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Free Mandela Salem: This Palestinian youth will not be silenced!

Active Palestinian student and youth organizer Mandela Salem was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 4 January. The former coordinator of the Progressive Democratic Student Pole at Bir Zeit University, Mandela is an engineering graduate who continues to be an active youth organizer.

From the village of Douma near al-Khalil, Mandela is active in a number of initiatives and forums as part of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return and he was clearly targeted by Israeli occupation forces for his political work and activity.

In addition to his role as a local youth organizer, Mandela is well-known to many international activists who have met with him over the years. Several spoke about his impact on their own organizing:

Geke Hasperhoven, medical student in The Netherlands, said:

“In 2016, when I traveled to Palestine with Students for Justice in Palestine, I met Mandela and his friends. We had such a great time with them, Mandela always joking but never drawing too much attention to himself.”

“He appears laid-back, but at the same time he is always open to learn something new, and to have discussions. After my visit, we continued to speak on facebook, and I found him to be so thoughtful and nuanced. He would explain their work and the situation with extreme patience, and with thorough understanding of how our ‘western perspective’ would make it difficult for us to work hard for the resistance. Also, his general interest shows to be very broad, for he graduated a science major, but his mind seems always concerned with (local, university national etc) politics, writing ‘I can’t live without politics.'”

“He has so many ideas about democracy and on how to structurally improve the situation in Palestine. I feel like the struggle on the resistance weighs heavy on Mandela’s shoulders, but it doesn’t keep him from being interested in other people, other countries and struggles. For example when I was in Cairo, Egypt last year, and I told him about a demonstration there in memory of Basil al-Araj, he showed to be so very considerate about the tense situation there, that makes it also difficult for Egyptians to protest. In other words, I am happy to know Mandela Salam and I am wishing for him (and all other political prisoners) to be released soon.”

A member of New York City Students for Justice in Palestine on the 2016 delegation said:

“I met Mandela Salem through an international solidarity delegation. While thinking about his case, I am reminded of the similarities between progressive students here and in Palestine. While the Zionist states exacts its own brutality, we share in being surveilled, arrested, and repressed in our organizing. Mandela pushed me to more deeply understand the significance of international solidarity, and the fact that we must unite struggles happening in the United States with the Palestinian cause. On a personal level, he was an extremely welcoming host when I was in Palestine. We shared meals and relaxation time, usually at the end of the day when our group finished the itinerary for the day. I know we will meet again in a free Palestine.”

Another international activist who joined a 2017 delegation to Palestine said:

“Another Palestinian activist was arrested by Israeli forces. I would like to use my voice to honour Mandela’s braveness to stand up against the Israeli Occupation forces. Notwithstanding that a couple of weeks ago his comrade Saleh was arrested, as well as dozen other Palestinians on a daily basis, he continued to fight the fight against injustice. This fight can be fought armed. Another powerful tools, however, are organising, resisting and speaking up. Mandela used his time and effort to raise awareness about the degrading treatment Palestinians have to suffer by hosting foreign activists in his very home. .. Knowing about Mandela’s engagement in the cause, it is sadly not surprising that the Israeli forces would eventually step in. I am sure, however, that whatever cruelty awaits him during his arrest, this young Palestinian, too, will not be silenced. I am lucky that I met this extraordinary person and am thankful for everything he did for my and friends while we were in Palestine. My thoughts are with him and his family.”

Another delegate said:

“Mandela never hesitated to take me in when i traveled, as a Palestinian, to Palestine the first time in my entire life. I stayed at his apartment and he let me stay at his home as if it’s my own. Besides his deep ideals en visions, he is one of the most optimistic guys i met in Palestine. He showed me my own roots. The land, the beauty of Palestine and he helped me solve a lot of questions i had. He took me to the museum of Mahmoud Darwish and to the tomb of my greatest hero: Yasser Arafat. He took me to the Nelson Mandela statue and told me stories about him. Mandela is not only a great friend. He is a brother.”

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the seizure of Mandela Salem and demands his immediate release – and the freedom of all 6,200 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails. The targeting of Mandela Salem is only the latest example of the systematic policy of attacks and imprisonment against prominent youth activists and young Palestinian leaders under occupation, in an attempt to jail the next generation of Palestinian strugglers leading the movement forward; this is something that is also visible in the imprisonment of Ahed Tamimi and thousands more young Palestinians. We urge all friends and supporters of Palestine, and especially student and youth organizations, to join the call to free Mandela and his fellow Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.

TAKE ACTION:

1) Individuals, organizations, associations and student unions and groups: write a letter or a statement in support of Mandela, or take a group photo with a sign that says, “Free Mandela Salem!” and use #FreeMandela on social media. Share your statements and photos on Facebook, or email samidoun@samidoun.net.

2) Organize or join one of the many protests for Jerusalem and Palestinian prisoners and distribute this post and other news about Mandela, Ahed and all of the Palestinian prisoners. Get others involved in the struggle for Palestinian freedom! Tell us about your events – email samidoun@samidoun.net.

3) Join the Boycott, Divest and Sanction Campaign to build the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and complicit corporations like HP and G4S.

Long-overdue release of Hassan Diab in France highlights failure of bogus “terror” charges

Photo: Friends of Hassan Diab

Lebanese-Canadian professor Hassan Diab was ordered released and all charges against him dropped by a French investigative judge on his case yesterday, 12 January 2018. Diab was extradited from Canada and held for three years in solitary confinement in France on the basis of bogus “terrorism” charges despite clear evidence of his innocence. While the struggle isn’t over, as the French state can appeal, this is an important victory for Hassan Diab and against the use of “terror” charges to terrorize oppressed communities.

Of course, French state persecution continues – from the use of anti-terror laws and the “state of emergency” to impose fear and repression on oppressed communities through police violence and surveillance to the charges against BDS activists for advocacy for Palestine to, atop the list, the over 33 years of imprisonment of Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Hassan Diab, his wife Rania Tfaily, his dedicated French and Canadian legal team and all of the Justice for Hassan Diab campaigners who have struggled for years for his release from years of unjust imprisonment in French prison and extradition from Canada on the basis of bogus “terrorism” charges. Yesterday, he was ordered released after three years of solitary confinement and the charges against him dropped. He is working now to come back to Canada.

