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JERUSALEM – A Palestinian teenager who became an icon of international protest after being filmed slapping Israeli soldiers was greeted by a crowd of supporters Sunday after being released from prison. Israel's 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi was greeted by Palestinian banners, applause and flags as she entered her occupied Nabi Saleh village in the West Bank after spending eight months in an Israeli prison for stalling the work and attacked Israeli soldiers. Tamimi wiped her tears as she and her parents, Bassem and Nariman Tamimi, were surrounded by journalists and sympathizers.
Tamimi was arrested with her mother in December in front of two Israeli soldiers outside her house, slapping and beating them to leave. Nariman filmed the incident and put it online where he quickly became viral and turned his daughter into a symbol of resistance to the Israeli occupation.
But in Israel, it is considered by many to be provocative, irritating or threatening the deterrence policy of the army. this type of terrorists, "said Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Uri Ariel on Sunday, saying Israel should" treat harshly those who beat its soldiers, "he added.
In January, Israeli Minister Michael Oren elicited outrage after admitting that the Tamimis had been the subject of a classified investigation to find out if they were actually "light". "Actors and not a real family.
Dozens of Palestinians were waiting for Tamimi's release at the Jbara checkpoint in the West Bank just after 9:00 am (2:00 am ET). A little later, in Nabi Saleh, supporters welcomed his house with Palestinian flags planted on the roof of his house
"I am very happy, but my happiness will be complete when all prisoners are released," said Tamimi.
Before returning to his village, Tamimi met with Palestinian officials and visited the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
The teenager was 16 years old when she was arrested and had 17 years in police custody. His case drew attention to the detention of Palestinian minors by Israel, a practice criticized by international rights groups.
"The imprisonment of a child for eight months – for calling for demonstrations and hitting a soldier – reflects endemic discrimination" tweeted Omar Shakir the Israeli and Palestinian director of Human Rights Watch in New York
"Ahed Tamimi is free, but hundreds of Palestinian children remain locked up with little attention to their belongings," he added.
Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem during the 1967 war against Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip ten years ago but with Egypt blocking the territory, which is now led by Hamas.
Palestinians are increasingly disappointed with efforts to establish a state in these territories after more than two decades. failure of negotiations with Israel.
Arabs in East Jerusalem and the West Bank often have the impression that Israel is deliberately expelling Palestinians from their homes. From 1967 to 2016, about 200 Jewish settlements sheltering about 600,000 people were built on occupied land, according to the Israeli human rights organization B & Tselem.
There are about 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank.
Lawahez Jabari brought back from Jerusalem; Saphora Smith brought back from London.
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