Anas Hamarsheh, 17, losing ability to walk in Israeli prisons

17 January 2018

Palestinian child prisoner Anas Hamarsheh, 17, has reportedly lost the ability to walk; his family have repeatedly warned of the severe dangers to his health in Israeli prison as he suffers from a rare condition that requires treatment.

Asra Voice reported that Anas, 17, from the town of Yabad near Jenin has lost the ability to walk for several days and that his health condition is dangerous. His family has urged his release; he is held in Megiddo prison awaiting a sentence from the military courts.

Leila Hamarsheh, Anas’ sister, said that she had received the troubling news about his health situation and a sudden decline that has made him unable to stand. His family notes that he has not been provided with treatment and that when he was taken to the Ramle prison clinic, his foot was scanned but no treatment was provided. After three days in the Ramle prison clinic he was returned to Megiddo with no prescription or treatment plan.

He suffers from osteonecrosis of the hip and requires treatment; he is in danger of losing his ability to walk. One leg is shorter than the other and he has difficulty running or playing sports; his leg is also at risk of infection.

Anas’ father, Adnan Hamarsheh, uses a wheelchair after he suffered a series of strokes in 2014 while under Israeli interrogation. After two days of hospitalization, he was returned to prison; he was not charged and instead ordered imprisoned for six months under administrative detention. Since his release, he has been denied permission to travel to receive further treatment.

Anas is one of over 350 Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli jails; each year, approximately 700 children are brought before Israeli military courts. The vast majority of imprisoned Palestinian children have reported physical and psychological abuse under interrogation, denial of access to family members or lawyers and other forms of cruel and inhumane treatment in violation of the Rights of the Child.

There are a number of other seriously ill Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, including cases like that of Israa Jaabis, seriously wounded and provided with insufficent treatment that daily increase her suffering; there are also cases like that of Mohammed Ahmed Khatib, 47, who is reportedly unable to walk after receiving a botched injection for pain in his side. Hussein Hosni Atallah, 57, from the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, was denied early release despite a severe deterioration in his health. He has metastatic cancer in his lungs, spine, pancreas, liver and head and is held in the Ramle prison clinic.

Palestinian child prisoner Razan Abu Sal, 13, sentenced to four months in Israeli prison

17 January 2018

Palestinian child prisoner Razan Abu Sal, 13, was sentenced by an Israeli military court on 16 January to four months in prison and a fine of 2500 NIS ($800 USD). A Palestinian refugee from al-Arroub camp south of Al-Khalil, Razan is the youngest female Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails.

Razan, like most jailed Palestinian children, was accused of throwing stones; she was seized near the Ibrahimi Mosque on 13 January She was seized by occupation forces along with her sister; her sister’s case was delayed further by the military court.

She is one of approximately 360 Palestinian children jailed in Israeli prisons. Every year, approximately 700 Palestinian children are dragged before Israeli military courts with a conviction rate of over 99 percent. Palestinian children frequently report physical and psychological abuse under Israeli interrogation as well as the use of solitary confinement and denial of access to their families or a lawyer.

Ahed Tamimi ordered imprisoned through military trial; next hearing on her 17th birthday

17 January 2018

Ahed Tamimi, the 16-year-old Palestinian teen and youth activist from the village of Nabi Saleh, was ordered imprisoned through the end of her military trial by an Israeli military court on Wednesday, 17 January. Her next hearing was set for 31 January – also her 17th birthday, to be spent behind bars in HaSharon prison.

The detention of Ahed’s mother, Nariman, was also extended until 6 February, the day of her next military court hearing. Despite the fact that both are held in HaSharon prison, Bassem Tamimi – Ahed’s father and Nariman’s husband – reported on Facebook that the mother and daughter have been refused permission to speak with one another in an ongoing attack on their fundamental rights. “There is no justice under occupation and we will continue resisting it,” he said.

