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{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-video-ahed-tamimi.html?mtrref=www.google.co.il&gwh=39625072EF466929B8EBAB15961A304A&gwt=pay|title=Acts of Resistance and Restraint Defy Easy Definition in the West Bank|periodical=NY Times|date=22 December 2017}}</ref>
{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-video-ahed-tamimi.html?mtrref=www.google.co.il&gwh=39625072EF466929B8EBAB15961A304A&gwt=pay|title=Acts of Resistance and Restraint Defy Easy Definition in the West Bank|periodical=NY Times|date=22 December 2017}}</ref>


The documentary entitled ''Radiance Of Resistance'' featured then 14-year-old Ahed Tamimi and 9-year-old Janna Ayyad<ref name="todayonline_2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/film-screening-palestinian-girls-living-through-conflict-cancelled-due-inflammatory |title=Film screening on Palestinian girls living through conflict cancelled due to ‘inflammatory’ narrative |first=Kenneth |last=Cheng |date=January 2, 2018 |access-date=January 3, 2018 |work=Today Online|location=Singapore}}</ref> in [[Nabi Saleh]], a small [[West Bank]] [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village of about 600, which has been under Israeli military occupation, as part of the the Palestine-Israeli conflict, since 2010. From 2010 through 2016, villagers held protest marches weekly. According to ''[[Mondoweiss]]'', village protests ended as hundreds of villagers had been allegedly injured and Mustafa and Rushdie Tamimi killed.<ref name="mondoweiss_Deger_2016" >{{cite web |first=Allison |last=Deger |url=http://mondoweiss.net/2016/09/building-movement-protests |title=After building a protest movement, West Bank village of Nabi Saleh steps back from weekly Friday protests |publisher=[[Mondoweiss]] |date=September 7, 2016 |access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> Bend, Oregon-based Jesse Roberts of Rise Up International and Jesse Locke of AMZ Productions traveled to Nabi Saleh in 2015 to film the documentary.<ref name="bendsource_2017">{{cite news |title=Fighting For Peace: Find the "Radiance in Resistance |first=Jared |last=Rasic |date=June 22, 2017 |location=Bend, Oregon |access-date=January 3, 2018 |newspaper=The Source |url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/fighting-for-peace/Content?oid=3423062}}</ref> It was "screened at a number of festivals worldwide in 2017" including at the Respect Human Rights Film Festival which took place in Belfast from 3 to 8 March, where it won the award for the Best Documentary.<ref name="reuters_2018_filmbanned"/><ref name="RFF_2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.respectfilmfest.com/ |title=Respect Human Rights Film Festival |work=Respect Human Rights Film Festival |date=nd |access-date=January 3, 2018 |location=Belfast, Ireland}}</ref><ref name="todayonline_2018"/>
The documentary entitled ''Radiance Of Resistance'' featured then 14-year-old Ahed Tamimi and 9-year-old Janna Ayyad in [[Nabi Saleh]], a small [[West Bank]] [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] village of about 600, which has been under Israeli military occupation, as part of the the Palestine-Israeli conflict, since 2010. From 2010 through 2016, villagers held protest marches weekly.The documentary was rated by [[Info-communications Media Development Authority|IMDA]] as  as “not allowed for all ratings” because it doesn't show any "counter-balance” regarding the conflict. <ref name="todayonline_2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/film-screening-palestinian-girls-living-through-conflict-cancelled-due-inflammatory|title=Film screening on Palestinian girls living through conflict cancelled due to ‘inflammatory’ narrative|last=Cheng|first=Kenneth|date=January 2, 2018|work=Today Online|access-date=January 3, 2018|location=Singapore}}</ref> According to ''[[Mondoweiss]]'', village protests ended as hundreds of villagers had been allegedly injured and Mustafa and Rushdie Tamimi killed.<ref name="mondoweiss_Deger_2016" >{{cite web |first=Allison |last=Deger |url=http://mondoweiss.net/2016/09/building-movement-protests |title=After building a protest movement, West Bank village of Nabi Saleh steps back from weekly Friday protests |publisher=[[Mondoweiss]] |date=September 7, 2016 |access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> Bend, Oregon-based Jesse Roberts of Rise Up International and Jesse Locke of AMZ Productions traveled to Nabi Saleh in 2015 to film the documentary.<ref name="bendsource_2017">{{cite news |title=Fighting For Peace: Find the "Radiance in Resistance |first=Jared |last=Rasic |date=June 22, 2017 |location=Bend, Oregon |access-date=January 3, 2018 |newspaper=The Source |url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/fighting-for-peace/Content?oid=3423062}}</ref> It was "screened at a number of festivals worldwide in 2017" including at the Respect Human Rights Film Festival which took place in Belfast from 3 to 8 March, where it won the award for the Best Documentary.<ref name="reuters_2018_filmbanned"/><ref name="RFF_2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.respectfilmfest.com/ |title=Respect Human Rights Film Festival |work=Respect Human Rights Film Festival |date=nd |access-date=January 3, 2018 |location=Belfast, Ireland}}</ref><ref name="todayonline_2018"/>


