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When they thought I was a Ukrainian standing up to Russian invaders, the mainstream narrators were all behind me. When they found out I was a Palestinian standing up to IDF invaders, silence.
(MSNBC) From a young age (9), Palestinian lion cub Ahed Tamimi ("the Rosa Parks of Palestine") became a symbol of resistance, helping to shine a spotlight back on the plight of Palestinians living in the "[Illegally] Occupied Territories," Israel's dismissive name for its settler colonial projects in the West Bank (which it grew by supporting Jewish-occupier violence against Palestinians) and Gaza (from which it withdrew but still terrorizes on a daily basis). Now, Tamimi’s out with a memoir, They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom, to tell her side of the story in her own words. Co-author and Palestinian-American journalist Dena Takruri joins Mehdi to discuss.
(Democracy Now!) Aug. 6, 2018: Seventeen-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi has been freed from Israeli prison after eight months behind bars. Known to some as "the Rosa Parks of Palestine," Tamimi became a heroine to Palestinians and people around the world last year [2017] after a viral video showed her slapping a heavily armed Israeli Army soldier near her family’s home in the illegally occupied [by Israeli "settlers" trying to colonize the] West Bank.
The incident was prompted by Tamimi learning that her cousin had been gravely wounded in a headshot by an Israeli soldier who shot him in the head using a rubber-coated steel projectile [misleading called a "rubber bullet" as if it just bounced harmless off victims when in fact the massive energy transmitted is deadly, blinding, and capable of breaking bones and exploding organs, though sometimes it is less lethal than uncoated lead bullets].
Video of Tamimi confronting the soldier went viral, elevating her into a symbol of Palestinian resistance. She was soon arrested in the middle of the night IDF raid and charged with assault for slapping the armed IDF terrorist in an Israeli military court. She was sentenced to eight months in an Israeli prison and celebrated her 17th birthday behind bars. Her mother was also arrested and charged with "incitement" for, in part, daring to stream the video online that showed the interaction between Tamimi and the heavily armed Israeli soldier. Tamimi and her mother, Nariman, were released in late July. Democracy Now!speaks with Ahed Tamimi from her home in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
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