In addition, Nariman Tamimi filed a complaint in the military court about the ongoing abusive and physically damaging experience of the “bosta,” an issue that has been raised for years by Palestinian women prisoners and was even part of the demands of the collective Karameh hunger strike. The “bosta” is a metal box van that is tightly sealed and is extremely cold in winter and hot in summer. Nariman and Ahed are always transported separately and they are placed with Israeli criminal prisoners who frequently subject them and other Palestinian political prisoners to racist abuse and threats. The “bosta” transfer process also includes lengthy waits on multiple stops and strip-searches. Nariman Tamimi has reported breathing problems due to asthma and stomach problems, both seriously exacerbated by the “bosta” process.

31 January, the day of Ahed’s next military court hearing, will also mark her 17th birthday. On that day, Ahed and her mother will be forcibly separated while both behind bars. There are currently approximately 360 Palestinian children in Israeli jails, and each year approximately 700 are brought before Israeli military courts. These children are kept from their families, deprived of their educational rights and subject to clear and systematic violations of the Rights of the Child.

Ahed, Nariman and the Tamimi family have been targeted by the Israeli occupation for their role in the indigenous anti-colonial land defense resistance in the village of Nabi Saleh, their village of 600 Palestinians that has been the site of long-term organizing and struggle against the confiscation of their land and spring by the illegal Zionist settlement of Halamish. The arrest of Ahed and her mother is an attempt to suppress Palestinian organizing and resistance.

Samidoun is joining with many others around the world to urge protests and actions between 26 and 30 January to greet Ahed on her birthday and demand her freedom and that of her fellow Palestinian prisoners.

The resistance of the Palestinian people has never been quelled by arrests or repression, and it must be clear that we, around the world, stand alongside the Palestinian people as they defend their entire land and people. This includes standing with Ahed Tamimi and all detained and jailed Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for liberation for themselves, their people, and their occupied homeland.

TAKE ACTION:

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 Murray McCully: +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.

January 26 – 30: Join the days of action to free Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian prisoners

17 January 2018

On January 31, Palestinian teen activist Ahed Tamimi will mark her 17th birthday behind bars – as the next Israeli military court hearing is convened against her. Ahed is one of 360 Palestinian children in Israeli prison and nearly 6,200 total Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. As her birthday approaches, take action on January 26-30 to stand with Ahed and demand her freedom and that of her fellow imprisoned Palestinians!

Ahed is imprisoned – along with her mother Nariman – in an attempt to suppress Palestinian organizing and resistance to occupation. The Tamimis are leaders in the indigenous anti-colonial land defense and popular resistance in the village of Nabi Saleh, a Palestinian village of 600 people that has been targeted for land theft and even the confiscation of their spring by the illegal Zionist settlement of Halamish.

Ahed and Nariman Tamimi have been imprisoned since December 19 after a video of Ahed slapping an Israeli occupation soldier – who had slapped her while occupying her land and family home while suppressing a village demonstration – went viral on social media. For nearly all of her life, Ahed has been in direct confrontation with occupation forces who have repeatedly invaded her home; arrested and imprisoned her father, brothers, cousins and other relatives; killed her cousin and her uncle; attacked the village with tear gas and other weaponry, including the rubber-coated metal bullet shot into the face of her 15-year-old cousin, Mohammed, shortly before the video was filmed.

There has been a global upsurge of outrage at the ongoing imprisonment of Ahed. Protests, letter-writing campaigns, petitions and actions in cities around the world have demanded her freedom and that of her fellow Palestinian prisoners. Her case has also highlighted the ongoing, systematic imprisonment of Palestinian children; approximately 700 are brought before military courts each year, and Palestinian kids seized by Israeli forces are frequently subject to beatings, abuse, and interrogations without parents or lawyers present in violation of the law.

The resistance of the Palestinian people has never been quelled by arrests or repression, and it must be clear that we, around the world, stand alongside the Palestinian people as they defend their entire land and people. This includes standing with Ahed Tamimi and all detained and jailed Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for liberation for themselves, their people, and their occupied homeland.