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Ahed Tamimi
Ahed Tamimi (pictured 2016)
Born (2001-03-30) March 30, 2001 (age 24)
NationalityPalestinian

Ahed (or Ahd) Tamimi (Template:Lang-ar, born 30 March 2001) is a Palestinian activist from the village of Nabi Salih. The daughter of Bassem al-Tamimi, her involvement in protests and confrontations has been documented since 2012.[1][2][3] In December 2017, at age 16, she was arrested by Israeli authorities in a night raid, a few days after she was filmed slapping an Israeli officer that the Tamimi family claim was trespassing. The incident occurred shortly after her 14 year old cousin was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by Israeli soldiers during protests and was subsequently put into a medically-induced coma.[4][5][6]

Life

Ahed Tamimi was born to Bassem and Nariman Tamimi; she lives in the village of Nabi Salih, in the occupied West Bank.[7][8] The Tamimis—a well-known activist family—are involved in protests and political agitation demonstrating their opposition to the expansion of Jewish settlements and detention of Palestinians.[9] Ahed shares similar convictions to her family and commentators have been polarised in their assessment of her. To her supporters, Ahed is described as a "hero" for opposing those who enforce Israeli occupation; detractors refer to her actions as a "performance" aimed at discrediting Israel.[7][9] Tamimi participated in a conference on the role of women in the Palestinian popular resistance which was held in the European parliament on 26 September 2017.[10][11]

Protests

2012—2016

Much of Ahed's recognition derives from images and viral videos.[7] In August 2012, when she was 11, Ahed was photographed attempting to stop the arrest of her mother, an act which President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas commended for her courage.[12][13][14] Two additional confrontations occurred in November and December; in the latter incident, 13-year-old Ahed was awarded the Hanzala Award for Courage in Turkey by the Başakşehir municipality for berating Israeli soldiers who arrested her brother.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][22] On 28 August 2015 she was filmed with other family members confronting an armed and masked Israeli soldier who was attempting to arrest her 12 year old brother for throwing stones. Tamimi hit the soldier and bit his hand, in a video that became viral.[24][25]

2017

On 15 December 2017, Ahed took part in a demonstration in Nabi Salih opposing the expansion of Israeli settlements near her village. A riot broke out between about 200 protesters—some of whom were throwing stones—and Israeli soldiers; the soldiers organized to quell the unrest and entered a house to subdue protesters continuing to throw stones.[26] During the riot, 14-year-old cousin Mohammed Fadl al-Tamimi was shot in the face at close range with a rubber-coated steel bullet, severely wounding him.[27][28] Ahed, along with her mother and cousin Nour, approached two soldiers outside the Tamimi home, slapping, kicking, and shoving them—all while being filmed. The civilians appearing in the video are all female.[29] The armed soldiers do not retaliate.[7][26][30]

Mohammed Fadl al-Tamimi was left in a medically induced coma to remove the bullet from his head, and regained consciousness a few days later.[31] After the video circulated through social media, on 19 December Israeli forces raided the Tamimi house and arrested Ahed; the house was searched and recording materials were seized.[32][33][34][35][36][37] Despite concerns—the use of military court for a minor who may have been singled out for "embarrassing the occupation"—thirteen days later, Ahed was charged with assault, incitement, and throwing stones; her mother and Nour joined her, having been arrested in relation to the incident.[38] Ahed's arrest and her filmed confrontation spurred debate[how?] in Palestinian and Israeli societies, as well as in other countries; worldwide protests followed and Israelis[who?] considered whether it had been appropriate for the soldiers not to hit back.[39][40]

The documentary entitled Radiance Of Resistance featured then 14-year-old Ahed Tamimi and 9-year-old Janna Ayyad in Nabi Saleh, a small West Bank Palestinian village of about 600, which has been under Israeli military occupation, as part of the the Palestine-Israeli conflict, since 2010. From 2010 through 2016, villagers held protest marches weekly.The documentary was rated by IMDA as  as “not allowed for all ratings” because it doesn't show any "counter-balance” regarding the conflict. [41] According to Mondoweiss, village protests ended as hundreds of villagers had been allegedly injured and Mustafa and Rushdie Tamimi killed.[42] Bend, Oregon-based Jesse Roberts of Rise Up International and Jesse Locke of AMZ Productions traveled to Nabi Saleh in 2015 to film the documentary.[43] It was "screened at a number of festivals worldwide in 2017" including at the Respect Human Rights Film Festival which took place in Belfast from 3 to 8 March, where it won the award for the Best Documentary.[44][45][41]

2018

According to a Reuters January 3, 2018 article, Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) rated the film as Not Allowed For All Ratings (NAR) because it "lacked "counterbalance" and was ""skewed" and "inflammatory", with the "potential to stoke racial and religious disharmony" among Singapore’s multi-ethnic population.[44][41]

