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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Bassem Tamimi

In this Tuesday, February 13, 2018 file photo, Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi stands inside the Ofer military prison near Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
October 21, 2018, 1:04 pm
Palestinian protest icon goes from jail cell to VIP suite
17-year-old Ahed Tamimi is celebrated by activists and politicians throughout Europe and the Middle East over video of her slapping and kicking an Israeli soldier
By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Josef Federman
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi speaks at a press conference on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on July 29, 2018, after finishing her eight month prison sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
September 9, 2018, 10:13 am
Israel reportedly bars Ahed Tamimi and her family from leaving country
Palestinian teen’s father says decision to block her from speaking to human rights groups in Belgium, France and Spain is political harassment
By ToI Staff
Wa'ed Tamimi (Courtesy: Bassem Tamimi)
August 21, 2018, 4:36 pm
Ahed Tamimi’s brother sentenced to 14 months for stone-throwing
Father praises Wa’ed Tamimi, 22, for being on ‘path of resistance,’ month after sister and mother released from jail in soldier-slapping incident
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians hang a poster showing Nariman Tamimi, right, and her daughter Ahed, during preparations for their upcoming release from an Israeli prison after serving an eight month sentence, at the family house in the West Bank village of Nebi Saleh, west of Ramallah, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 29, 2018, 1:57 am
West Bank village prepares for homecoming of Ahed Tamimi
Father of teen protest icon wants his daughter to ‘lead’ fight to end occupation, says she’s also weighing college options
By AP and ToI Staff
Bassem Tamimi (C) the father of sixteen-year-old Palestinian Ahed Tamimi (UNSEEN), a well-known campaigner against Israel's occupation, waves at his daughter during a hearing in the Israeli military court at Ofer military prison in the West Bank village of Betunia on January 15, 2018. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
March 20, 2018, 5:31 pm
Father visits Ahed Tamimi in jail for first time, says she’s in good spirits
Bassem Tamimi says 17-year-old on trial for slapping soldier spends her time doing school work, reading, and focusing on her English studies
By AP and Jacob Magid
Ahed Tamimi at the Ofer Military Court on December 20, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 2, 2018, 4:31 pm
Threatening messages found spray-painted in village of teen who slapped soldier
Police investigating after menacing graffiti, including ‘Death penalty for Ahed Tamimi,’ found in West Bank’s Nebi Saleh
By Jacob Magid
Ahed Tamimi (l), at the Ofer military court in the West Bank, on December 25, 2017. (Flash90)
December 28, 2017, 8:47 pm
Soldier-slapping Palestinian girl remand extended for another 5 days
Military court orders release of Ahed Tamimi’s cousin, who was also featured in widely shared video from Nebi Saleh, while her mother is to remain in costody for 5 days
By Jacob Magid
Ahed Tamimi (l), at the Ofer military court in the West Bank, on December 25, 2017. (Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 9:20 pm
Soldier-slapping Palestinian girl remanded for another 4 days
Military court rules that Ahed Tamimi’s mother and cousin, who also featured in widely shared video from Nebi Saleh, to remain in custody as well
By Jacob Magid
Ahed Tamimi at the Ofer Military Court on December 20, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 20, 2017, 7:32 pm
Palestinian girl who slapped soldier ordered held for another 6 days
Military juvenile court judge says concern that teen would obstruct investigation justifies keeping her in prison even though she poses no danger
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Ahed Tamimi, 17, a well-known agitator against Israel, appears for a remand hearing at a military court at the Israeli-run Ofer prison in the West Bank village of Betunia on December 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI)
December 20, 2017, 11:12 am
IDF arrests another Palestinian woman for hitting soldiers in video
Nour Tamimi joins her cousin, Ahed, in custody for ‘assault and incitement’; Israeli troops clash with Palestinians while escorting worshipers to Nablus holy site
By Judah Ari Gross
Casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson in attendance at the 4th Annual Champions Of Jewish Values International Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Times Square on May 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Mack/Getty Images, via JTA)
August 31, 2017, 7:35 pm
DC court dismisses case alleging wealthy US Jews support Israeli war crimes
Lawsuit filed against Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban and others thrown out as judge says it’s not for the US legal system to resolve
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi speaks at a small college in Cortland, New York in September, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa/The Times of Israel)
October 6, 2015, 5:52 pm
Palestinian activist aims to ‘start an intifada against Israel in the US’
On 5-week speaking tour, anti-Israel advocate Bassem Tamimi, whose 12-year-old son featured in viral video when IDF soldier tried to arrest him, bids to galvanize American youth to take up Palestinian cause
By Eric Cortellessa
Stone-throwing Palestinians in East Jerusalem (illustrative photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 29, 2012, 6:25 pm
Palestinian protest leader walks free
Bassem al-Tamimi is sentenced by military court to 13 months in jail, but is released immediately due to time served while awaiting trial
Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli border police during a weekly demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
May 22, 2012, 9:20 pm
Conviction of Palestinian protester ‘worries’ EU
Catherine Ashton calls Israel’s interrogation of minor a ‘violation of human rights’
A Palestinian protester holds a flag as he stands near the security fence during a protest in Bil'in in September, 2011 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
April 25, 2012, 12:31 pm
Military court orders release of Bil’in protest leader
Bassem al-Tamimi freed late Tuesday evening, but trial verdict still expected in May
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