Protests are already being organized in the upcoming days in Copenhagen, Montevideo, Marseille, Paris, Nimes, Lyon, Athens, Manchester, Waterford, Berlin, Auckland and Arlington and on January 30 in New York and Washington, DC. Join the global protest with your own action!

TAKE ACTION:

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: +1-202-456-1111

In 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.

RESOURCES FOR ACTION:

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

Take action to #FreeAmerNOW – Palestinian community leader detained by US immigration agency

16 January 2018

Samidoun Palestinian Prison Solidarity Network joins the important call for action from the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) on the case of Amer Othman Adi, Palestinian community leader, currently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Cleveland. We urgently support this call to action and join in the demand for the immediate release of beloved community leader and family man Amer Adi!

Amer Adi, a Palestinian American small business owner and a community leader in Youngstown, Ohio, has been targeted relentlessly for decades by US immigration agencies on the basis of false allegations of a “sham marriage.” After a decade of legal and political struggle, he was forced to a “voluntary” deportation to Amman, Jordan, despite his 30-year marriage to a U.S. citizen and four U.S. citizen daughters. However, due to community pressure and the involvement of Adi’s member of Congress – Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio – he was granted a last-minute stay of deportation, allowing Amer to stay in the country. January 6 was declared “Amer Othman Adi Day” in Youngstown and the Palestinian community and supporters of justice packed the Arab American Community Center for a celebration on that day.

On 16 January, Amer Adi was suddenly seized and detained by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) when he reported for a scheduled meeting at the immigration office in Cleveland. He is currently being held in detention and has launched a hunger strike to demand his freedom.

“Adi is originally from Beit Safafa, a town in occupied East Jerusalem. In 1948, his family fled the Zionist militias of a fledgling Israeli state, becoming refugees during the Nakba. In 1979 at the age of nineteen, Adi left Jordan for the United States on a visa,” Mondoweiss noted.

Amer is a long time Palestinian activist and organizer with USPCN who has been battling the US broken immigration system for decades, he was granted a deportation stay 2 weeks ago and was ripped away from his loved ones and detained this morning by ICE while attending a scheduled meeting.

TAKE ACTION – UPDATED WITH FULL ACTION FROM USPCN:

Here is a list of ways to take ACTION and DEMAND that ICE must #FreeAmerNOW:

1. Call the regional ICE director throughout the day.

Call the ultimate decision maker, Rebecca Adducci, the regional field director of ICE, at 313-568-6036 and demand Amer be released. Please leave a message if there’s no answer!

CALL SCRIPT: “Hello, my name is ___________, and I am calling to request that ICE release Amer Othman Adi, immigration number A024-278-369. Adi was detained January 16th at his appointment in the Cleveland ICE office. He is a husband, father, successful businessman, and cherished community leader who has been a great asset to the United States for almost 40 years. He makes this country a better place. I respectfully ask you to release him from detention and grant him a new stay of removal. Thank you.”

2. Email the regional ICE director.

In addition to an endless stream of calls, we can also apply pressure via messaging Rebecca Adducci’s email at Rebecca.j.adducci@dhs.gov

EMAIL SCRIPT:
Dear Ms. Adducci,

My name is ___________, and I am requesting that ICE release Amer Othman Adi, immigration number A024-278-369. Adi was detained January 16th at his appointment in the Cleveland ICE office. He is a husband, father, successful businessman, and cherished community leader who has been a great asset to the United States for almost 40 years. He makes this country a better place. I respectfully ask you to release him from detention and grant him a new stay of removal.

Thank you,

[Your Signature, City, State]

3. SIGN this petition and share!

4. SHARE this action alert on social media and listserves.

As you call, share this alert and tweet and post about the case. Please use the hashtag #FreeAmerNOW to highlight his case and encourage others to take action to free Amer!

20 January, Athens: March to the US Embassy for Palestine

16 January 2018

Saturday, 20 January
6:00 pm
Syntagma Square
March to US Embassy
Athens, Greece
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/135740373891422/

The Initiative in Solidarity with the Palestinian People is organizing a mass march to the US Embassy in protest of US and Israeli attacks on Palestine and the Palestinian people and the complicity of the Greek government of SYRIZA-ANEL.

