Palestinian activist Ahed al-Tamimi leaves the Israeli prison

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by Erin Cunningham July 29 at 2:49 pm Email the author

NABI SALEH, West Bank – The young Palestinian activist Ahed al-Tamimi was released From an Israeli prison Sunday, after serving an eight-month sentence of indictment and inducement, he arrived home in the honor of a hero.

Tamimi, whose arrest in December drew the attention of the international community, kissed parents in tears as a crowd of supporters jostled for selfies with the film. teenager. Israeli authorities also released his mother, Nariman, who served a similar sentence for incitement to hatred

Mother and daughter were charged by an Israeli military court after a video of the teenage girl curly hair. has become viral on Facebook. Her mother was arrested shortly after posting the images on social media.

Tamimi, 17, soon became a powerful symbol of the Palestinian protest movement, his image adorning murals and posters around the globe

[Israelis call her ‘Shirley Temper.’ Palestinians call her a hero.]

. West Bank, Nabi Saleh, activists and residents have been holding weekly protests since 2009, when Jewish settlers confiscated part of Nabi Saleh's lands, including a source that served as a source of water.

Ahed al-Tamimi comes out of an armored military vehicle released from an Israeli jail on Sunday. (Nbader Shiyoukhi / AP)

Israeli troops and border police clashed with demonstrators, firing tear gas, arresting stone throwers and imposing curfews. Israel says security measures around Nabi Saleh, which has about 500 residents, and other areas are needed to prevent the kind of attacks that Palestinians have recently perpetrated in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

arrested in December, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that the teenager and his parents "would not escape what they deserve" and that anyone "wild during the day would be stopped at night."

A few hours after she was released from prison, Tamimi said Sunday – sitting in her home's yard – that she "knew for a long time" that she would be arrested for "choosing this path". Opposition to the Israeli occupation. His eight-month sentence was the result of a plea agreement reached to avoid a lengthy trial, said his lawyer.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since it captured the land in a 1967 war. Over the decades, it has built many settlements that crisscross the lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state, including in places like Nabi Saleh, which borders the Israeli Halamish outpost.

While she was talking to reporters, Tamimi's blond curls were falling on her. Black and white check scarf, long emblem of Palestinian nationalism. His face was pale and his eyes bloodshot. Nationalist songs have sprung from speakers, including one written especially for her.

"Despite the gentleness of your hands, your hands have shaken the world," the words say. "Your hands gave the slap to the occupier and gave the nation esteem."

But a dark Tamimi recognized that "life in prison was very difficult."

"Whoever also chooses this way should be prepared to spend"

[A viral video of an Israeli soldier trying to arrest a Palestinian boy says a lot]

The Israelis nicknamed Tamimi "Shirley Temper" for his curls and his repeated confrontations with the Israeli soldiers, but the officials considered him As a dangerous provocateur, Israel's Times of Israel newspaper on Sunday said "Private Ahed Tamimi" was released from prison.

But rights groups said Sunday that his arrest highlighted the Israeli practice of detention of Palestinian minors: military justice system in the West Bank According to statistics published by the Israeli rights group B & # Tselem this month, 291 Palestinian minors were detained in Israeli jails as security detainees and prisoners.

"Ahed Tamimi was released, but only after serving an unjust sentence. Saleh Higazi, head of the Amnesty International office in Jerusalem, said in a statement: "The release of Ahed Tamimi should not overshadow the familiar and continuing history of the Israeli army. using Ms. Higazi, who described her arrest as "a blatant attempt by the Israeli authorities to intimidate those who dare to defy the brutal repression underway by the occupation forces".

Tamimi's father, Bbadem, said he could not describe how happy he was to see his wife and daughter at home.