The Latest on the sentencing of Palestinian teenage protester Ahed Tamimi (all times local):8:50 p.m.An Israeli military court has sentenced Palestinian teenage protest icon Ahed Tamimi to eight months in prison for slapping and kicking two soldiers after a plea bargain was reached. Tamimi’s family says she was upset because a 15-year-old cousin had earlier been seriously wounded in clashes with Israeli troops. The lawyer for Palestinian teenage protest leader Ahed Tamimi says she has reached a plea bargain with Israeli military prosecutors that will have her client serve eight months in prison for slapping and kicking a pair of Israeli soldiers. Tamimi was arrested last December after video surfaced of her kicking the soldiers outside her West Bank home. The case has made Ahed Tamimi a Palestinian hero.

Source: National Post March 21, 2018 18:45 UTC