 28, 2017. (Courtesy of PSCC)

Israel arrests three leading Palestinian activists in West Bank

Israeli forces arrest Manal Tamimi, Jamil Barghouti, and Munther Amira, three prominent activists in the nonviolent struggle against the occupation. By Yael Marom The Israeli army arrested a number of prominent activists in the Palestinian popular struggle over the past few days, during protests against President Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem, and the arrests of members…

By +972 Magazine December 29, 2017

Solidarity vigil outside the Ministry of Defense in protest of the arrest of the women of the Tamimi family. December 24, 2017. (Haim Schwarczenberg)

Israeli activists stage vigil to release the Tamimi women

16-year-old Ahed, her 20-year-old cousin Nur, and her mother, Nariman, have been in prison for nearly a week. Activists in Tel Aviv say the vigil is meant to remind the Israeli public of the reality of the occupation. Activists from the Coalition of Women for Peace staged a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Defense…

By +972 Magazine December 25, 2017

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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, April 21, 2017. (Flash90)

Nabi Saleh is where I lost my Zionism

By the time I began going to Nabi Saleh, I had spent about four years reporting on what I saw in the West Bank and Gaza, watching detachedly as my politics moved ever leftward. What I witnessed in that small West Bank village was the last straw. A short video of 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapping…

By Lisa Goldman December 24, 2017

Palestinians cross Qalandiya checkpoint, outside of the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 9, 2017, on the second Friday of Ramadan. (Flash90)

There is no such thing as a ‘good soldier’ at a checkpoint

Those who believe it is possible to maintain an occupation without violence are wrong. The case of Ahed Tamimi illustrates why. By Orly Noy Israelis often claim that a soldier with the right moral education can operate a checkpoint without violating anyone’s rights. Many in Israeli media have made this claim with regard to the two…

By Orly Noy December 21, 2017

Border Police officers take Ahed Tamimi from her home in Nabi Saleh for interrogation, after she was filmed slapping and kicking IDF soldiers. (YouTube screenshot)

Army arrests Palestinian teen for hurting soldiers’ masculinity

How one IDF raid turned a Palestinian teenager into a heroine overnight. By Yael Marom The IDF Spokesperson was clearly excited to publish the details of a complicated military operation that took place Tuesday morning: under the cover of darkness, Israeli Border Police broke into the Tamimi family’s home and arrested 17-year-old Ahed, taking her in for…

By +972 Magazine December 19, 2017

Members of the Tamimi family prevent an Israeli solider from arresting Mohammed Tamimi, 12, during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (Muhannad Saleem/Activestills.org)

In Nabi Saleh, an occupier’s sense of entitlement

The response in Israel to an attempted arrest of a minor in the West Bank village has been fierce yet predictable. Wrapped up in outraged reactions to the treatment of the soldier himself, however, is Israel’s bruised sense of entitlement. An Israeli soldier’s attempted arrest of a Palestinian minor in Nabi Saleh last Friday, and…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland September 2, 2015

An Israeli soldier holding Mohammed Tamimi, 12, in a headlock during a demonstration in Nabi Saleh, August 28, 2015. (Karam Saleem)

WATCH: Palestinian women and children prevent arrest of minor in Nabi Saleh

An Israeli soldier attempts to detain a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during a demonstration in the West Bank village. His mother and sister make sure that doesn’t happen. See update below. The weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh took a particularly violent turn on Friday after an Israeli soldier tried to detain 12-year-old Mohammed Tamimi,…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland August 29, 2015