See also

References

  1. ^ Associated Press (20 December 2017). "Palestinian Girl Praised as Hero After Confronting Soldiers". Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via usnews.
  2. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (20 December 2017). "Palestinian Girl in Viral Video Arrested for Making the Occupation Look Bad". Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via Haaretz.
  3. ^ "Ahd Tamimi arrested for slapping an Israeli soldier raiding her house". وكالة الأنباء والمعلومات الفلسطينية - وفا. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Palestinian Ahed Tamimi arrested by Israeli forces". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  5. ^ "Palestinian teen in coma after shot with rubber bullet". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  6. ^ "Israeli forces shoot boy in face, arrest cousin for protesting, her mother for looking into it". Mondoweiss. 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  7. ^ a b c d Eglash, Ruth (19 December 2017). "Israelis call her 'Shirley Temper.' Palestinians call her a hero". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. ^ Sherwood, Herriett (8 February 2014). "Children of the occupation: growing up in Palestine". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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  10. ^ "The role of Women in the Palestinian Popular Resistance". freedomflotilla.org. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  11. ^ samidoun (27 September 2017). "Crowds pack European Parliament conference on Palestinian women with Leila Khaled, Sahar Francis and Ahed Tamimi". samidoun.net. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  12. ^ "One picture is worth a thousand stigmas". Haaretz. 28 August 2012.
  13. ^ "PHOTOS: Israeli forces crack down on weekly protest in Nabi Saleh". 972 Magazine. 24 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Cheap shots: Palestinians put kids in the line of fire". 11 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Girl who cursed and spit on soldiers visited Erdogan: he gave me a prize since I was brave". Channel 2 news. 6 Jan 2013.
  16. ^ "The protest at the Palestinian village: "My son threw stones? He has a broken hand"". August 2015.
  17. ^ In front of the cameras: Palestinian provokes soldiers in Nebi Saleh, Walla, 5 November 2012
  18. ^ Palestinian girl tries to goad soldiers into lashing out, YNET, 5 November 2012
  19. ^ Al-Hourriah. "13 year old Palestinian girl, Ah\'d Tamimi, wins Hanzala Award for Courage". مجلة التقدميين العرب على الانترنت. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  20. ^ "13 year old Palestinian girl, Ah'd Tamimi, wins Hanzala Award for Courage". 14 January 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Handala – Nabi Saleh Solidarity". nabisalehsolidarity.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  22. ^ a b "prix Handala du courage". Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Palestinian girl gets courage award - Timeturk News". www.timeturk.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  24. ^ "West Bank Teen Ahed Tamimi Becomes Poster Child for Palestinians". NBC News. 12 September 2015.
  25. ^ "This Viral Video Of an Israeli Soldier Trying to Arrest a Palestinian Boy Says a lot". Washington Post. 31 August 2015.
  26. ^ a b Palestinian girl lauded, arrested for confronting Israeli troops, CBS News, 21 December 2017
  27. ^ Bassem Tamimi (2017-12-24). "Ahed Tamimi's Father: We Will Continue To Resist Israel's Occupation As A Family". Newsweek. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  28. ^ "Ahd Tamimi arrested for slapping an Israeli soldier raiding her house". 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  29. ^ "Watch: IDF soldiers provoked but refrain from responding". Ynetnews. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  30. ^ Two Palestinian women in court over Israeli soldier slap video, Times of Israel (AFP reprint), 21 December 2017
  31. ^ Cousin filmed slapping soldiers with Ahed Tamimi indicted on assault, 31 December 2017, Times of Israel
  32. ^ "Palestinian teen to be charged over Israeli solider assault". 9News. 29 December 2017.
  33. ^ Yotam Berger (28 December 2017). "Israel Extends Detention of Palestinian Teen Who Was Filmed Slapping Soldier in Viral Video". Haaretz,.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  34. ^ "Israel extends detention of Ahd al-Tamimi, Palestinian teen activist who 'insulted' IDF soldiers". The New Arab. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  35. ^ "Women who slapped Israeli soldiers arrested". 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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  38. ^ Beaumont, Peter (1 January 2018). "Palestinian girl filmed slapping Israeli soldier is charged with assault". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  39. ^ Peled, Danielle (1 January 2018). "Guerrilla Ad Campaign in London Calls for Release of Soldier-slapping Palestinian Girl Ahed Tamimi". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  40. ^ "Acts of Resistance and Restraint Defy Easy Definition in the West Bank". NY Times. 22 December 2017.
  41. ^ a b c Cheng, Kenneth (January 2, 2018). "Film screening on Palestinian girls living through conflict cancelled due to 'inflammatory' narrative". Today Online. Singapore. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  42. ^ Deger, Allison (September 7, 2016). "After building a protest movement, West Bank village of Nabi Saleh steps back from weekly Friday protests". Mondoweiss. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  43. ^ Rasic, Jared (June 22, 2017). "Fighting For Peace: Find the "Radiance in Resistance". The Source. Bend, Oregon. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  44. ^ a b Ungku, Fathin (January 3, 2018). "Singapore bans film focused on indicted Palestinian teen activist". Reuters. Singapore. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  45. ^ "Respect Human Rights Film Festival". Respect Human Rights Film Festival. Belfast, Ireland. nd. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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