Of course, the struggle isn’t over. French officials can pursue another appeal to attempt to shore up their bogus terror case – and we’ve seen how the French state refuses even the rule of its own judiciary in the case of the struggler Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Nevertheless, this is an important victory for Hassan Diab and against the use of “terror” prosecutions on the basis of secret evidence, evidence obtained through torture and politically-motivated intelligence agencies.

See more information:

http://iclmg.ca/civil-liberties-coalition-welcomes-the-rel…/
http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/french-investigative-ju…
http://www.cbc.ca/…/o…/charges-dropped-hassan-diab-1.4484443

We are reprinting below the statement of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group on the case:

CIVIL LIBERTIES COALITION WELCOMES THE RELEASE OF CANADIAN HASSAN DIAB IN FRANCE

Jan. 12, 2018 – After a decade-long ordeal, French judges have dropped all allegations against Canadian Hassan Diab and ordered his immediate release.

“We are overjoyed for Hassan, his partner Rania, and their two children, that this ordeal is finally coming to a close,” said Tim McSorley, national coordinator with the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. “That Hassan Diab was extradited in the first place continues to raise serious questions about Canada’s judicial process. For now, though, we look forward to seeing Hassan safe and sound back in Canada.”

Hassan Diab was arrested by the RCMP for extradition to France in 2008, on allegations that he participated in the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris that killed 4 bystanders. He was extradited to France in 2014. Since then he has spent more than three years in pre-trial detention, as investigative judges weighed whether to proceed to trial.

Since 2008, the ICLMG has joined Rania, Hassan’ lawyers, the Justice for Hassan Diab support committee and others in questioning the evidence presented against Hassan, and criticizing the Canadian extradition system that allowed him to be sent to France in the first place.

It is important to remember that at the time of the extradition hearings, Justice Maranger described the evidence against Hassan as “illogical”, “very problematic,” and “convoluted,” but that the low threshold for evidence under Canada’s extradition law left him no choice but to commit Dr. Diab to extradition. “It will be important to remain vigilant to ensure that no other Canadian faces the ordeal that Hassan has been through,” said McSorley.

The ICLMG congratulates Rania, Don Bayne and all of Hassan’s lawyers, and the support committee for their tireless work in ensuring that an innocent man was not forgotten and is finally being freed.

Video: Irish republican ex-POW Pádraic MacCoitir stands with Ahed Tamimi

Pádraic MacCoitir, former Irish Republican prisoner of British colonialism, issued the following video and statement in solidarity with Ahed Tamimi and fellow Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

The video comes as Irish activists in Dublin are organizing a protest for Ahed Tamimi on 13 January at 2:30 pm outside the General Post Office.

Video:

MacCoitir’s statement:

I remember well the early days of 1969 and like many others I never imagined the struggle to last as long as it is- without success so far.

Boys and girls were killed and indeed the first person I saw being shot dead was Desy Healy who was killed by a British soldier while throwing a sauce bottle during a riot on the day the Brits brought in Internment in August 71.

During that particular period of Internment some schoolboys, the youngest being 15, were interned.

Also in Leana an Duin Julie Livingstone was shot dead when a cowardly Britush soldier fired a plastic bullet at her. This was in May 81 during the hunger strike and during a period when many other children were killed and injured when hit with that lethal weapon.

We are seeing this on a daily basis in Palestine and the most famous of those imprisoned is Ahed Tamimi who’s just 15. Ahed has seen a lot in her short life with relatives being killed, wounded and imprisoned. The zionist regime totally ignore the criticism being levelled at them so it’s important we add our voices to the injustice being levelled against the Palestinian people.

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Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes MacCoitir and all of the Irish strugglers who have continued to stand side by side with the Palestinian people’s struggle for liberation over many years of collective resistance to colonialism. Freedom for the people of Ireland and Palestine!

15 January, New York City: Protest to Free Ahed Tamimi and #StopHP

Monday, 15 January
5:00 pm
Best Buy – Union Square
52 E. 14th St, NYC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1991441214403922/

Ahed Tamimi, a 16-year-old Palestinian activist captured by Israeli forces during a raid on her home in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh before dawn on January 19, will face her next hearing of an Israeli military court that convicts Palestinians at a rate of 99.74% on Monday, January 15.

Stand with Ahed to demand that Israel release her, 249 other child detainees, 58 imprisoned women and all 6,154 Palestinian political prisoners (addameer.org/statistics), and that Hewlett Packard companies end their contracts with Israeli prisons and detention centers, occupation and security forces, and checkpoints and settlements (investigate.afsc.org/company/hp-incinvestigate.afsc.org/company/hewlett-packard-enterprise,investigate.afsc.org/company/dxc-technology-company).

Help build a growing international campaign to boycott HP (bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp) over the companies’ support for Israeli crimes.

Support the Palestinian people, the Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian Resistance, and the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

14 January, Berlin: Palestinian Contingent in Luxemburg-Liebknecht Rally

Sunday, 14 January
10:00 am
U-Bahnhof Frankfurter Tor
Berlin
More information: http://palaestina-solidaritaet.de/2017/12/31/berlin-so-14-01-palaestinablock-auf-der-ll-demonstration/

Every year, the Liebknecht-Luxemburg demonstration in Berlin commemorates the lives of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The demonstration is joined by a wide range of German and international leftist organizations. The Democratic Palestine Committees in Berlin are organizing a Palestine bloc for the demonstration – please come with Palestinian flags and banners for freedom for Palestinian prisoners and the Palestinian people.

13 January, Portland: Women’s March for Palestine

Saturday, 13 January
12:00 pm
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Corner of SW Yamhill and Broadway – across from Nordstrom
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/158519034771635/

Saturday January 13, 2018
12:00 noon: Vigil at Pioneer Courthouse Square
(Gather on corner of SW Yamhill & Broadway—across from Nordstrom)
12:30 to 1:30: March through downtown
We gather and march:
–For the Release of Ahed Tamimi and of all Palestinian children imprisoned (#NoWayToTreatAChild)
–To protest Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
–To demand an end to the siege on Gaza
–To demand an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine
–To demand FREEDOM, JUSTICE, EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS for Palestinians!

