Ahed Tamimi

Palestinians participate in the funeral of two-year-old Muhammad Tamimi in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, who died four days after he was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers near the entrance to his home in Nabi Saleh, West Bank, June 6, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘Hamoudi’s gone’: Palestinian village reels after Israeli soldiers kill toddler

After denying responsibility, the IDF admitted its forces shot two-year-old Mohammed Tamimi — the latest Nabi Saleh resident to be killed with impunity.

By Oren Ziv June 7, 2023

Palestinian youth Ahed Tamimi and her mother, Nariman, are welcomed by family and friends in their village, Nabi Saleh, following their release from an Israeli prison after an eight-month sentence, July 29, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

A Palestinian ‘lioness’ sets her record straight

Co-written with Dena Takruri, Ahed Tamimi's memoir spotlights the violent context that was missed by the media's fixation with her slapping of a soldier.

By Sarah Ariyan Sakha November 21, 2022

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO speaks at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado, July 15, 2019. (Michael Faas/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

An Israeli and a Palestinian slap a soldier. Guess who’s still in prison?

A reminder that Israelis and Palestinians who commit the same crime face radically different consequences. Minutes before an Israeli military judge signed off on Ahed Tamimi’s plea deal last week, something unexpected happened inside Israel’s Ofer Military Court. A Jewish Israeli activist rose from the back benches, approached the military prosecutor, slapped him across the…

By Edo Konrad March 25, 2018

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria in court to hear the verdict in his manslaughter trial for shooting an unarmed Palestinian attacker in the head, Janary 4, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

What justice looks like for those who kill Palestinians

Ahed Tamimi was sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping a soldier. Col. Israel Shomer, who shot a Palestinian teenager in the back three times didn’t sit a single day behind bars. Ever since she was arrested in the middle of the night late last December, 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi has been held in Israeli custody. On…

By Yali (Yael) Marom March 22, 2018

Ahed Tamimi is seen before her hearing at Ofer Military Court near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 17, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Ahed Tamimi to spend 8 months in prison in plea deal

The 17-year-old from Nabi Saleh filmed slapping an Israeli soldier has already been imprisoned for three months. Her mother and cousin also sign plea deals. Activist slaps prosecutor in court. By +972 Magazine Staff Ahed Tamimi, the teenager from Nabi Saleh arrested after a video of her attempting to push two armed Israeli soldiers off…

By +972 Magazine March 21, 2018

Israeli forces arrest Munthar Amira during a demonstration in support of Nariman and Ahed Tamimi. Bethlehem, West Bank, December 27, 2017.

Military court sends leading Palestinian nonviolent activist to prison

Munther Amirah is the chairman of the Palestinian Popular Committees in the West Bank. The terms of his sentence will make it impossible for him to continue organizing non-violent protests against the occupation. An Israeli military court sentenced Munther Amirah, one of the leading figures in the Palestinian popular struggle in the West Bank, to…

By Yali (Yael) Marom March 14, 2018

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian man following a house raid in the West Bank city of Hebron September 20, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Military dictatorship requires dehumanization

A top military official dubiously declares that a Palestinian teen shot in the head by Israeli soldiers actually just had a bicycle accident. Welcome to a new era of Palestinian dehumanization. The evidence was there for all to see. Anyone who wanted to know why 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, has only two-thirds of…

By Edo Konrad February 28, 2018

Mohammed Tamimi, 15, was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet by the Israeli army shortly before the video of Ahed and Nur was filmed. (Activestills/Oren Ziv)

The IDF spreads a lie and the Israeli press plays along

Facts show that Mohammed Tamimi was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers. But the facts were not enough for the Israeli army, or the journalists who toe the government line. Let’s start with the facts. On December 15, 2017, 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi sustained a severe head wound during a demonstration in the West Bank…

By Haggai Matar February 27, 2018

Mohammed Tamimi, 15, was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet by the Israeli army shortly before the video of Ahed and Nur was filmed. (Activestills/Oren Ziv)

Months after shattering his skull, IDF arrests teen in pre-dawn raid

Mohammed Tamimi, cousin of Ahed Tamimi, was released several hours later. The Israeli army arrested nine others in Nabi Saleh, and video shows soldiers spraying the village with putrid ‘skunk’ water. By +972 Magazine Staff Israeli soldiers arrested 10 young Palestinians in a pre-dawn raid on the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh early Monday,…

By +972 Magazine February 26, 2018

Ahed Tamimi during the first hearing of her trial at the Ofer prison military court. February 13, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Journalists, diplomats kicked out of Ahed Tamimi’s trial

Despite Ahed Tamimi’s request for her trial to be open to the public, military judge rules that it will take place behind closed doors. By Oren Ziv Dozens of diplomats, journalists, photographers, and supporters arrived at the Ofer Military prison Tuesday morning for the opening hearing in the trial of Ahed Tamimi, the 17 year old from…

By Oren Ziv February 13, 2018

Ahed Tamimi in the Ofer prison military court. December 20, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Prominent actors, musicians, and authors demand Ahed Tamimi’s release

Danny Glover, Rosario Dawson, Cornel West, Angela Davis and others sign letter demanding Israel release the 17-year-old Palestinian from custody. By +972 Magazine Staff Dozens of major American actors, athletes, musicians, scholars, and political figures signed a statement published Monday by American human rights group, Dream Defenders, calling for the release of Ahed Tamimi. Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian…

By +972 Magazine February 12, 2018

African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against deportation in front of the Rwandan Embassy, Herzeliya, January 22, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Campaign for refugees a rare reminder of our collective morality

The campaign to stop the deportation of the asylum seekers is an encouraging reminder that Israeli society’s collective conscience has not yet totally disappeared. It is impossible not to gaze in astonishment at the Israeli public’s overwhelming mobilization for asylum seekers under threat of deportation. From educators to academics, from pilots who say they will refuse…

By Orly Noy January 29, 2018