Ahed Tamimi free after eight months of detention



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In the arms of her family and many supporters, the teenager collapses. Ahed Tamimi is finally free after eight months in prison. The first words of the 17-year-old Palestinian leave no doubt, she will not let go. " My joy will be incomplete until all prisoners are released, and I hope everyone will follow this path of resistance ," said Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian activist. Last December, Ahed Tamimi was arrested in the middle of the night in her West Bank village occupied for 50 years by Israel.

She is accused of badaulting two Israeli soldiers as can be seen on this video, filmed and published by her mother in the yard of their house. At that time, the girl then aged 16 is not unknown to the military. She is already an icon of Palestinian protest since she was eleven years old. She is always on the front line of the demonstrations. For many Israelis, the teenager would be exploited by her parents in an image war between Israel and Palestine.

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