Ahed Tamimi#Memoir

Ahed Tamimi was born on 31 January 2001{{cite news|last=Plachta|first=Ari|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-700-young-u-s-jews-send-birthday-wishes-to-jailed-palestinian-teen-1.5786303|title=Hundreds of Young U.S. Jews Send Birthday Wishes to Jailed Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Ahead of Trial|work=Haaretz|date=5 February 2018|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227095923/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-700-young-u-s-jews-send-birthday-wishes-to-jailed-palestinian-teen-1.5786303|url-status=live}} in Nabi Salih, a small village in the West Bank in the Palestinian territories{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/19/israelis-call-her-shirley-temper-palestinians-call-her-a-hero/|title=Israelis call her 'Shirley Temper.' Palestinians call her a hero|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Eglash, Ruth|date=19 December 2017|access-date=27 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228191408/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/19/israelis-call-her-shirley-temper-palestinians-call-her-a-hero/|archive-date=28 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-ahed-tamimi-s-family-ridicules-israel-s-secret-probe-of-their-identity-1.5765380|title=Ahed Tamimi's Family Mocks Israel for Launching Secret Probe to Check if They Aren't Actors|work=Haaretz|date=25 January 2018|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125021444/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-ahed-tamimi-s-family-ridicules-israel-s-secret-probe-of-their-identity-1.5765380|url-status=live}} to activist Bassem Tamimi and his wife, Nariman. According to a The Guardian journalist, Bassem and his children "have known only a life of checkpoints, identity papers, detentions, house demolitions, intimidation, humiliation and violence. This is their normality." Ahed's father is a cousin of Ahlam Tamimi, known for assisting in carrying out the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing in Jerusalem in 2001.{{Cite web |date=2017-12-28 |title=COLUMN ONE: Facing a Tamimi government |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/column-one-facing-a-tamimi-government-520303 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529200836/https://www.jpost.com/opinion/column-one-facing-a-tamimi-government-520303 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2018 |title=Case against Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi spotlights her activist family |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2018/01/09/Case-against-Palestinian-teen-Ahed-Tamimi-spotlights-her-activist-family |website=Al Arabiya |access-date=3 November 2023 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208201052/https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2018/01/09/Case-against-Palestinian-teen-Ahed-Tamimi-spotlights-her-activist-family |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2018-03-22 |title=Ahed Tamimi: Teenager becomes symbol of Palestinian resistance |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/slap-heard-round-world-ahed-tamimi-becomes-symbol-palestinian-resistance-n854501 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709152412/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/slap-heard-round-world-ahed-tamimi-becomes-symbol-palestinian-resistance-n854501 |url-status=live }}

According to her father Bassem, Tamimi is subjected to harassment by Israeli forces when she's recognized, prompting the Tamimis to move her to a relative's home in Ramallah, where she could continue her secondary education without having to pass through Israeli checkpoints.{{cite news|last=Ashly|first=Jaclynn|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/nabi-saleh-silent-ethnic-cleansing-170702123734851.html|title=Nabi Saleh: 'It's a silent ethnic cleansing'|work=Al-Jazeera|date=4 September 2017|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904090012/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/nabi-saleh-silent-ethnic-cleansing-170702123734851.html|url-status=live}} Bassem said that the family home, which had been slated for demolition just prior to the village's adoption of its weekly protests in 2010, had been subjected to more than 150 military raids by September 2017.

Tamimi has been involved in protests and political agitation expressing her opposition to the expansion of Israeli settlements and detention of Palestinians.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinian-poster-child-n425581|title=West Bank Teen Ahed Tamimi Becomes Poster Child for Palestinians|work=NBC|last=Jabari|first=Lawahz|date=12 September 2015|access-date=30 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172609/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinian-poster-child-n425581|archive-date=28 December 2017}} She has argued that documented, organized protests against the Israeli occupation will lead to wider recognition of the Palestinian struggle for autonomy; her viral images and videos have produced a wave of public reactions in Israel and Palestine, as well as internationally.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/internet-famous-in-the-west-bank/549557/|title=Who Is Ahed Tamimi|work=The Atlantic|last=Serham|first=Yasmeen|date=5 January 2018|access-date=7 January 2018|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107012953/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/internet-famous-in-the-west-bank/549557/|url-status=live}}

At 11 years old, Tamimi was commended by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for attempting to intervene during her mother's arrest in August 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/mejunderet/1.1810748|title=One picture is worth a thousand stigmas|periodical=Haaretz|date=28 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232002/https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/mejunderet/1.1810748|archive-date=28 December 2017}} When an Israeli soldier arrested her older brother in 2012, Tamini was mentioned in the international media. The image of her waving a fist while confronting him went viral on social media, and she was invited to Turkey by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Three years later she gained attention after she was seen biting and hitting a masked Israeli soldier in the process of taking her younger brother away because he was throwing stones.

