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NABI SALEH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (AFP) – Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi said Monday (July 30) she was still alive, but does not regret any of her actions.
Tamimi, who was 16 when she was arrested in West Bank, was released Sunday (July 29) and swarmed by media from across the globe.
In an interview with the day after her release, the now 17-year-old told AFP that she understood it had become a "symbol" of the Palestinian cause.
"Of course my life has been changed. in prison, "said Tamimi.
" I was more focused, more aware of the age of death in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh .
Asked if she would have done the same thing if she knew it would land her behind bars for months , she said yes.
She pointed to the circumstances in which the soldiers had entered into the world.
"I did not do anything wrong that I should regret, "she said.
" If I would have known it would be in jail, I would have done it because it was a natural reaction to a house shooting at people, people from my village, "she said."
"Any person in this situation – I hit him, maybe there were people who would have killed him."
in the area to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones at the Israeli motorists.
Tamimi said she was a victim of war crimes. to study the issue of Israel's occupation to the res
Israel has long been said to have been manipulated by her parents – longtime activists – and used as pawns in staged provocations.
When she was only 14, a picture of her biting a soldier.
"My family never exploited me once," she said.
"I am mature enough and I know the cause. I know the consequences that will stem from choosing this path. I am not a child. "
Tamimi and her mother were sentenced to an Israeli military court in a plea deal following the December incident, which was recorded and went viral online.
It led Palestinians to view the teenager as a hero standing up to Israel's occupation
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