Action Steps | Schedule of Events | Posters and Flyers
People around the world are mobilizing for the Days of Action to Free Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian Prisoners as Ahed herself approaches her 17th birthday behind Israeli bars. Ahed, 16, will turn 17 on 31 January in HaSharon prison, where she is separated from her mother Nariman, also imprisoned there.
Ahed’s next military court hearing was scheduled for 31 January, but will now take place on 6 February, the same day as her mother’s next hearing before the military court. The youth activist and participant in the anti-colonial land defense and resistance in the village of Nabi Saleh was seized by occupation forces on 19 December. The pre-dawn raid on the family home by heavily armed occupation forces came days after Ahed confronted and slapped an occupation soldier on her family’s land.
Shortly before, occupation soldiers had shot a cousin of Ahed’s, 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi, in the face with a rubber-coated metal bullet. Ahed has frequently confronted the occupation forces invading her family’s home, and members of her family have been repeatedly subject to arrest and persecution. Indeed, later the same day, her mother Nariman was arrested by occupation forces when she went to support her daughter where she was being held. Her father, Bassam, served three years in Israeli prison and was recognized as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience. Images of Ahed confronting the occupation forces have become internationally famous alongside the struggle of her village to defend its land from a nearby illegal settlement, Halamish, which has even taken Nabi Saleh’s spring.
There has been a global response to the imprisonment of Ahed, one of approximately 350 Palestinian children imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces. Each year, around 700 Palestinian children are brought before Israeli military courts, and 25 Palestinian children have been subject to administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – over the past two years. Ahed has, in many ways, become a symbol of Palestinian resistance to occupation and of the unjust imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of Palestinian children.
At the same time, she and her family have been explicitly targeted by the Israeli state; 20 of her extended family have had work permits revoked, several of her cousins arrested, and another of her cousins shot dead by occupation forces amid ongoing repression in Nabi Saleh. While infamous far-right Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has declared that Ahed should remain in prison for the rest of her life, former Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren has engaged in the bizarre and frankly racist speculation that she and her family are “not real.”
Around the world, actions and demonstrations have highlighted Ahed’s courage and commitment and that of thousands of fellow Palestinian strugglers. 26-30 January are global days of action for Ahed’s freedom and people around the world are highlighting Ahed’s birthday in order to demand her release.
- On social media: Join the Thunderclap! On 31 January, join a global campaign to tweet for Ahed Tamimi’s birthday. It’s easy to add your Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr account to the campaign: click here to join.
- Wish Ahed a happy birthday online: Sign Code Pink’s petition to greet Ahed Tamimi on her 17th birthday and demand her release: www.codepink.org/ahed_birthday
- Demand your government officials intercede for the release of Ahed, 350 imprisoned Palestinian children and over 6,000 Palestinian political prisoners. On January 26, 29 and 30, call your country’s officials and urge them to act:Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop: +61 2 6277 7500
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland: +1-613-992-5234
European Union Commissioner Federica Mogherini: +32 (0) 2 29 53516
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters: +64 4 439 8000
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson: +44 20 7008 1500
United States President Donald Trump: +1-202-456-1111In the United States, call your member of the House of Representatives to support H.R. 4391, the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act. Tell them specifically about Ahed’s arrest, and urge them to act for her release. Tell them to pressure Israel to free Ahed and other detained Palestinian kids. Call the House switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to speak to your Representative’s office. - Write to Ahed. While Zionist jailers frequently censor Palestinian prisoners’ mail, it can help bolster morale and even send a message to the jailers and censors themselves. Write to Ahed Tamimi, HaSharon Prison, Ben Yehuda P.O. Box 7, 40 330 Israel. If you gather with other supporters to send Ahed letters and birthday cards, you can also take the opportunity to write your government officials, demanding they intercede for her release.
- On January 30 or as close as possible, organize or join a protest for Ahed. Demonstrate outside your local Israeli embassy, consulate or mission, at a public square or government building, or against a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign target. You can drop a banner or put up a table to support Ahed and other Palestinian political prisoners. You can also bring signs and flyers about Ahed to local events about Palestine and social justice. Please tell us your plans so we can help promote them, then send us pictures and reports of your actions, by messaging them to us on Facebook or sending us an e-mail.
Join one of the many worldwide actions for Ahed Tamimi in the coming days! Add your event to the list by messaging them to us on Facebook or sending us an e-mail.