{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/31/this-viral-video-of-an-israeli-soldier-trying-to-arrest-a-palestinian-boy-says-a-lot/|title=This Viral Video Of an Israeli Soldier Trying to Arrest a Palestinian Boy Says a lot|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=31 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/31/this-viral-video-of-an-israeli-soldier-trying-to-arrest-a-palestinian-boy-says-a-lot/|archive-date=28 December 2017}} In December 2016, the United States denied Tamimi a visa to participate in a speaking tour titled "No Child Behind Bars/Living Resistance".{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/19/israel-arrests-palestinian-girl-ahed-tamimi-over-viral-video-soldier-slapping/966542001/|title=Israel arrests Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi over viral video of soldier slapping|access-date=24 January 2018|work=USA Today|language=en|archive-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125140026/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/19/israel-arrests-palestinian-girl-ahed-tamimi-over-viral-video-soldier-slapping/966542001/|url-status=live}}

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File:Bethlehem wall graffiti Ahed Tamimi by Jorit Agoch and others.jpeg, by Jorit in collaboration with two other artists]]

On 15 December 2017, Tamimi took part in a demonstration in Nabi Salih opposing the expansion of Israeli settlements near her village. The protest turned violent when around 200 of the demonstrators threw stones at Israeli soldiers; the soldiers organized to quell the unrest and entered the Tamimi house to subdue protesters who, according to the army, continued to throw stones from inside the house.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-teen-ahed-tamimi-prosecuted-israel-attack-soldiers-nebi-saleh/|title=Palestinian girl lauded, arrested for confronting Israeli troops|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230114524/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-teen-ahed-tamimi-prosecuted-israel-attack-soldiers-nebi-saleh/ |archive-date=30 December 2017|work=CBS News|date=21 December 2017|access-date=21 December 2017}} According to the Tamimi family, during the protest, Ahed's 15-year-old cousin Mohammed Tamimi was shot in the head at close range with a rubber-coated steel bullet, severely wounding him.{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-palestinian-girl-slapped-soldier-because-relative-was-shot-father-says-1.5629212|title=Father of Palestinian Girl Slapping Israeli Soldier in Viral Video: She Was Upset Because Relative Was Shot in Head|work=Haaretz|author=Hass, Amira|author-link=Amira Hass|date=21 December 2017|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-date=5 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505201134/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-palestinian-girl-slapped-soldier-because-relative-was-shot-father-says-1.5629212|url-status=live}} In response, Tamimi, along with her mother and cousin Nour, approached the two soldiers outside their home, and were filmed slapping, kicking, and shoving them; the soldiers did not retaliate.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-palestinian-women-in-court-over-israeli-soldier-slap-video/|title=Two Palestinian women in court over Israeli soldier slap video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101140051/https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-palestinian-women-in-court-over-israeli-soldier-slap-video/|archive-date=1 January 2018|date=1 January 2018|work=Times of Israel (AFP reprint)|access-date=12 April 2018}}

Mohammed Tamimi was put in a medically induced coma to treat his head injury and regained consciousness a few days later.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/cousin-filmed-slapping-soldiers-with-ahed-tamimi-indicted-on-assault/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101140102/https://www.timesofisrael.com/cousin-filmed-slapping-soldiers-with-ahed-tamimi-indicted-on-assault/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2018|title=Cousin filmed slapping soldiers with Ahed Tamimi indicted on assault|website=The Times of Israel |date=1 January 2018|access-date=12 April 2018}} Footage of the slapping incident was uploaded to her mother Nariman Tamimi's Facebook page and went viral. Days later, on 19 December Tamimi was arrested in a nighttime raid.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43487885|title=Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian slap video teen gets eight months in plea deal|work=BBC|date=21 March 2018|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321200909/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43487885|url-status=live}}

