Saturday, 27 January
11:00 am
Murray Street Mall
Perth CBD
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16-year-old Ahed Tamimi is a prominent activist in her village of Nabih Saleh which is under Israeli military occupation, surrounded by checkpoints and watchtowers and illegal settlements.
Ahed was arrested after video of her courageously standing up to armed soldiers who had invaded her yard, who had less than an hour earlier shot her 14 years old cousin, Mohammed Tamimi, in the head at close range, went viral. Mohammed, in critical condition, had to be put in a medically induced coma for several days before seven surgeons operated on him for six hours to save his life.
After the video went viral, armed soldiers raided the Tamimi house in the early hours of the morning and abducted Ahed. When her mother Nariman went to the police station to support her daughter she too was arrested. Ahed faces 12 charges including throwing stones, incitement and assaulting and threatening a soldier. If found guilty by the military court, which has a conviction rate of 99.7% for Palestinians, she could face over 20 years imprisonment.
Ahed is one of almost 600 arrests of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces since US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on 6 December. More than 450 Palestinians are currently held without charge or trial – so-called administrative detention which can be renewed indefinitely.
Join us to demand freedom for Palestinian political prisoners and an end to the Israeli occupation of their lands. #FreeAhed
“Radiance of Resistance” tells the story of Janna Ayyad, 9 years old, and Ahed Tamimi, 14 years old (the film was made in 2015 and 2016), who live under military occupation in the village of Nabi Saleh, Palestine. Janna Ayyad is the youngest journalist in Palestine, and Ahed has won awards for her activism for Palestine. She is involved in the Palestinian popular resistance and the fact that she is currently imprisoned has made her a prominent symbol of resistance. The film depicts their daily life and their role as a new generation of Palestinian strugglers.
Please join the Dublin branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign outside the gates of the Dail (Irish Parliament) for a lunchtime protest between 1pm and 2pm on Thursday 25th January 2018.
In 2015 and 2016, three American filmmakers joined the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine and filmed Palestinian nonviolent resistance in the West Bank village of Nabi Salih. They quickly realized that two young girls would be the focus of the film. Janna Ayyad, at age nine, has been called the youngest journalist in Palestine. Ahed Tamimi, then 14, recently became a symbol of resistance when she was sent to prison for slapping a Israeli soldier. Both have had members of their families shot, killed and arrested. The film has appeared in festivals around the world.
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Last month, Israel arrested 16 year old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi for allegedly slapping an Israeli occupying soldier outside her home in the West Bank town of Nabi Saleh. Ahed is one of hundreds of Palestinian minors being held in Israeli military prisons. An Israeli court recently ruled that Ahed will be detained until her trial, meaning she will spend her 17th birthday — on January 31 — behind bars.
On December 6th, Donald Trump declared that Jerusalem, a city of great significance to Muslims, Christians, and Jews, as the capital of the occupying power of Israel. Since that declaration, at least 14 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli Military – and thousands of Palestinians being injured and detained, including hundreds of children, for protesting.
Join the Palestine contingent at the San Diego Women’s March which will take place on January 20th.March to stand with Palestinian women and the support of their basic human rights.
Join a contingent to support Palestinian women at the Women’s March in Binghamton, NY. Demand freedom for Ahed Tamimi and show support for women around the world who stand up for justice, peace and equality.