- Friday, 26 January, Catalonia – Screening of “Radiance of Resistance,” featuring Ahed Tamimi. 7:00 pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/952419158258158/
- Friday, 26 January, San Rafael, Marin County, California. Protest to free Ahed Tamimi, 3:00 pm, 3rd and Irwin, San Rafael.
- Saturday, 27 January, Perth, Australia. Protest to Free Ahed Tamimi, 11:00 am, Murray Street Mall, Perth. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/244661136071934/
- Saturday, 27 January, Haifa, Palestine. Protest to free Ahed Tamimi, 6:00 pm, 54 Allenby Road, Haifa. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/165723680715525/
- Saturday, 27 January, Adelaide, Australia. Protest to free Ahed Tamimi
- Saturday, 27 January, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Discussion and debate for Palestine and to free Ahed Tamimi, 5:00 pm, Mexico 1230, Buenos Aires. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/763269137201260/
- Sunday, 28 January, Tyne-on-Newcastle, UK, Protest to free Ahed Tamimi and Free Palestine
- Sunday, 28 January, Portland, OR, US, Film Screening on Ahed Tamimi, 4:00 pm, Room 390, Portland State University Library, Portland. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1716654288400476/
- Sunday, 28 January, Foggia, Italy, Ahed Tamimi: Together for You, 10:00 am, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Foggia. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/160816298029853/
- Monday, 29 January, Bratislava, Slovakia. Demonstration to free Ahed Tamimi, 5:30 pm, Hviezdoslavovo námestie, Bratislava, followed by film screening. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/175182719762814/
- Monday, 29 January, San Jose, CA, US. Protest for Ahed Tamimi, 4:30 pm corner of Market St and San Carlos St at the south end of Cesar Chavez Park.
- Monday, 29 January, Bristol, UK. Film: Free Ahed Tamimi, 6:00 pm, Arts House Cafe, 108A Stokes Croft, Bristol. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/146304042739443/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Al-Khalil, Palestine. Birthday party for Ahed Tamimi, 6:00 pm, Tel Rumeida – Shuhada Street. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/186358621952559/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Derry, Ireland, Free Ahed Tamimi – Vigil for her 17th Birthday, 6:30 pm, Free Derry Corner. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/336917840049838/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Athens, Greece. Freedom for Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian prisoners, 6:00 pm, Monastiraki Square, Athens. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/596745854050691/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Toronto, Canada. Birthday Gathering for Ahed Tamimi, 12:00 pm, 344 Bloor St, Toronto. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1141023959333364/ FOLLOWED BY, Birthday Gathering for Ahed Tamimi, 1:30 pm, 55 Gould St, Ryerson University, Toronto. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/200004110737603/
- Tuesday, 30 January, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 1:30 pm, Birthday Cake for Ahed Tamimi, Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs, 689 Topsail Road, St. Johns
- Tuesday, 30 January, Gothenburg, Sweden. Freedom for Ahed Tamimi, 6:00 pm, Gustav Adolfs Torg, Gothenburg. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1407502489371975/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Exeter, UK. Ahed Tamimi’s Birthday – Freedom for Palestinian Prisoners, 6:00 pm, Institute of Islamic and Arab Studies, Exeter. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1947904102186498/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Berlin, Germany. Ahed Tamimi’s Birthday Celebration, 8:00 pm, Cafe Plume, Warthestrasse 60, Berlin. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/676827805797504/
- Tuesday, 30 January, New York, NY, US: Mobilization to Free Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian Prisoners, 5:30 pm, Inside Penn Station – Amtrak Board/32nd St & 8th Ave Station, NYC. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/322529338236967/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Washington, DC, US: Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian Prisoners, 5:15 pm, Inside Union Station, Washington, DC. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/334739043679674/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Atlanta, Georgia, US: Free Ahed Tamimi and All Palestinian Prisoners, 6:00 pm, Israeli Consulate, 1100 Spring St NW, Atlanta. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/155599255222250/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Cleveland, OH, US, Free Ahed Tamimi Rally, 5:30 pm, West Side Market: 1979 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113
- Tuesday, 30 January, Oxford, Mississippi, US. Solidarity Rally – Free Ahed Tamimi, 12:20 pm, Lyceum – The Circle, Oxford. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/157102778275178/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Dallas, TX, US. International Day of Action to #FreeAhedTamimi, 7:00 pm, WFAA, 606 Young St, Dallas. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1788863041409411/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Pittsburgh, PA, US. Free Ahed Tamimi, 4:30 pm, 1001 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/264622927404125/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Ypsilanti, Michigan (Eastern Michigan University), Letters and Teach-in for Ahed Tamimi, 8:00 pm, Student Center Room 104, EMU.