{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.831838|title=Israel Extends Detention of Palestinian Teen Who Was Filmed Slapping Soldier in Viral Video|periodical=Haaretz|author=Berger, Yotam|date=28 December 2017|access-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229064710/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.831838|archive-date=29 December 2017}}

{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/palestinian-teen-activist-face-years-prison-slapping-israeli/story?id=51913049|title=Palestinian teen activist could face prison after slapping Israeli soldier|work=ABC News|date=20 December 2017|access-date=20 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221015246/http://abcnews.go.com/International/palestinian-teen-activist-face-years-prison-slapping-israeli/story?id=51913049|archive-date=21 December 2017}}

Despite concerns about the use of military court for a minor who may have been singled out for "embarrassing the occupation", thirteen days later Tamimi was charged with assault, incitement, and throwing stones; her mother and Nour joined her, having been arrested in relation to the incident.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/ahed-tamimi-palestinian-girl-filmed-slapping-israeli-soldier-is-charged-with-assault|title=Palestinian girl filmed slapping Israeli soldier is charged with assault|author=Beaumont, Peter|work=The Guardian|date=1 January 2018|access-date=1 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101184607/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/ahed-tamimi-palestinian-girl-filmed-slapping-israeli-soldier-is-charged-with-assault|archive-date=1 January 2018}} Nariman Tamimi was also charged with incitement and assault after posting a video in which the indictment claims Tamimi urged violent attacks against Israel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ahed-tamimi16-year-old-who-attacked-israeli-soldiers-indicted-5-count-assault-767364|title=Despite her age, Ahed Tamimi has a long history of assault against police and soldiers|date=1 January 2018|work=Newsweek|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020213/https://www.newsweek.com/ahed-tamimi16-year-old-who-attacked-israeli-soldiers-indicted-5-count-assault-767364|url-status=live}} The case drew global attention and spurred debate over the soldiers' restraint in Palestinian and Israeli societies.{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/palestinian-teen-ahed-tamimi-reaches-plea-bargain-to-serve-8-months-i-1.5933423|title=Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi Reaches Plea Bargain, to Serve 8 Months in Israeli Prison|author=Berger, Yotam|work=Haaretz|date=21 March 2018|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321174057/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/palestinian-teen-ahed-tamimi-reaches-plea-bargain-to-serve-8-months-i-1.5933423|url-status=live}}{{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|work=The New York Times|date=22 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228172652/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-video-ahed-tamimi.html?mtrref=www.google.co.il&gwh=39625072EF466929B8EBAB15961A304A&gwt=pay|archive-date=28 December 2017}} Rallies in support of Tamimi took place in North America and Europe.{{cite web |last1=Speri |first1=Alice |title=The Homecoming: How Ahed Tamimi Became the Symbol of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Oppression |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/ahed-tamimi-released-palestine-child-prisoners/ |website=The Intercept |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-date=29 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229161521/https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/ahed-tamimi-released-palestine-child-prisoners/ |url-status=live }}

On 24 March 2018, Tamimi agreed to a plea bargain with prosecutors whereby she would serve eight months in prison and pay a 5,000-shekel ($1,437) fine. As part of the agreement, she pleaded guilty to one count of assault, one count of incitement, and two counts—‌unrelated to the December 2017 incident—‌of obstructing soldiers.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/palestinian-ahed-tamimi-accepts-plea-deal-to-serve-eight-months-in-jail|title=Palestinian Ahed Tamimi accepts prison term plea deal|work=The Guardian|date=21 March 2018|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406190327/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/palestinian-ahed-tamimi-accepts-plea-deal-to-serve-eight-months-in-jail|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5186044,00.html|title=Ahed Tamimi sentenced to 8 months in prison in plea deal|work=YNET News|date=21 March 2018|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322000102/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5186044,00.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-teen/palestinian-teen-on-trial-for-striking-israeli-soldier-agrees-plea-deal-idUKKBN1GX23Z?il=0|title=Palestinian teen on trial for striking Israeli soldier agrees plea deal|work=Reuters|date=21 March 2018|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322142842/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-teen/palestinian-teen-on-trial-for-striking-israeli-soldier-agrees-plea-deal-idUKKBN1GX23Z?il=0|url-status=dead}} While in prison, Tamimi earned her high school degree; she was released on 29 July, resolving to study law and "hold the occupation accountable."{{cite web|url=https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/07/31/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-intl/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F|title=Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian teen eyes future as 'famous lawyer'|author=Liebermann, Oren|work=CNN|date=31 July 2018|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123011530/https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/07/31/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-intl/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F|url-status=live}}

