Israel Arrests Italians Who Painted Mural Of Jailed Palestinian Teen

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Israeli border cops apprehended 2 Italians and a Palestinian on suspicion of painting Ahed TamimiJerusalem: Israeli forces have arrested two
Italians for drawing a huge mural of a Palestinian teenager viewed as a sign of resistance on the separation wall in the occupied West Bank,
cops said.The approximately four-metre (13 foot) image near Bethlehem in the West Bank depicts Ahed Tamimi, 17, who was launched from jail
Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping 2 Israeli soldiers, an episode recorded on video.On Saturday, Israeli border authorities
apprehended 2 Italians and a Palestinian on suspicion of damaging and vandalising the security fence in the Bethlehem location, a
statement said.The three, whose faces were masked, unlawfully made use of the wall, and when border cops did something about it to arrest
them, they tried to get away in their vehicle, which was dropped in the forces, the statement said.On Wednesday, a man drawing the mural
had actually determined himself as Italian street artist Jorit Agoch.A message was published to a Facebook page under his name stating he
had actually been arrested and advocating help.On Sunday morning the three were still being held by Israeli forces.At the same time, Tamimi
and her mother Nariman were taken from the Sharon prison inside Israel to their house village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank after
serving their sentences.Palestinians see Tamimi as a sign of resistance to Israeli occupation of the West Bank.For Israelis, Tamimi is being
utilized by her activist family as a pawn in staged provocations.The separation wall cutting the West Bank off from Israel is filled with
graffiti in assistance of the Palestinian cause.Secretive British street artist Banksy is amongst those who have actually painted on the
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