13 January, Rome: Protest to #FreeAhedTamimi

Saturday, 13 January
11:00 am
Piazza Montecitorio
Rome
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/191441008262570/

Organized by Rete Romana di Solidarietà con il Popolo Palestinese

SATURDAY 13 JANUARY FROM 11 TO 13, SIT-IN IN FRONT OF THE PARLIAMENT
TO CALL FOR THE LIBERATION OF AHED TAMIMI AND ALL THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN JAILED IN ISRAELI PRISONS

Ahed Tamimi, 16, was imprisoned and charged with assault and incitement after slapping an armed-to-the-teeth Israeli soldier who refused to leave the courtyard of her family home in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah in the West Bank. She risks a sentence of many years. Her mother, Nariman, also detained for filming and publicizing the incident, and her cousin Nour also faces military court charges.

This incident occurred shortly after soldiers shot her 15-year-old cousin in the face, wounding him seriously. Palestinian villages like Nabi Saleh are regularly invaded by occupation soliders. Children are dragged from their beds in the middle of the night – as happened to Ahed – and taken before military tribunals. Human rights groups have gathered a great deal of evidence on how children are regularly beaten and tortured during detention.

Each year, hundreds of children accused of throwing stones are jailed in Israeli prisons. In 99% of cases before the military courts, Palestinians are declared guilty. This is leaving aside those killed: in the last 16 years, the Israeli army has killed an average of 11 children a month.

Israel’s impunity must end. Italy and Europe are signatories of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and must demand these rights are implemented and respected.

Ahed Tamimi, her mother Nariman, her cousin Nour and all of the Palestinian children in Israeli prisons must be freed!

Take Action! Write your MPs and National Governments for Ahed Tamimi

10 January – 20 January
Organized by BDS Nederland and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/311921819320314/

CALL TO ACTION: English | French | Portuguese

SAMPLE LETTERS: English | German | French | Portuguese | Dutch

CONTACT ACTIONS: United States | Germany | France | Portugal | NetherlandsBelgium

CALL TO ACTION

English

We call for an International Week of Action for Ahed Tamimi and Palestinian political prisoners.
We call on you, citizens, activists, organizations and unions to make a huge statement to our governments around the globe that the tipping point has been reached: We, international civil society, demand action now against Israel’s institutional human rights abuses, especially against Palestinian children.

Let’s stand up for Ahed and all imprisoned Palestinians, by telling our national lawmakers and ministers to act, holding Israel responsible for its crimes. Let’s blow the whistle together from January 10 till 20: Free Ahed al-Tamimi | End Israeli military arrests and abuse of Palestinian Children | End Israeli apartheid and illegal occupation.

What can you do?
1.Send an email to your Members of Parliament and ministers of your government and ask them:
– to condemn Israels practice of child-detention, which is a violation of children’s rights, human rights and international law.
– to speak up for rights of Palestinian children to be guaranteed by the state of Israel and to be respected by it’s military system.
-to condemn Israel’s child abuse and to call the ambassador to account.
– to urge Israeli authorities to release immediately and unconditionally Ahed Tamimi and other political (child) prisoners.

(See a sample letter at the bottom)

Background – Israel’s occupation targets children:

Israel is the only country in the world that systematically detains and prosecutes children through military courts, lacking basic due process guarantees. According to Defense for Children International-Palestine, Israel prosecutes 500-700 Palestinian children in military courts annually. At this moment 450 Palestinian children are kept in military prisons by Israel, waiting extensive periods for trial, in lonely cells, ill-treated, intimidated, interrogated, often abused and harassed. We see how 16-year-old Ahed al-Tamimi, who is in jail since her abduction 19 december 2017, is brought to face military judges in shackles. According to Middleeasteye, Israel is implementing a deliberate policy to terrorise Palestinian children to dissuade them from engaging in Palestinian resistance as they grow into adulthood.

#FreeAhed #EndIsraeliOccupation

French (via Agence Media Palestine)

A l’appel de Samidoun, le réseau palestinien de solidarité avec les prisonniers palestiniens et BDS Hollande , participons à une semaine internationale d’action pour la libération de Ahed Tamimi et des prisonniers politiques palestiniens du 10 au 20 janvier 2018.

Ahed Tamimi, mineure de 16 ans arrêtée le 19 décembre dernier par l’armée israélienne dans son village Nabi Saleh entouré de colonies, a été présentée à la justice militaire le 28 décembre. les douze charges finalement retenues contre elle (de la gifle à un soldat, à jets de pierre, et harcèlement envers l’armée) risquent de lui valoir plusieurs années de prison . Sachant que le taux de condamnation des palestiniens traduits devant les tribunaux militaires est proche de 100%, il est urgent d’agir.

C’est le moment d’agir!

Ecrivons à nos députés , et interpellons le gouvernement français.

Ci dessous les outils de l’action: les faits, le modèle de lettre, la liste des mails du premier ministre, du ministre des affaires étrangères, et de l’Elysée , la liste des mails des députés.

Les faits:

Un niveau critique est atteint dans les abus et les violations des droits humains par Israël en particulier envers les enfants palestiniens.

Interpellons nos législateurs et ministres pour qu’ils agissent et tiennent Israël pour responsable de ses violations :

  • Pour qu’ils condamnent fermement la détention d’enfants, qui viole les droits des enfants , les droits humains et le droit international.
  • Pour qu’ils exigent d’Israël et de son régime militaire la garantie du respect des droits des enfants palestiniens. Israël signataire de la Convention internationale des droits des enfants CIDE, le 28 octobre 1992 refuse sa responsabilité de puissance occupante sur les enfants des territoires occupés . Il viole toutes les règles sur les emprisonnements d’enfants établies et rappelées par le haut commissariat des nations unies aux droits de l’homme.
  • Pour qu’ils se rapprochent de l’ambassadeur d’Israël en France et indiquent leur condamnation de ces violations, et pour qu’ils exigent la libération immédiate de Ahed Tamimi et des enfants prisonniers.