A mural of Tamimi was painted on the Palestinian side of the Israeli West Bank barrier by Italian artist Jorit in collaboration with two other artists (one Italian and one Palestinian) as homage to coincide with her release. All three artists were arrested, with the two Italians being forced to leave Israel.[http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2018/07/29/medio-oriente-gaza-israele-tamini-strett-artist-murale_ce4f2978-733e-4921-8e60-a3c7d3c337ae.html 'Mo:Torna in libertà Tamimi: rilasciati anche lo street artist Jorit Agoch e l’altro italiano,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802210707/http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2018/07/29/medio-oriente-gaza-israele-tamini-strett-artist-murale_ce4f2978-733e-4921-8e60-a3c7d3c337ae.html |date=2018-08-02}} ANSA 29 July 2018[https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-graffiti-artist-arrested-for-mural-of-ahed-tamimi-on-security-barrier/ 'Italian graffiti artist arrested for mural of Ahed Tamimi on security barrier,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613122458/https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-graffiti-artist-arrested-for-mural-of-ahed-tamimi-on-security-barrier/ |date=2021-06-13 }} Times of Israel, 28 July 2018.[http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=780536 'Graffiti artists detained for giant mural of al-Tamimi,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913182123/http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=780536 |date=2019-09-13 }} Ma'an News Agency 29 July 2018.

On 6 November 2023 Tamimi was arrested by IDF soldiers in Nabi Salih on "suspicion of inciting violence and terrorist activities",{{cite web |last1=Said |first1=Summer |last2=Lieber |first2=Dov |title=Israel Arrests Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi for 'Inciting Terrorism' |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip-2023-11-06/card/israel-arrests-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-for-inciting-terrorism--l0PxIlkpeRmrODTVUoLw |website=wsj.com |publisher=Wall Street Journal |access-date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106091920/https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip-2023-11-06/card/israel-arrests-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-for-inciting-terrorism--l0PxIlkpeRmrODTVUoLw |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Shezaf |first1=Hagar |title=Israeli army arrests Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi following threat to 'slaughter settlers' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-06/ty-article-live/jordan-our-air-force-dropped-aid-into-gaza-u-s-deploys-nuclear-submarine-to-middle-east/0000018b-a261-dc41-af9f-eb632d730006?liveBlogItemId=8481986#8481986 |website=Haaretz |access-date=6 November 2023 |language=en |date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106075804/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-06/ty-article-live/jordan-our-air-force-dropped-aid-into-gaza-u-s-deploys-nuclear-submarine-to-middle-east/0000018b-a261-dc41-af9f-eb632d730006?liveBlogItemId=8481986#8481986 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi arrested for 'inciting terror': Israeli army |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231106-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-arrested-for-inciting-terror-israeli-army |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=France 24 |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=6 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106123701/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231106-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-arrested-for-inciting-terror-israeli-army |url-status=live }} her house was searched and the family's mobile phones were confiscated.{{cite web |title=Israel arrests Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in occupied West Bank raids |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/ahed-tamimi-palestinian-activist-arrested-for-inciting |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 November 2023 |language=en |date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106094303/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/ahed-tamimi-palestinian-activist-arrested-for-inciting |url-status=live }}

