Everything wrong with the reaction to Ahed Tamimi's prosecution for slapping an Israeli soldier
Everyone now knows that 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapped an Israeli soldier. How many of us know about the events that led up to this? Telling half of a story can be more of an injustice than fabricating the entirety, and in this instance, it most certainly is.
The viral video of Tamimi attempting to hit Israeli soldiers was reportedly the reason for her subsequent arrest and detention. Now let’s consider the background context to this video: Soldiers had apparently parked themselves on Tamimi’s family’s land shortly after their colleagues shot her 14-year-old cousin in the face with a rubber bullet and fired tear gas at their house, smashing windows. Her family says she was merely expressing legitimate protest at this treatment.
Living in fear of this sort of treatment remains the reality for 21st century Palestinians, without whose freedom Nelson Mandela observed that all of humanity’s freedom is incomplete. The UN Security Council deems Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation under international law”, and the sad reality for Palestinians is a life deprived of healthcare, an economy, a justice system, living in abject poverty with no food or water security and military violence against them and their children.
Everything wrong with the reaction to Ahed Tamimi's prosecution for slapping an Israeli soldier | The Independent
A rarity in England. The Palestinian point of view is put across. The Israelis will complain long and loud but too late, the deed has been done.
The report mentions provocation as Ahed Tamimi's unarmed 14 year old cousin had been shot in the face by an Israeli soldier a few days before. The report could also have developed on the fact that nearby illegal Israeli settlers intend to steal her home and the land on which her village resides.
What happens next? The Israeli government will brand this 16 year old girl a terrorist and imprison her as they have done with so many other Palestinians who object to their homes and land being stolen by Israelis. Ohhhh, and the Israeli government will then seize the land on which her village sits as a punishment for her "terrorist" behaviour. - Luca Manjo
Everyone now knows that 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi slapped an Israeli soldier. How many of us know about the events that led up to this? Telling half of a story can be more of an injustice than fabricating the entirety, and in this instance, it most certainly is.
The viral video of Tamimi attempting to hit Israeli soldiers was reportedly the reason for her subsequent arrest and detention. Now let’s consider the background context to this video: Soldiers had apparently parked themselves on Tamimi’s family’s land shortly after their colleagues shot her 14-year-old cousin in the face with a rubber bullet and fired tear gas at their house, smashing windows. Her family says she was merely expressing legitimate protest at this treatment.
Living in fear of this sort of treatment remains the reality for 21st century Palestinians, without whose freedom Nelson Mandela observed that all of humanity’s freedom is incomplete. The UN Security Council deems Israeli settlements “a flagrant violation under international law”, and the sad reality for Palestinians is a life deprived of healthcare, an economy, a justice system, living in abject poverty with no food or water security and military violence against them and their children.
Everything wrong with the reaction to Ahed Tamimi's prosecution for slapping an Israeli soldier | The Independent
A rarity in England. The Palestinian point of view is put across. The Israelis will complain long and loud but too late, the deed has been done.
The report mentions provocation as Ahed Tamimi's unarmed 14 year old cousin had been shot in the face by an Israeli soldier a few days before. The report could also have developed on the fact that nearby illegal Israeli settlers intend to steal her home and the land on which her village resides.
What happens next? The Israeli government will brand this 16 year old girl a terrorist and imprison her as they have done with so many other Palestinians who object to their homes and land being stolen by Israelis. Ohhhh, and the Israeli government will then seize the land on which her village sits as a punishment for her "terrorist" behaviour. - Luca Manjo