Israël est le seul pays du monde qui arrête et poursuit systématiquement des enfants devant des tribunaux militaires, c’est à dire en l’absence de toute garantie fondamentale en matière de procédure. Selon l’organisation Defense for Children International-Palestine, israël poursuit chaque année entre 500 et 700 enfants devant des tribunaux militaires.

En ce moment 450 enfants palestiniens sont détenus dans des prisons militaires, pour de longues périodes en attente de leur procès, en cellules d’isolement, maltraités, intimidés, subissant des interrogatoires où ils sont harcelés et violentés. Ahed Tamimi âgée de 16 ans, arrêtée et emprisonnée depuis le 19 décembre a été présentée menottée et entravée aux juges de la cour militaire.

Israël pratique une politique délibérée de terreur envers les enfants palestiniens.

Liens :

#FreeAhed #FreeIsraelipoliticalprisoners #EndIsraeliOccupation

https://forward.com/opinion/391435/american-dollars-must-not-be-spent-on-ahed-tamimis-arrest/

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/israel-implements-deliberate-policy-terrorise-palestinian-children-376736216

http://www.dci-palestine.org/issues_military_detention

Portuguese (via Grupo Accao Palestina)

Apresentamos a tradução do apelo emitido pela  Samidoun – Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network 

Apela-se a que cidadãos / ãs, activistas, organizações e sindicatos tomem uma posição forte perante os governos em todo o mundo relativamente a esta situação inaceitável. Nós, sociedade civil internacional, exigimos que sejam tomadas medidas contra o abuso dos direitos humanos pelas instituições israelitas, especialmente the crianças palestinianas. Defendamos Ahed Tamimi e todos os palestinianos presos, exigindo aos nossos deputados / as e ministros / as que actuator, responsabilizando Israel pelos seus crimes. De 10 a 20 de janeiro, façamo-nos ouvir: Liberdade para Ahed Tamimi | Fim da prisão e abusos dos direitos the crianças palestinianas | Fim do apartheid israelita e da ocupação. Israel é o único país do mundo que sistematicamente prende e julga crianças em tribunais militares, as guaranteed by justiça mais básicas. De acordo com a Defense for Children – Palestine

, Israel julga 500 a 700 crianças palestinianas anualmente em tribunais militares. Neste momento, 450 crianças palestinianas encontram-se detidas em prisões militares em Israel, à espera de julgamento por longos períodos, em isolamento, sometimes tratadas, intimidadas, interrogadas e, frequentemente, assediadas e vítimas de violência. Vemos como Ahed Tamimi, presa desde que foi raptada da sua casa a 19 de Dezembro de 2017, tem sido presente ao tribunal militar algemada. De acordo com o MiddleEast Eye , Israel tem implementado deliberadamente uma política de terror na tentativa dissuadir actos de resistência por parte the crianças palestinianas. ## FreeAhed #FreeIsraelipoliticalprisoners #EndIsraeliOccupation

O que podemos fazer? Enviar to email aos deputados / as da Assembleia da República e Parlamento Europeu e ministros / as do governo exigindo: – a condenação da prática israelita da prisão de crianças, que constitui uma violação dos direitos the crianças, dos direitos humanos e da lei internacional; – que os direitos the crianças palestinianas sejam garantidos pelo estado de Israel e que sejam respeitados pelo exército israelita; – que exijam às autoridades israelitas a libertação imediata e incondicional de Ahed Tamimi e de todas as crianças palestinianas detidas; Exemplo / modelo de carta a enviar aos (as) deputados (as) e ministros (as) Assunto: “A prisão e abuso the crianças palestinianas tem de parar”

SAMPLE LETTERS

English

Sample Letter to your MP/Minister. Subject:
“The Arrest And Abuse Of Palestinian Children by Israel Has To Stop”

Dear MP / Minister
I am writing this letter to ask for your support in calling for an end to the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli jails, especially Ahed Tamimi who is being persecuted by the Israeli government.

On December 15th, Mohammed Tamimi, 15, has been shot in the head by Israeli Occupation Forces at close range with a rubber-coated metal bullet. Mohammed was in a critical condition and his cousin, Ahed Tamimi, 16, was visibly upset to hear of his injuries.

The same forces who shot Mohammed approached the family home of Ahed an hour later and she slapped the soldiers telling them to leave. This encounter was filmed by her mother and released on social media. The video showed the bravery of a young unarmed activist standing up to two heavily armed Israeli soldiers.

On December 19th, 2017, Ahed Tamimi was arrested by Israeli occupation forces and taken from her home and parents in the middle of the night. Ahed has appeared in military court and has been charged with 12 crimes which sees her facing a jail term of up to 12 years. Military courts are only used to try Palestinians and have a 99.74% conviction rate, so the future looks bleak without our intervention.

I am calling for you to urgently support the immediate release of Ahed Tamimi and for all charges against her to be dropped.

Unfortunately, Ahed’s case is not an isolated incident in Palestine. According to Defense of Children International – Palestine, Israel prosecutes between 500 and 700 children in military courts each year, some as young as 12, and holds on average more than 200 Palestinian children in detention at any given time.
Investigations by United Nations agencies (including UNICEF), Human Rights Watch, Bt’selem, Amnesty International and Defense for Children International – Palestine, have found evidence that:

– 3 out of 4 Palestinian children arrested experience physical violence during arrest or interrogation by Israeli soldiers
– Palestinian children are often arrested during night raids on their homes
– 85% of Palestinian children arrested were blindfolded and 95% were hand-tied, denied access to lawyers and their parents during interrogation and are coerced into signing confessions
– Palestinian children are often held in ‘administrative detention’ – children can be detained for many months without charge or trial
– Palestinian children are convicted in military courts and imprisoned in detention centres, often inside Israel outside of the occupied West Bank, making it difficult for their families to visit

Since 2016, Israeli authorities have increasingly used solitary confinement for interrogation purposes, a practice amounting to torture under international law.

