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Bassem Tamimi speaks in front of a poster showing his daughter Ahed at his home in Nabi Saleh
PALESTINIAN schoolgirl Ahed Tamimi will appear in an occupation military court tomorrow for slapping Israeli troops where she faces 10 years in jail.
Her hearing at the Ofer Israeli army court in the occupied West Bank takes place two days after the occupation forces declared her home village of Nabi Saleh a “closed military zone,” blocking routes in and out and attacking a protest there.
The village, north of Ramallah, was closed off before a planned demonstration against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s claim to Jerusalem as its capital.
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