Against US imperialism! Against its faithful servants in the region! Freedom for Palestine! Victory to the arms of the Palestinian resistance! End all Greek relations with the Zionist state! Freedom for Palestinian Prisoners!

Την Τετάρτη 6 Δεκέμβρη, ο Τραμπ ανακοίνωσε ότι οι ΗΠΑ αναγνωρίζουν επίσημα το σύνολο της Ιερουσαλήμ ως πρωτεύουσα του Ισραήλ, ενώ σκοπεύουν να μεταφέρουν εκεί την αμερικάνικη πρεσβεία από το Τελ Αβίβ. Για πρώτη φορά μετά από δεκαετίες οι αμερικάνοι ιμπεριαλιστές εγκαταλείπουν τη γλώσσα της «διπλωματίας» και των «ειρηνευτικών διαπραγματεύσεων», ικανοποιώντας πλήρως τις ορέξεις του σιωνιστικού λόμπι, τους διακαείς πόθους των ισραηλινών κατακτητών. Οι σιωνιστές βλέπουν το «πράσινο φως» προκειμένου να συνεχίσουν λυσσαλέα, με εντατικότερους ρυθμούς το ξεσπίτωμα των παλαιστινίων από την Δυτική Οχθη, την επέκταση των εποικισμών, την όξυνση της πολιορκίας της Λωρίδας της Γάζας, το καθημερινό δολοφονικό όργιο και τα βασανιστήρια άμαχων παλαιστινίων.

Η προκλητική απόφαση των ΗΠΑ δεν έμεινε αναπάντητη από τους Παλαιστίνιους. Οι οργανώσεις της Αντίστασης, οπλισμένες με την οργή του παλαιστινιακού λαού, κάλεσαν σε αναμέτρηση με στους σιωνιστές και τους Αμερικάνους. Ογκώδεις διαδηλώσεις με συγκρουσιακό χαρακτήρα οργανώθηκαν σε Γάζα, Δυτική Οχθη, Ανατολική Ιερουσαλήμ.

Ηδη οι πρώτοι νεκροί παλαιστίνιοι μετά την προκλητική απόφαση Τραμ προστίθενται στη μακρά λίστα των μαρτύρων του δίκαιου αγώνα για την λευτεριά, ενάντια στο διαρκές κατοχικό έγκλημα. Ο 29χρονος Αμπού Θουράγια καθηλωμένος σε αναπηρικό αμαξίδιο δέχτηκε τα πυρά ελεύθερου σκοπευτή στη Γάζα. Το μόνο που κρατούσε στα χέρια του, ήταν η παλαιστινιακή σημαία. Πρόλαβε να φωνάξει «Αμφισβητώ την αναπηρία μου, αμφισβητώ το Ισραήλ, επίσης.». Είχε χάσει τα πόδια του το 2008 από βόμβα ισραηλινού αεροσκάφους, κατά την διάρκεια της πρώτης μεγάλης φονικής επιδρομής στη Γάζα.

Τα σιωνιστικά μπουντρούμια γεμίζουν ξανά με νέους αγωνιστές που υπερασπίζονται θαρραλέα την υπόθεσή τους μπροστά τον κατακτητή. Το χαρακτηριστικότερο παράδειγμα είναι η νεαρή παλαιστίνια Αχέντ Ταμίμι που περιφρονεί επιδεικτικά τους διώκτες της δικαστές και έχει μετατραπεί σε σύμβολο αντίστασης σε όλο τον κόσμο.