In 2013, UNICEF released a report titled ‘Children in Israeli military detention: Observations and recommendations’. The report concluded that “ill-treatment of children who come into contact with the military detention system appears to be widespread, systemic and institutionalized throughout the process, from the moment of arrest until the child’s prosecution and eventual conviction and sentencing”.
Regardless of guilt or innocence, children in conflict with the law are entitled to special protections and all process rights under international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Israel agreed to and ratified the International Juvenile Justice Standards in 1991 and these demand that children should only be deprived of their liberty as a last resort, must not be unlawfully or arbitrarily detained, and must not be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

I am calling for you to urgently contact the Israeli Ambassador and hold Israel accountable for its practices of child detention which is a violation of children’s rights, human rights and international law.

Thank you for your attention to this letter and for representing my concerns with the action you will take on behalf of Ahed and all Palestinian child prisoners.

Respectfully
….(name, domicile)….

German

Sehr geehrter …,

wir bitten Sie als Vertreter der Bundesregierung umgehend auf die Behörden Israels dahingehend einzuwirken, die Verhaftung und Festsetzung der Minderjährigen Ahed Tamimi, ihrer Mutter Nariman Tamimi und ihrer Cousine Nour unverzüglich aufzuheben.

Die 16-jährige Ahed Tamimi wurde am 19. Dezember 2017 bei einer Hausdurchsuchung um 3 Uhr morgens in der palästinensischen Ortschaft Nabi Saleh in dem besetzten Westjordanland verhaftet. Am darauffolgenden Tag wurde ihre Mutter Nariman Tamimi bei der Suche nach ihrer Tochter festgenommen, ebenso die minderjährige Cousine von Ahed, Nour Tamimi.

Es kann nicht länger hingenommen werden, dass die Bundesregierung zu solchem Verhalten seitens der israelischen Regierung schweigt, schon gar nicht, wenn in Israel die Forderung des Journalisten Ben Caspit nach ‘Bestrafung ohne Kameras’* für Tamimi gefeiert und dieser Tage die ‘Todesstrafe für Terroristen’** als Gesetzentwurf verabschiedet wird. Zu groß ist unsere historische Verpflichtung, NIE WIEDER die Augen zu verschließen vor schreiendem Unrecht!

Wir bitten Sie als zuständigen Minister für außenpolitische Angelegenheiten, die israelische Regierung und den israelischen Botschafter in Berlin aufzufordern, Ahed Tamimi, ihre Mutter Nariman und ihre Cousine Nour unverzüglich und ohne Auflagen freizulassen.

Hochachtungsvoll

{Ihr Name}

* www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Fighting-a-shaming-campaign-with-the-truth-520014
** www.n-tv.de/der_tag/Israels-Parlament-stimmt-Todesstrafe-fuer-Terroristen-zu-article20212816.html

French

Modèle de lettre à votre député, au ministre des affaires étrangères, au premier ministre, et au président de la république

Objet: l’arrestation et les violences sur des enfants palestiniens par Israël doit cesser

Monsieur ou Madame le député, Monsieur le ministre,

Je vous écris afin de solliciter votre soutien et votre intervention afin d’appeler à l’arrêt de la détention d’enfants palestiniens dans les prisons israéliennes. En Particulier sur le cas de Ahed Tamimi poursuivie par le gouvernement israélien: le 15 décembre dernier Mohamed Tamimi 15 ans a été visé et atteint à la tête par les forces d’occupation israéliennes, d’une balle de métal recouverte de caoutchouc tirée à courte distance. Le jeune garçon était dans un état critique et sa cousine Ahed Tamimi âgée de 16 ans est visiblement bouleversée par l’annonce de son état et la gravité de ses blessures.

Les mêmes soldats qui avaient tiré sur Mohamed s’approchèrent de la maison familiale une heure plus tard, et  Ahed  les a alors frappé en leur criant de partir. Cette scène a été filmée par sa mère et diffusée sur les réseaux sociaux. La vidéo montre le courage de cette jeune militante affrontant à mains nues deux soldats lourdement armés.

Le 19 décembre 2017, Ahed Tamimi a été arrêtée chez elle en pleine nuit et enlevée à sa famille par les forces d’occupation . Elle a été traduite devant un tribunal militaire et 12 motifs d’inculpation retenus contre elle lui font courir le risque de 12 années de prison. Les tribunaux militaires israéliens ne traitent que des cas de prisonniers palestiniens avec un taux de condamnation de 99,74%. Ainsi l’avenir de Ahed Tamimi paraît bien sombre sans notre intervention.
Je vous demande d’apporter votre soutien urgent à la libération immédiate de Ahed Tamimi et à la levée de toutes les charges retenues contre elle.

Malheureusement le cas de Ahed Tamimi n’est pas isolé. Selon l’association Defense of Children International – Palestine, Israel poursuit chaque année de 500 à 700 enfants devant des tribunaux militaires certains âgés de 12 ans et détient en prison une moyenne de 200 enfants.

Les enquêtes des agences des Nations Unies, incluant l’UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, Bt’selem, Amnesty International and Defense for Children International – Palestine, ont fourni des preuves sur les éléments suivants : 3 sur 4 des enfants arrêtés subissent des violences lors de leur arrestation ou des interrogatoires par les soldats israéliens.

Les enfants palestiniens sont fréquemment arrêtés lors de descentes nocturnes dans leur foyer, 85% des enfants palestiniens arrêtés ont eu les yeux bandés, et 95% menottés, privés d’accès à un avocat, et de visite de leurs parents durant les interrogatoires, forcés de signer des aveux.

Les enfants palestiniens sont souvent placés en détention administrative (héritage de la législation britannique mandataire qui permet de détenir un prisonnier sans jugement ni accès au dossier pendant des périodes pouvant aller jusqu’à 6 mois et renouvelables plusieurs fois NDLT) . Ces enfants peuvent ainsi être détenus plusieurs mois sans inculpation ni procès.