- Tuesday, 30 January, Boston, MA, US, JVP Boston Monthly Meeting: Ahed’s Birthday, 7:00 pm, First Baptist Church, 633 Centre St, Jamaica Plain. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/329542304210762/
- Tuesday, 30 January, Los Angeles, CA, US. Free Ahed Tamimi 17th Birthday Rally, 5:00 pm, 11766 Wilshire Boulevard, LA. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/214208132487195/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Johannesburg, South Africa, Celebrate Ahed Tamimi’s 17th Birthday, 6:30 pm, Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2104270353135861/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Cape Town, South Africa, Press Conference to Free Ahed Tamimi, 10:00 am, Cape Town Press Club, 6 Spin St, Cape Town. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/155076615280911/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Turin, Italy. Freedom for Ahed Tamimi, 12:00 pm, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Turin. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1530788140310032/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Warwick, UK. Free Ahed Tamimi, 2:00 pm, Piazza, Warwick University. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/173472569932761/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Edinburgh, Scotland, Birthday Greetings for Ahed Tamimi, 4:30 pm, Princes Street, Foot of Mound, Edinburgh
- Wednesday, 31 January, Glasgow, Scotland, Birthday Greetings for Ahed Tamimi, 4:30 pm, Buchanan Steps, Glasgow. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/165271190762389/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Copenhagen, Denmark. Solidarity with Palestinian child prisoners, 6:00 pm, Gammeltorv, Copenhagen. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/184312602317057/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Brabant, Denmark. Solidarity evening with Palestinian child prisoners, 7:00 pm, Gudrunsvej 10a, Braband.
- Wednesday, 31 January, Odense, Denmark. Freedom for Ahed Tamimi, 7:00 pm, Banegardspladsen, Odense. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/115291345952122/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Dublin, Ireland. Bloody Sundays – Imperialist war crimes from Derry to Yemen, 5:00 pm, Dublin and Monaghan Bombing Memorial, Talbot Street, Dublin. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/367453903720600/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Porto, Portugal. Birthday Celebration – Ahed Tamimi, 6:30 pm, Avenida Dos Aliados – Frente a Camara, Porto. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1774255316203087/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Lisbon, Portugal. Solidarity Demonstration with Palestine, Israeli Embassy, Rua Antonio Enes, Lisbon. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/756273427898959/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Freedom for Ahed Tamimi, 6:00 pm, Vao do MASP, Sao Paulo. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/185893962001492/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Public Meeting to Free Ahed Tamimi, 4:00 pm, Cinelandia, Rio de Janeiro. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1470079436455099/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Mexico City, Mexico, International Protest against the Israeli Repression of Ahed Tamimi, 3:00 pm, Israeli Embassy, Sierra Madre 215, Mexico City. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/847409368776851/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Santiago, Chile, Solidarity Demonstration to Free Ahed Tamimi, 7:00 pm, San Sebastian 2812, Metro Tobalaba, Santiago. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1830237990608056/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Chicago, IL, US: 17th Birthday Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian Children, 5:00 pm, Ogilvie Transportation Center, Chicago. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1719478418104771/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Oakland, CA, US. Free Ahed Tamimi, 4:30 pm, Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay St, Oakland (followed by event at Reem’s Bakery.) Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/176604366280137/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Washington, DC, US. Free Ahed: Jewish High School Students Speak Out, 5:30 pm, Israeli Embassy, 3514 International Drive NW, Washington, DC, Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1650419988347332/
- Wednesday, 31 January, New York, NY, US. Justice for Ahed Tamimi, 7 pm, Brooklyn Free School, 372 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/178287872769677/
- Wednesday, 31 January, Ottawa, Canada, Free Ahed Tamimi Rally, 5:00 pm, 50 O’Connor St, Ottawa. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/195772831004035/