The arrest followed Israeli media reports of a post on Instagram purported to belong to her that called for a violent massacre of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, referencing Adolf Hitler.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi arrested for 'inciting terror': Israeli army |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231106-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-arrested-for-inciting-terror-israeli-army |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106123701/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231106-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-arrested-for-inciting-terror-israeli-army |url-status=live }} Agence France-Presse (AFP) was shown the alleged Instagram post by an Israeli security source when it enquired about the reason for the arrest. Her family denied she has an Instagram account or that she writes in Hebrew, while the alleged post was in Hebrew and Arabic.{{cite news |title=Israeli troops arrest Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in West Bank |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-arrest-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-west-bank-2023-11-07/ |access-date=7 November 2023 |work=Reuters |date=7 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107003656/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-arrest-palestinian-activist-ahed-tamimi-west-bank-2023-11-07/ |url-status=live }} Tamimi's mother, denying that her daughter had anything to do with the post, said there were "dozens of (online) pages in Ahed's name with her photo, with which she has no connection".{{cite news |title=Ahed Tamimi: Israeli forces arrest Palestinian activist in West Bank |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67331945 |access-date=6 November 2023 |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2023 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106124456/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67331945 |url-status=live }} Tamimi's father Bassem Tamimi was arrested by Israeli forces a week prior. After having been held for almost three weeks without access to a lawyer, the Israeli government sought to have her held under administrative detention, where she faced indefinite detention without trial or charge. Her lawyer, who did not have access to the evidence against her, said "I’m hopeless to defend her". The usage of administrative detention to hold Palestinians under indefinite detention without a trial has been criticized by international human rights groups, with the Middle East and North Africa region director for PEN International saying that "This form of detention has been systematically used by the Israeli authorities to subjugate and silence Palestinians, including writers, for decades".{{cite web |last=Patil |first=Anushka |title=Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Faces Indefinite Detention in Israel |website=The New York Times |date=November 27, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/world/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-detained-israel.html |access-date=November 27, 2023 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127223531/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/world/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-detained-israel.html |url-status=live }}

Tamimi was released on 29 November as part of an agreement for the release of hostages captured by Hamas on 7 October. No charges were filed against her in the three weeks she was held, and her lawyer said she was beaten during her arrest and after her transfer outside of the West Bank to a prison in Israel. The transfer of prisoners from occupied territory is illegal under international law.{{cite web | last=Patil |first=Anushka |title=The activist Ahed Tamimi is among the Palestinians freed in the latest exchange |website=The New York Times |date=November 30, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/world/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-prisoner-exchange.html |access-date=November 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130070137/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/world/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-prisoner-exchange.html |archive-date=30 November 2023 |url-status=live}} Responding to the accusation that she was beaten, the Israel Prison Service released an image of her smiling in her cell.{{Cite web |last=רביד |first=אור |date=2023-11-30 |title=N12 - עהד תמימי טענה ש"הושפלה", שב"ס חשף תיעוד מחויך מהכלא |url=https://www.mako.co.il/news-law/2023_q4/Article-84860e413b02c81026.htm |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=N12 |language=he |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240113152737/https://www.mako.co.il/news-law/2023_q4/Article-84860e413b02c81026.htm |archive-date=13 January 2024 |url-status=live}}