Des enfants palestiniens sont condamnés par des tribunaux militaires et emprisonnés dans des centres de détention souvent situés hors des territoires occupés, en Israël, ce qui rend très difficile les visites de leurs familles. Depuis 2016, les autorités israéliennes ont augmenté l’usage des cellules d’isolement pour les interrogatoires, une pratique assimilée à de la torture par la loi internationale.

En 2013 l’UNICEF a publié un rapport intitulé « Enfants en détention militaire israélienne : observations et recommandations », ce rapport conclut que « la maltraitance des enfants au contact du système militaire de détention semble être généralisée, systémique et institutionnalisée tout au long du processus, depuis le moment de leur arrestation jusqu’à la poursuite en justice de l’enfant , son éventuelle condamnation et l’application de la peine.»

« Sans lien avec leur culpabilité ou leur innocence, les enfants en infraction avec la loi ont droit à des protections spéciales et à tous les droits garantis par la loi internationale sur les droits humains , et au droit international humanitaire . Israël a signé et ratifié les Normes internationales de justice pour les mineurs , en 1991. Et ces dernières exigent que les enfants ne soient privés de liberté qu’en dernier recours, ne doivent pas être détenus de façon illégale ou arbitraire, et ne doivent pas être l’objet de torture ou d’autre punitions, ou de traitements cruel inhumain ou dégradants.»

Je vous demande de prendre contact d’urgence avec l’ambassadeur d’Israël et de tenir Israël pour responsable de ses pratiques de détention d’enfants, qui sont une violation des droits des enfants, des droits humains et du droit international.

Je vous remercie de votre attention et de représenter mes préoccupations par les actions que vous entreprendrez pour Ahed Tamimi et pour tous les enfants palestiniens prisonniers

Respectueusement,

Nom – adresse

Portuguese

Caro (a) Sr (a). Deputado (a) / Ministo (a),

Escrevo-lhe esta carta pedindo-lhe o seu apoio na exigência do fim da detenção the crianças palestinianas nas prisões de Israel, including a de Ahed Tamimi vítima de perseguição par parte do governo israelita. A 15 de Dezembro de 2017, Mohammed Tamimi, de 14 anos, foi alvejado à queima-roupa com uma bala de borracha pelas forças de ocupação israelitas. Mohammed encontra-se em estado crítico. Uma hora depois, as mesmas força que alvejaram Mohammed entraram na casa de Ahed, sua prima, que exigiu a sua retirada e esbofeteou um dos soldados. A atitude de Ahed foi filmada pela sua mãe e publicada nas redes sociais. No vídeo pode ver-se a coragem desta jovem de 16 anos que, desarmada, enfrentou dois militares israelitas fortemente armados.

A 19 de Dezembro de 2017, Ahed Tammy foi presa pelas forças de ocupação israelitas, retirada de sua casa a meio da noite. Ahed foi levada perante um tribunal militar e acusada de 12 crimes, pelo que poderá incorrer numa pena de prisão até 12 anos. Os tribunais militares são apenas usados ​​para julgar palestinianos e têm uma taxa de condenação DE 99.74%, pelo que a liberdade de Ahed está fortemente ameaçada, caso não haja uma intervenção internacional veemente. Peço-lhe que apoie a libertação imediata de Ahed Tamimi e que exija que as acusações que sobre ela pendem sejam retiradas. Infelizmente, o caso de ahed não é incidente isolado na Palestina. De acordo com a Defense for Children International – Palestine, Israel leva anualmente a tribunal militar 500 a 700 crianças, algumas com apenas 13 anos de idade, e tem presas, em média, 200 crianças.

Dados de agências da Nações Unidas (including UNICEF), Human Rights Watch, Bt’selem, Amnistia Internacional e Desfense for Children – Palestine, mostram que:

– em cada 4 crianças palestinianas presas, 3 sofreram violência física durante a sua prisão ou interrogatório por soldados israelitas.

– as crianças palestinianas são frequentemente retiradas suas casas durante a noite e presas. – 85% the crianças palestinianas presas foram vendadas e 95% algemadas, sem acesso à presença de advogado nem dos pais e são coagidas a assinar confissões escritas em hebraico

– as crianças palestinianas são frequentemente mantidas in “prisão administrativa”, podendo ficar detidas durante vários meses sem acusação formada ou julgamento.

– as crianças palestinianas são condenas em tribunais militares e encarceradas em centro de detenção, muitas vezes em Israel e fora dos territórios ocupados, tornando extremamente difícil as visitas dos seus familiares.

Desde 2016 que as autoridades israelitas aumentaram a prisão em isolamento para interrogatório, prática considerada com tortura sob le le internacional. Em 2013, a UNICEF publicou to relatório entitulado “Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations”. Este relatório concluiu que “o mos tratos a que são sujeitas as crianças em contacto com o sistema de prisão militar são uma prática generalizada, sistémica e institucionalizada ao longo de todo o processo, desde o momento da detenção até à acusação e condenação da criança” , Independentement da culpa, qualquer criança que enfrente a justiça tem direito a protecção especial ea toos os direitos processuais à luz dos direitos humanos e da lei internacional. Israel concordou e subscreveu em 1991 o “International Standards for Juvenile Justice” que exige que as crianças apenas sejam privadas da sua liberdade em último caso e que não podem ser detidas à margem da lei ou arbitrariamente, sujeitas e tortura ou outros tratamentos e castigos cruéis , inumanos ou degradantes.

Peço-lhe que entre urgentemente em contacto com a representação diplomática de Israel e que responsabilize Israel pelas suas práticas de detenção de crianças, a qual é uma violação dos direitos the crianças, direitos humano e da lei internacional. Agradeço a atenção dispensada a esta carta e por representar a minha preocupação ao tomar uma atitude na defesa de Ahed e de todas as crianças palestinianas presas.

Respeitosamente,

(Nome, morada, …)

Dutch

Geachte kamerlid,

Met deze brief vraag ik u de oproep tot het beëindigen van de hechtenis van Palestijnse kinderen in Israëlische gevangenissen te ondersteunen. Met name vraag ik uw steun voor Ahed Tamimi, een meisje van 16 jaar, die vastzit en juridisch vervolgd wordt door de Israëlische Overheid.

