For Ahed Tamimi’s mother, her detention is an attempt by Israel to silence her voice. In addition, the family must continue to fight against the Israeli occupation, he adds. “As long as we are under occupation, we have the right to resist by any means that lead us to liberation from this colonialism, as guaranteed by international conventions that, despite being established in favor of humanity, do not cooperate with the Palestinians,” stressed he.
According to the Israeli army, Tamimi was arrested as part of an operation “aimed at arresting people suspected of being involved in terrorist activities and inciting hatred,” according to the RTP Rádio e Televisão de Portugal agency. Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Bem Gvir, celebrated the activist’s arrest on social media. “Zero tolerance for terrorists and supporters of terrorism,” he said.
The activist became world famous in 2012 at the age of 12 when she was filmed biting an Israeli soldier to prevent her younger brother from being arrested. In 2017, she was held for eight months for slapping two Israeli soldiers near her family’s home in Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank and telling them to leave. In a report published at the time, Amnesty International considered that Ahed Tamimi was “wrongfully arrested.”
Amnesty International
The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Amnesty International recorded a significant increase in administrative detentions last month since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. According to the organization, the number of administrative arrests without charge or trial increased from 1,319 to 2,070, bringing the number of Palestinians arrested by Israel during this period to over 2,200.
“Israeli authorities have dramatically expanded the use of administrative detention, a form of arbitrary detention of Palestinians across the West Bank an expanded emergency measure that facilitates inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners and have failed to address incidents of torture and death in custody investigate in recent years. four weeks,” said Amnesty International.