Σε αυτό το συνεχές έγκλημα στη Μέση Ανατολή συνένοχη είναι και η κυβέρνηση της χώρας μας, η κυβέρνηση των ΣΥΡΙΖΑ-ΑΝΕΛ. Ο Τσίπρας σε πρόσφατη επίσκεψή του στο Ισραήλ δεν είχε κανένα πρόβλημα να αναγνωρίσει ως «ιστορική πρωτεύουσα» του Ισραήλ την Ιερουσαλήμ, υπογράφοντας το βιβλίο επισκεπτών του Προεδρικού Μεγάρου της χώρας κατά τη συνάντηση που είχε με τον ισραηλινό Πρόεδρο Ρέουβεν Ρίβλιν. Δεν πρέπει να ξεχνάμε πως μια σειρά από κυβερνήσεις δυτικών χωρών, με την συμμετοχή της κυβέρνησης ΣΥΡΙΖΑ-ΑΝΕΛ, αλλά και τις προηγούμενες των ΠΑΣΟΚ και της ΝΔ, αντί να θέσουν στη διεθνή απομόνωση το Ισραήλ για τα ειδεχθή εγκλήματα πολέμου και κατοχής στην Δυτική Οχθη και τη Λωρίδα της Γάζας, έσπευσαν να το υποστηρίξουν με διμερείς επαφές, υποδοχή του μακελάρη πρωθυπουργού Νετανιάχου, σύσφιξη οικονομικών, πολιτικών και στρατιωτικών σχέσεων.

Οι σιωνιστές φοβούνται πιθανό χτύπημα από παλαιστίνιους μαχητές ακόμα και εκτός Δυτικής Οχθης και Ανατολικής Ιερουσαλήμ. Ο σιωνιστικός στρατός προετοιμάζεται για τα χειρότερα. Το ζήτημα της Ιερουσαλήμ ήταν που πυροδότησε τη δεύτερη Ιντιφάντα το 2001, μετά τη βεβήλωση του τεμένους Αλ Ακσα από τον Σαρόν. Η πρόκληση Τραμπ μπορεί να πυροδοτήσει μια νέα εξέγερση της παλαιστινιακής νεολαίας στη Δυτική Οχθη.

Οφείλουμε να σταθούμε στο ύψος των περιστάσεων και να δείξουμε την ειλικρινή μας αλληλεγγύη στον παλαιστινιακό λαό.

Καλούμε όλους και όλες σε πορεία αλληλεγγύης στον αντιστεκόμενο παλαιστινιακό λαό με κατεύθυνση προς την αμερικανική πρεσβεία το Σάββατο 20 Γενάρη. Συγκέντρωση στο Σύνταγμα 6μμ.

Ενάντια στον αμερικάνικο ιμπεριαλισμό!
Ενάντια στο πιστό του μαντρόσκυλο στη Μέση Ανατολή!
Λευτεριά στην Παλαιστίνη!
Νίκη στα όπλα της Παλαιστινιακής Αντίστασης!
Τερματισμός όλων των σχέσεων της χώρας μας με τους σιωνιστές μακελάρηδες!
Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση είναι συνένοχη στο διαρκές έγκλημα της ισραηλινής κατοχής.
Ολοι και όλες στη πορεία στην αμερικάνικη πρεσβεία

Σάββατο 20 Γενάρη. Συγκέντρωση στο Σύνταγμα 6μμ

ΠΡΩΤΟΒΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΑΛΑΙΣΤΙΝΙΑΚΟ ΛΑΟ

Ahed and Nariman Tamimi’s detention extended until Wednesday as protests continue

16 January 2018

The detention of Ahed and Nariman Tamimi was extended by the Ofer military court until Wednesday, 19 January in a hearing on Monday, reported Bassem Tamimi, Ahed’s father and Nariman’s husband, in a post on Facebook.

Defense attorney Gaby Lasky called for their immediate release while the prosecution demanded the extension of their detention for 101 days; the military court delayed its decision on their continued imprisonment throughout their military trial until Wednesday.

Bassem reported that Ahed and Nariman are frequently transported on the arduous, infamous “bosta” system but that they are kept in different vehicles at all times, and that Ahed’s “bosta” trips are taken with Israeli criminal prisoners who lob racist insults and threats at her. Ahed said that she is studying four classes from her school curriculum and has read two additional books outside the curriculum.

