She briefly gestured to relatives in the back of the room before the judge ordered everyone out except her family. She has been in detention since her arrest December 19, four days after she was filmed confronting the soldiers outside her West Bank home. The high-profile trial of Tamimi, one of an estimated 300 Palestinian minors in Israeli jails, has become the latest arena for the long-running battle between Palestinians and Israelis over global public opinion. Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in 1967, lands Palestinians seek for a future state. In his decision, the judge, Lt. Col. Menachem Lieberman, said the trial would remain closed for Tamimi’s own protection.

Source: Egypt Independent February 13, 2018 12:22 UTC