Tamimi has been described as one of the new symbols of Palestinian resistance to Israeli military occupation in the West Bank.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/why-the-world-is-talking-about-ahed-tamimi/news-story/305b7f78edeafc9cd049b6a0bb0c82ff|title=Why the world is talking about Ahed Tamimi|author=Fernando, Gavin|work=News.com.au|date=21 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221054147/http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/why-the-world-is-talking-about-ahed-tamimi/news-story/305b7f78edeafc9cd049b6a0bb0c82ff|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/13/585320714/military-trial-opens-for-17-year-old-palestinian-activist|title=Military Trial Opens For 17-Year-Old Palestinian Activist|author=Estrine, Daniel|work=NPR|date=13 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221022458/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/13/585320714/military-trial-opens-for-17-year-old-palestinian-activist|url-status=live}} Many Palestinians have protested their living conditions, but Tamimi is one of the few internationally recognized figures of the cause, credited with energizing Palestinians demoralized by years of Israeli settlement building and bringing renewed attention to Israel's occupation of the West Bank;{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/slap-heard-round-world-ahed-tamimi-becomes-symbol-palestinian-resistance-n854501|title=Slap heard 'round the world: Ahed Tamimi becomes symbol of Palestinian resistance|work=NBC News|author=Bruton, F. Brinley|date=22 March 2018|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709152412/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/slap-heard-round-world-ahed-tamimi-becomes-symbol-palestinian-resistance-n854501|url-status=live}} her case also highlighted Israel's detention and prosecution of Palestinian minors.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/30/ahed-tamimi-i-am-a-freedom-fighter-i-will-not-be-the-victim-palestinian-israel|title=Ahed Tamimi: 'I am a freedom fighter. I will not be the victim'|author=Holmes, Oliver|work=The Guardian|date=30 July 2018|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730230527/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/30/ahed-tamimi-i-am-a-freedom-fighter-i-will-not-be-the-victim-palestinian-israel|url-status=live}}:'Her case has highlighted the arrest and detention of what local human rights groups say are more than 300 Palestinian minors.'Alice Speri [https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/ahed-tamimi-released-palestine-child-prisoners/ Homecoming:How Ahed Tamimi Became the Symbol of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Oppression] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802142345/https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/ahed-tamimi-released-palestine-child-prisoners/ |date=2018-08-02 }} The Intercept 31 July 2018: 'Ahed's story drew rare attention to the plight of Palestinian children held in Israeli military prisons—an overwhelming majority of them over stone-throwing incidents or for participation in protests—and the sham court proceedings, abuse and threat-filled interrogations, and extracted confessions to which they are subject.'Oren Liebermann and Ian Lee, [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/29/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-released-intl/index.html 'Ahed Tamimi: Palestinian teen who slapped Israeli soldier freed from prison,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802163324/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/29/middleeast/ahed-tamimi-released-intl/index.html |date=2018-08-02 }} CNN 29 July 2018:'Tamimi's case has become a lightning rod for criticism of the Israeli military, the military court system, and its treatment of Palestinian youth. "Israel's jailing of a child for eight months--for calling for protests, and slapping a soldier--reflects the discrimination, complete absence of due process, and ill-treatment of children endemic in Israel's military justice system. Ahed Tamimi is now free, but hundreds of Palestinian children remain locked up with little attention on their cases," said Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch.' Ben Ehrenreich, a journalist who documented the Tamimi family in 2012, saw her physical appearance as a factor in her celebrity; "A great deal of work goes into 'othering' Palestinians," he wrote, "to casting them as some really recognizable other." Ehrenreich continued: "when suddenly the kid [Tamimi] doesn't fit into those stereotypes—when she actually looks like a European kid or an American kid—then suddenly all that work of dehumanization can't function." Since 2010, the Israeli military detained and prosecuted 8,000 Palestinian children.

Israelis consider her actions staged performances aimed at discrediting Israel. She and her family have been denounced in Israel as "terrorist sympathizers". Others, including Israeli parliamentarian Michael Oren, accuse her of dressing up in "American clothes" to provoke responses from soldiers. Some Palestinians have also suggested that the viral video may have hurt their cause by showing the soldiers behaving passively.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-video-ahed-tamimi.html|title=Acts of Resistance and Restraint Defy Easy Definition in the West Bank|author=Halbfinger, David M.|work=New York Times|date=22 December 2017|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061843/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-video-ahed-tamimi.html|url-status=live}}

In February 2018, Israeli poet Yehonatan Geffen posted a poem on his Instagram page that compared Tamimi to Joan of Arc, Hannah Senesh and Anne Frank.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BeQwx9RgSRH/|first=Yehonatan|last=Geffen|title=את , אהד תמימי ...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420071001/https://www.instagram.com/p/BeQwx9RgSRH/|archive-date=20 April 2023|url-status=live|date=22 January 2018|access-date=January 23, 2018|via=Instagram|language=he}} In response, defense minister Avigdor Lieberman demanded that Israel's popular Army Radio ban Geffen's work, and culture minister Miri Regev said Geffen was "crossing a red line by someone seeking to rewrite history." During a performance, Geffen offered apologies to those who were offended by the comparisons to figures of the Holocaust, but did not remove the poem from his Instagram profile.{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-what-happens-when-an-israeli-poet-compares-ahed-tamimi-to-anne-frank-1.5791698+%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Dfr%26ct%3Dclnk|title=Once, Israeli pop culture icons publicly criticized the occupation. What silenced them?|last=Louis|first=Fishman|date=2018-02-07|work=haaretz.com|access-date=2018-02-18|archive-date=28 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128162537/https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2018-02-07/ty-article-opinion/.premium/what-happens-when-an-israeli-poet-compares-ahed-tamimi-to-anne-frank/0000017f-dbc5-db22-a17f-fff5aa120000|url-status=live}}