“Ahed asked us all to focus on every imprisoned woman and child and to work towards a campaign to highlight their cases,” Bassem said.

International campaigns to free Ahed and her fellow prisoners are continuing to put pressure on the Israeli occupation. Amnesty International issued a call for her release as the military court hearing took place; in addition, demonstrations on Monday and over the weekend in New York, Toulouse, Berlin, London, Brussels, Porto, Lisbon, Braga, Athens, Rome and elsewhere demanded her freedom. Protests are planned in the coming days in New York, Paris, Marseille, Copenhagen, Nimes, Lyon, Berlin, Arlington, Montevideo and elsewhere.

Video from New York City:

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Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the arrest of Ahed Tamimi and Nariman Tamimi, the latest of well over 500 Palestinians arrested by Israeli occupation forces following U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Approximately half of those detained, like Ahed, Abdul-Khalik Burnat and Fawzi al-Junaidi, are children. There are hundreds of Palestinian children jailed by Israel and frequently subject to beatings, abuse, and interrogations without parents or lawyers present in violation of the law. We urge people of conscience around the world to take action to demand freedom for Ahed and her fellow detained and jailed Palestinian children in occupation detention centers, interrogation centers and prisons – and for Nariman Tamimi and all detained and imprisoned Palestinians.

The resistance of the Palestinian people has never been quelled by arrests or repression, and it must be clear that we, around the world, stand alongside the Palestinian people as they defend Jerusalem and their entire land and people under attack. This includes standing with detained and jailed Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for liberation for themselves, their people, and their occupied homeland.

TAKE ACTION:

For supporters in the US: 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. CODEPINK has an action to highlight this case specifically.
Take action around the world: From 10 January to 20 January, there is an international week of action to contact local parliamentarians in each country and urge the freedom of Ahed Tamimi and her fellow Palestinian prisoners. Find our sample letters and contact addresses in multiple languages here!
Call your nearest Israeli embassy and let them know that you know about the detention of Ahed Tamimi in Nabi Saleh and other Palestinian child prisoners. Demand Ahed, her mother Nariman, and the other detained children be immediately released. Contact infomation here: https://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/israel
Sign the petition. Over 150,000 people have already signed on to demand freedom for Ahed: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/free_ahed/?feiNukb
Organize a protest for Ahed or join one of the many protests for Jerusalem and distribute this post and other news about Ahed and the Palestinian prisoners. Get others involved in the struggle for Palestinian freedom! Build the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and complicit corporations like HP and G4S.
Write to Ahed and Nariman. While Zionist jailers frequently censor Palestinian prisoners’ mail, these letters can help bolster morale and even send a message to the jailers and censors themselves. Write to Ahed Tamimi or Nariman Tamimi (choose one and address your letter to one only) at: HaSharon prison
Ben Yehuda, P.O. Box 7
40 330 Israel

20 January, New York City: Mobilize to free Ahed Tamimi at the Women’s March

15 January 2018

Saturday, 20 January
11:30 am – 3:00 pm
3 W. 65th St., NYC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/146008992785506/

Join other supporters of Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian political prisoners, Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian people in a loud, visible presence at the 2018 Women’s March on NYC.

Gather on the northwest corner of West 65th Street and Central Park West next to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

20 January, Paris, Lyon, Nimes: Rally to Free Ahed Tamimi

15 January 2018

LYON:
Saturday, 20 January
3:00 pm
Place de la Republique

NIMES:
Saturday, 20 January
2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Sur l’Esplanade Charles de Gaulle

PARIS:
Saturday, 20 January
2:00 pm
Fontaine des Innocents
(Metro-RER: Chatelet-Les Halles)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/885665111616546/

Join CAPJPO-EuroPalestine for a series of protests across France to demand the freedom of Ahed Tamimi, the 16-year-old Palestinian girl imprisoned by the Israeli occupation, along with her mother Nariman and 6,200 Palestinian prisoners, including 300 children.