Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager filmed kicking and slapping Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, went on trial on Tuesday in an Israeli military court. Ms Tamimi, who turned 17 while in detention, has become an icon for the Palestinian struggle against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. In a video clip, which quickly went viral, Ms Tamimi is seen kicking, slapping and punching two Israeli soldiers in full combat gear, in her home village of Nabi Saleh, where regular Palestinian protests take place against settlement encroachment. A few days later, Ms Tamimi was arrested in a night-time raid and has since been denied bail. ‘No good expectations’Ms Tamimi’s father, Bassem, said he arrived at the trial “with no good expectations, because this a military court, and it’s part of the Israeli military occupation”.

Source: The Irish Times February 13, 2018 15:33 UTC