Tamimi’s lawyer accuses army of trying to limit press coverage of her release

Speaking to reporters ahead of a press conference, Ahed Tamimi’s attorney asserts the 17-year-old’s release today was manipulated by the IDF for its own political gain.

Gaby Lasky says Israeli authorities did not let Tamimi’s family know when and where exactly she would be released in order to limit press access to the event.

“There is some concern of what the authorities might do if she tried to demonstrate,” Lasky adds.

Reflecting on her client’s decision to accept a plea bargain, Lasky clarifies that Ahed was not denying any of the accusations against her.

“We were just saying that these things are legal in the fight against occupation. The court disagrees,” says Lasky.

However, Lasky says it was still a major accomplishment by Ahed who managed to “bring her story and the reality of the occupation” to the livingrooms of people around the world.

Tamimi was imprisoned for eight months for slapping a soldier outside her home in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.

— Jacob Magid

Ahed and her mother Nariman were immediately mobbed by press (not me) upon their arrival in Nabi Saleh pic.twitter.com/bsL9UOD0SN

— Jacob Magid (@JacobMagid) July 29, 2018