Op 15 december 2017 werd Mohammed Tamimi, 15 jaar oud, van dichtbij in zijn hoofd geschoten door het Israelische Bezettings Leger (IDF) met een met rubber beklede stalen kogel. Mohammed werd in kritieke toestand opgenomen in het ziekenhuis en lag in coma op de intensive care. Zijn nicht Ahed Tamimi, 16 jaar oud, was zichtbaar ontdaan toen zij hoorde van zijn ernstige verwondingen.

Dezelfde soldaten die op Mohammed schoten, benaderden een uur later het ouderlijk huis van Ahed Tamimi. Ahed drong onder meer lijfelijk bij de soldaten erop aan om te vertrekken. Deze ontmoeting en confrontatie is gefilmd door haar moeder en werd door haar later op de sociale media geplaatst. De video laat in feite zien hoe dapper dit ongewapende meisje was in de confrontatie met twee zwaar bewapende Israëlische soldaten.

Op 19 december 2017 werd Ahed Tamimi om 4.00 uur ’s nachts door het Israelische Bezettings Leger gearresteerd en weggevoerd uit haar ouderlijk huis. Ahed moest voor de militaire rechtbank verschijnen en is door de militaire openbare aanklager beschuldigd van 12 feiten, die bij veroordeling kunnen leiden tot een gevangenisstraf van 12 jaar. De ervaring leert dat de militaire rechtbanken in 99,74 % van hun dossiers een gevangenisstraf opleggen. De toekomst voor Ahed lijkt uitzichtloos zonder onze bemoeienis en interventie.

Ik doe dan ook hierbij een dringend beroep op u om de onmiddellijke vrijlating van Ahed Tamimi te ondersteunen en te bepleiten, waarbij alle ten laste leggingen tegen haar worden ingetrokken.

Helaas is het dossier van Ahed Tamimi een niet op zich zelf staande zaak in Israël / Palestina. Volgens de organisatie ‘Defense for Children International – Palestine’ vervolgt en veroordeelt de staat Israël elk jaar middels haar militaire rechtbanken tussen de 500 en 700 kinderen. Sommigen van hen zijn zelfs jonger dan 12 jaar. Gemiddeld zitten er elk moment van het jaar meer dan 200 kinderen in de gevangenis.

Onderzoek door agentschappen van de Verenigde Naties (waaronder Unicef), Human Rights Watch, Bt’selem, Amnesty International en Defense for Children International – Palestine, hebben bewezen dat:
– 3 van de 4 kinderen die worden gearresteerd te maken krijgen met lichamelijk geweld gedurende de arrestatie en/of het verhoor door de Israëlische soldaten;
– Palestijnse kinderen vaak gedurende nachtelijke razzia’s worden gearresteerd in hun ouderlijke huizen;
– 85 % van de Palestijnse kinderen worden geblinddoekt en 95 % worden gehandboeid. Toegang van advocaten en families tot deze kinderen tijdens verhoren wordt hun ontzegd en er is sprake van dwang tot het tekenen van van te voren in het Hebreeuws opgestelde bekentenissen;
– Palestijnse kinderen worden vaak vastgehouden middels administratieve detentie; zo worden de kinderen vaak voor maanden vastgehouden zonder aanklacht of juridisch proces.
– Palestijnse kinderen moeten vaak voor militaire rechtbanken komen en worden vastgehouden in huizen van bewaring in Israël zelf en niet op de bezette Westbank, waardoor het voor hun families moeilijk tot onmogelijk is hen te bezoeken.

Sinds 2016 maken de Israëlische autoriteiten in toenemende mate gebruik van het middel van eenzame opsluiting voor verhoor doeleinden, een praktijk die onder internationaal recht valt onder marteling.

In 2013 publiceerde UNICEF een rapport met de titel ‘Children in Israeli militairy detention: Observations and recommendations’. Het rapport kwam tot de conclusie dat onheuze behandeling van kinderen die in contact kwamen met het militaire gevangenissysteem op grote schaal plaatsvond, dat het systematisch gebeurde en dat het door de Israëlische Staat wettelijk wordt toegestaan gedurende het gehele traject, vanaf het moment van arrestatie , het vooronderzoek en eventueel de rechtspraak en de veroordeling
Ongeacht schuld of onschuld, alle kinderen die met de wet in aanraking komen hebben recht op speciale bescherming en al hun procesrechten, zoals vastgelegd in het Internationaal Recht, moeten worden gewaarborgd. Israël heeft de International Juvenile Standards in 1991 ondertekend en geratificeerd. Deze overeenkomst eist dat kinderen alleen van hun vrijheid mogen worden beroofd als alle andere juridische middelen zijn uitgeput. Tevens is vastgelegd dat vrijheidsberoving niet wederrechtelijk of willekeurig mag gebeuren en zeker niet gepaard mag gaan met marteling of enige andere vorm van wrede, onmenselijke of vernederende behandeling of straf.
Ik verzoek u dringend om contact op te nemen met de Israëlische ambassadeur en Israel ter verantwoording te roepen voor haar praktijken van het gevangennemen van kinderen. Praktijken die in strijd zijn met de rechten van het kind, de universele rechten van de mens en het internationaal recht.

Dank u wel dat u deze brief wilde lezen en dat u mijn zorgen wilt delen door middel van het nemen van actie en stellingname. Dit in naam van Ahed Tamimi en alle andere Palestijnse kindgevangenen.

Met de meeste hoogachting,

naam
woonplaats

CONTACT ACTIONS

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. CODEPINK has an action to highlight this case specifically.

Germany

http://mailchi.mp/2181741b577d/sondernewsletter-freiheit-fr-ahed-tamimi

Heute möchten wir Sie dringend bitten, sich an der Petition FREE AHED TAMIMI zu beteiligen. Sie können auch einen Text mit diesem Link an Außenminister Gabrielschicken. Setzen Sie Ihre Unterschrift mit einem Klick dafür ein, dass das 16-jährige Mädchen Ahed Tamimi aus der israelischen Militärhaft entlassen wird, ebenso wie ihre Mutter und ihre Cousine. Deutschland darf zu solchen Menschenrechtsverletzungen unseres Partners Israel nicht schweigen! In israelischen Militärgefängnissen sitzen derzeit über 500 palästinensische Minderjährige in Haft.

