INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ahed Tamimi was detained in the early hours of December 19, 4 days after the incidentJerusalem, Undefined: Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi
left jail Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping 2 Israeli soldiers, an episode caught on video that made her a symbol of
resistance for Palestinians, a jail service spokesman said.Assaf Librati told AFP Tamimi, 17, and her mom, who was likewise imprisoned over
the event, were being driven by Israeli authorities from a jail inside Israel to a checkpoint resulting in the occupied West Bank, where
They simply left the jail, Librati said.They were anticipated to reach a checkpoint near the Palestinian city of Tulkarm in the occupied
West Bank.Both were sentenced to 8 months in an Israeli military court following a plea offer over the December event which the Tamimi
household stated occurred in their yard in Nabi Saleh in the West Bank.Video of it went viral, leading Palestinians to see her as a hero
withstanding Israel's occupation.Her now-familiar image has been painted on Israel's separation wall cutting off the West Bank, Palestinian
president Mahmud Abbas has actually applauded her and social networks has been flooded with support.But for Israelis, Tamimi is being
utilized by her activist family as a pawn in staged provocations.They indicate a series of previous such events involving her, with older
images of her confronting soldiers extensively shared online.Many Israelis likewise praised the restraint of the soldiers, who stayed calm
throughout, though others stated her actions merited a harder response.Tamimi was apprehended in the early hours of December 19, four days
She was 16 at the time.Her mom Nariman was likewise detained, as was her cousin Nour.(Except for the heading, this story has actually not
been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is released from a syndicated feed.)
