Israel releases Palestinian Ahed Tamimi from jail
Israel released from prison on Sunday Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi who was jailed late last year after she was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank.
Tamimi, 17, became a heroine to Palestinians after the Dec. 15 incident outside her home in the village of Nabi Saleh was streamed live on Facebook by her mother and went viral. She was 16 at the time.
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She faced 12 charges, including aggravated assault, and in March plead guilty to a reduced charge sheet that included assault. She was sentenced to eight months in jail.
Israeli soldiers unlawfully arrested Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi last December. In her previous trial, the court decided to hold Ahed's trial behind closed doors and rejected the request that her trial be open to the public on the basis that it was in her “best interest.” Israel detains hundreds of children like Ahed every year for no apparent reason.
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An Israel Prison Service spokesman said Tamimi had left the Sharon prison and was enroute to the West Bank, where her family are veterans of protests against an Israeli settlement near their home.
Palestinians want the West Bank for a future state, along with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Most countries consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be illegal, something Israel disputes.