- Wednesday, 31 January, New York, NY, US, Free Ahed: Jewish High School Students Speak Out, 5:30 pm, Tudor City Place and East 42nd St, NYC. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/330701620764454/
- Thursday, 1 February, Monterey, CA, US. Free Ahed Tamimi, 7 pm, 480 Calle Principal, Monterey. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/316964062126331/
- Thursday, 1 February, Berkeley, CA, US, Ahed Tamimi and the Case for Palestine, 7:00 pm, UC Berkeley Barrows Hall Room 136. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/392656897861648/
- Saturday, 3 February, Whangerei, New Zealand. Free Ahed Tamimi, 7:30 am, Water Street (opposite Growers Market.) Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/157669415017969/
- Saturday, 3 February, Christchurch, New Zealand. Free Ahed Tamimi, 2:00 pm, Bridge of Remembrance Christchurch. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/184495978804787/
- Saturday, 3 February, Auckland, New Zealand. Free Ahed Tamimi, 2:00 pm, Aotea Square, Auckland. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/909163485913508/
- Saturday, 3 February, Wellington, New Zealand. Free Ahed Tamimi, 2:00 pm, Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1008667065950642/
- Saturday, 3 February, Dunedin, New Zealand. Free Ahed Tamimi, 2:00 pm, The Octagon, Dunedin Central. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1506285316159608/
- Saturday, 3 February, Antwerp, Belgium. Freedom for Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian children, 2:00 pm, Mechelseplein, Antwerp. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/142457213106930/
- Saturday, 3 February, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US. Free Ahed Tamimi and all Child Prisoners, 4:00 pm, 299 East Broward Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/553676508332959/
- Sunday, 4 February, Al-Khalil (Hebron), Palestine, Free Palestinian Prisoner Kids from Israeli Jails, 12:00 pm, Tel Rumeida. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/165867257378292/
- Sunday, 4 February, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Ahed and the Palestinian Political Prisoners, 10:00 am, Place des Salins, Clermont-Ferrand. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/186155848803366/
- Monday, 5 February, New York City, NY, US, Protest to free Ahed Tamimi and stop corporate censorship, 5:00 pm, OUTFRONT Media, 405 Lexington Ave, NYC. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1398664596927853/
- Tuesday, 6 February, Vancouver, Canada, Free Ahed Tamimi – Write Letters to a Young Prisoner, 6:00 pm, University of British Columbia. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/184025382189618/
- Wednesday, 7 February, Valladolid, Spain, Free Child Prisoners and Ahed Tamimi, 8:00 pm, Plaza Fuente Dorada, Valladolid. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/165297824194182/
- Thursday, 8 February, Barcelona, Catalonia. Freedom now for Ahed Tamimi, 7:00 pm, Placa Sant Jaume, Barcelona. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2069231973297808/
- Friday, 9 February, Suquamish, WA, USA, Film Screening of “Occupation of the American Mind,” Benefit for Palestinian Child Prisoners, 7:00 pm, 18732 Division, Suquamish United Church of Christ. Details: https://facebook.com/FreeRangeFilms
- Friday, 9 February, Brussels, Belgium, Protest to Free Ahed Tamimi, 12:30 pm, Israeli Embassy, Brussels.
- Friday, 9 February, Svendborg, Denmark, Discussion on Palestine and Palestinian prisoners, 5:00 pm, SUF Svendborg, Mollergade 105, Svendborg. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/202050647043263/
- Saturday, 10 February, Berkeley, CA, Nabi Saleh- A History of Resistance, 2939 Ellis St, Berkeley. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/209326959618146/
- Monday, 12 February, Highland Park, NJ, US, Valentines for Ahed Tamimi, 7:00 pm, Reformed Church of Highland Park, 19 S. 2nd Ave, Highland Park. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2190680641159254/
We encourage you to make full use of the materials below and reproduce them freely, and to send us your own materials that you would like to include in this page.
Flyer (Download PDF) for distribution:
Posters for printing at your protest:
Free Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian Prisoners (Download PDF)
Free Ahed Tamimi – the Revolution is Female (Download PDF)
Liberez Ahed Tamimi (Download PDF)
Social media and online graphics:
More Resources:
- Download the @Protestencil graphic for Ahed Tamimi: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bWKNX0kysPAMpesAJANechrv-udAbeVU/view
- Visit The Palestine Project for many excellent social media and protest graphics for Ahed and her fellow prisoners https://www.facebook.com/PalestineProjectPage/
- Download Inminds posters for Ahed Tamimi inminds.com/article.php?id=10783