Palestinian Resistance Heroine (17) After Eight Months Off Overseas

17-year-old Ahed Tamimi became a heroine for Palestinians after the December 15 incident outside her house in Nabi Saleh village in the occupied West Bank. It was broadcast live on Facebook by his mother.

The images show how women and a parent seek confrontation with Israeli soldiers. The teenager hits one of the men in the face. She praised and criticized him: in the Arab media, she was portrayed as a symbol of resistance against the Israeli authorities. Critics consider it provocative.

Israeli border police on Saturday arrested two Italian graffiti artists who made a large mural of prisoner Tamimi. They did it on the wall of the border in Bethlehem. A Palestinian who was with them was also arrested, the Palestinian authorities report