Nine months ago, before the slap across an Israeli soldier’s cheek that changed her life, the world knew little of Ahed Tamimi. Now the 17-year-old is a cause célèbre, her full head of curly blonde hair recognisable on “Free Ahed” posters from Toronto to Tokyo. In the Palestinian territories, she is revered. In Israel, she […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank — “The Tale of the Secret of Oil,” a new book for young readers, was launched this September at the Mahmoud Darwish museum in Ramallah, but unlike most book launches, the author, Walid Daqqa, was conspicuously absent. He wrote the book in prison, where he has been since 1986. “The Tale of the Secret of Oil” is Daqqa’s first […]

Palestinian youth activist Waed Tamimi, 21, the older brother of Ahed Tamimi and part of the grassroots anti-colonial indigenous land defense and resistance movement in the village of Nabi Saleh, was sentenced to 14 months in Israeli prison on 23 August 2018. In addition to the 14-month sentence, he was fined 7,000 NIS ($1,929 USD) and ordered […]

Many concerned friends of Mustapha Awad and supporters of Palestine have been worried about him and his whereabouts for weeks. The situation is highly troubling – he has been in Israeli occupation custody, under harsh interrogation for 20 out of the 24 hours of the day. Today, he remains imprisoned by the Israeli occupation. The […]

Jerusalem (AFP) – Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi left prison Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video that made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians, a prison service spokesman said. Assaf Librati told AFP Tamimi, 17, and her mother, who was also jailed over the incident, were […]

After their release, Ahed and her mother will hold a press conference at the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, which is slated for demolition by Israeli forces. Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi, who has been held in an Israeli prison for slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank town of Nabi Saleh, […]

Tamimi, 17, spent eight months in Israeli prison ■ Abbas calls Tamimi ‘role model for Palestinian struggle for liberty’ ■ Erdogan called to congratulate her as well Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenager convicted of assaulting an Israeli soldier, was released on Sunday morning after serving her sentence of eight months. “The resistance will continue until […]

At least 63 Palestinian women are being held in Israeli prisons, including journalists and mothers. Two-year-old Yahya followed his mother Lama Khater to the front door of their house in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, trying to leave with her as she was arrested by at least 25 Israeli soldiers. Khater paused, then knelt down […]

After more than half a century of occupation, most Israelis can no longer imagine themselves in the place of the Palestinians. But if we cannot imagine what it is like to live under occupation, we must at least confront its brutal reality.  Twenty years ago, in March 1998, the head of the Labor Party Ehud […]

International support for detained Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar is continuing to grow. The leftist, feminist Palestinian leader and advocate for political prisoners has been jailed by Israel without charge or trial for a year. The Israeli military recently ordered her to another four months of administrative detention, an extension awaiting approval by an occupation military court. 275 […]