France

Les contacts :

Liste des députés  par région :

http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/liste/regions

Ministère des affaires étrangères :

jeanyves.ledrian@diplomatie.gouv.fr

nathalie.loiseau@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Premier ministre :

premier-ministre@cab.pm.gouv.fr

Elysée :

secretariat.presse@elysee.fr

alexis.kohler@elysee.fr ( secrétaire général)

patrick.strzoda@elysee.fr (directeur de cabinet)

francois-xavier.lauch@elysee.fr (chef de cabinet)

ismael.emelien@elysee.fr (conseiller spécial)

Portugal

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Voorzitter Brussels Parlement : Charles Picqué
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Voorzitter Kamer : Siegfried Bracke

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Mohammed Tamimi, 19, seized by occupation forces as global solidarity escalates

Photo: Manal Tamimi

The ongoing Israeli harassment and targeted oppression of the Tamimi family, organizers in the anti-colonial land defense and popular resistance in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, continued in the pre-dawn hours of 11 January. While 16-year-old activist Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman remain in Israeli prison, facing a series of charges before an Israeli military court, Israeli occupation forces raided the family home of Manal and Bilal Tamimi, seizing their 19-year-old son Mohammed. Manal, Mohammed’s mother, was released one week ago after nearly a week in Israeli prison.

Mohammed smiled and raised his fingers in the “victory” sign as he was taken from his family home surrounded by occupation soldiers.  Manal later reported on Facebook that her son is currently being held in the infamous Petah Tikva interrogation center. He is the latest member of the Tamimi family to be targeted in an ongoing series of raids and and arrests in the village of Nabi Saleh and the neighboring village of Deir Nizam, both near Ramallah. Nabi Saleh, a village of 600, has become a center of popular organizing and indigenous land defense after the illegal settlement of Halamish has stolen the village’s agricultural land as well as its spring.

Ahed and Nariman’s imprisonment has drawn international attention; Ahed’s cousin Nour is also facing several charges before an Israeli military court. The military courts have a conviction rate of over 99 percent, and the two women are charged with incitement for political posts on social media, “assault” on an occupation soldier on their family’s land, and throwing stones, among other allegations. The “assault” charges refer to the livestreamed interaction in which Ahed and Nour demand an occupation soldier leave their home; he was attempting to move to higher ground on the family’s land in order to position himself to shoot at demonstrators in the village. After being slapped by the soldier, Ahed slapped the occupation soldier with her bare hand.

Ahed’s 15-year-old cousin Mohammed was shot in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet and was in a coma for days; he continues to struggle with serious injuries. Last week, another Tamimi cousin, Musa’ab, 17, was shot and killed by occupation forces in the village of Deir Nizam, the first Palestinian killed in 2018.

As the repression targeting the Tamimi family has continued and intensified, Palestinian and international support for Ahed Tamimi and her family has only grown. Ahed, who has traveled to South Africa, Europe, Lebanon and elsewhere to speak about the Palestinian struggle, is an internationally-known leader in the indigenous land defense movement. She has been involved in the movement in Nabi Saleh since she was only 11 years old.

Protests are continuing around the world to demand Ahed’s freedom and that of the other 6,200 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Upcoming protests are scheduled in London (on both 12 January and 13 January), Saint-Etienne, Brussels, Rosario, Montevideo, Sydney, Toulouse, Dublin, Braga, Porto, Lisbon, Rome, New York City, Portland, Copenhagen, Berlin, Washington, DC, Arlington and elsewhere.

Photo: London Palestine Action

Street visual actions are also taking place to highlight Ahed’s case and the Palestinian struggle for freedom. In London, grassroots activists put up “guerilla” transit ads and posters on bus stops and Tube trains throughout the city. @Protestencil on Twitter has made the stencil-style posters available for download and use in supporters’ local cities.

 

Photo: London Palestine Action

London Palestine Action has highlighted the ongoing appearance of these “adhacks” throughout London, bringing Ahed’s case and the struggle of Palestinian child prisoners to the streets of the UK capital.  Italian activists in Venice replicated the posters on the streets of the city as well:

Photo: @yabastaedibese

On the streets of Berlin, Jewish Antifa Berlin shared images of large stickers and posters highlighting Ahed Tamimi’s case and those of the Tamimi women posted on signboards and advertising spaces around the German capital city.  Women in Berlin are also organizing a bloc for the women’s march on 21 January that will highlight Ahed’s case.

Photo: Via Jewish Antifa Berlin

An international action week is taking place from 10 to 20 January, focusing on pressure on national parliamentarians in countries around the world to speak out about the case of Ahed Tamimi, including actions targeting Dutch, French, German and Portuguese politicians. In addition, UK minister of state for the Middle East Alistair Burt responded to questions from Labour MP Julie Elliott on 10 January by noting that “the soldiers should not be there and the young woman should not have needed to do what she did.”  This followed an earlier Early Day Motion submitted by a multi-party group of parliamentarians on Ahed’s case.

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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:

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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
    4. 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
    5. 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.
    6. Write to Ahed, Nour 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, Nour 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

13 January, Lisbon, Porto and Braga: Freedom for Ahed Tamimi and Palestinian Prisoners!

Three events throughout Portugal on Saturday, 13 January to free Ahed Tamimi:

Saturday, 13 January
3:00 pm
Avenida Central
Braga, Portugal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/139666143372880/

Saturday, 13 January
3:00 pm
Praceta Palestina (Rua Fernandes Tomás entre a Rua do Bolhão e a Rua de Sá da Bandeira)
Porto, Portugal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/152196542225493/

Saturday, 13 January
3:00 pm
Praca de Luis de Camoes
Lisbon, Portugal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/317739512055477/

Grupo Acção Palestina and a number of Palestine solidarity organizations across Portugal are organizing demonstrations on Saturday, 13 January to demand freedom for Ahed Tamimi and all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.