Jesse Roberts of Rise Up International and Jesse Locke of AMZ Productions filmed a documentary, Radiance of Resistance, that featured the then 14-year-old Tamimi and 9-year-old Janna Jihad.Nirmal Narayanan, [http://www.ibtimes.sg/singapore-bans-film-featuring-palestine-israel-conflict-fear-unrest-22654 'Singapore bans film featuring Palestine-Israel conflict in fear of unrest,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020233/http://www.ibtimes.sg/singapore-bans-film-featuring-palestine-israel-conflict-fear-unrest-22654 |date=2018-02-01 }} International Business Times 4 January 4, 2018.[http://www.CULTUREINPALESTINE.PS/ENG/EVENTS/SINGLE/682 'Screening: Radiance of Resistance,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020232/http://www.cultureinpalestine.ps/ENG/EVENTS/SINGLE/682 |date=2018-02-01 }} Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center 26 March 2017{{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 |location=Singapore |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103130430/http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/film-screening-palestinian-girls-living-through-conflict-cancelled-due-inflammatory |archive-date=January 3, 2018 }} In 2017, it was screened worldwide at a number of festivals, including the Respect Human Rights Film Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it won Best Documentary. The Singapore Government's Media Development Authority (IMDA) banned public screenings of the film for its "skewed narrative" which could cause "disharmony" in the country.{{cite news |title=Singapore bans film focused on indicted Palestinian teen activist |first=Fathin |last=Ungku |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-teen-singapore/singapore-bans-film-focused-on-indicted-palestinian-teen-activist |work=Reuters |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=January 3, 2018 |location=Singapore}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The government's ban was described as censorship.{{cite news|title=Singapore bans film featuring Palestinian teen arrested after slapping Israeli soldiers|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/singapore-bans-palestinian-film-documenting-nonviolent-resistance-west-bank-945928466|access-date=1 February 2018|work=Middle East Eye|language=en|archive-date=2 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202013405/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/singapore-bans-palestinian-film-documenting-nonviolent-resistance-west-bank-945928466|url-status=live}}

The 2021 drama Ahed's Knee by Nadav Lapid was inspired by Tamimi's story.{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Justin |title=Review: The brilliant, incorrigible 'Ahed's Knee' takes furious aim at contemporary Israel |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-31/aheds-knee-review-nadav-lapid |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113082847/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-03-31/aheds-knee-review-nadav-lapid |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Padua |first1=Pat |title='Ahed's Knee': A film about Israel that is as divided as its subject |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/05/03/ahed-knee-movie-review/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220504171515/https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/05/03/ahed-knee-movie-review/ |archive-date=4 May 2022 |url-status=live}}

In 2022, while studying for a B.A. degree, Tamimi published a memoir, They Called Me a Lioness, together with American journalist Dena Takruri.[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/10/world/ahed-tamimi-dena-takruri-they-called-me-a-lioness-cec/index.html This Palestinian teen went viral for slapping an Israeli soldier. Now she’s telling her own story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609222026/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/10/world/ahed-tamimi-dena-takruri-they-called-me-a-lioness-cec/index.html |date=2023-06-09 }}, Nadeem Muaddi, September 10, 2022, CNNAhed Tamimi, Dena Takruri, 2022: [https://books.google.com/books/about/They_Called_Me_a_Lioness.html They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609215508/https://books.google.com/books/about/They_Called_Me_a_Lioness.html |date=2023-06-09 }}

Kirkus Reviews called it "An expertly crafted, trenchant memoir from a formidable activist."{{cite web |title=THEY CALLED ME A LIONESS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ahed-tamimi/they-called-me-a-lioness/ |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107112515/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ahed-tamimi/they-called-me-a-lioness/ |url-status=live }} The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) described the book as "an emotional and powerful narrative" and awarded it a Palestine Book Award.{{cite web |last1=Rahman |first1=Anjuman |title=They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230917-they-called-me-a-lioness-a-palestinian-girls-fight-for-freedom/ |publisher=Middle East Monitor |access-date=7 November 2023 |date=17 September 2023 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107112514/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230917-they-called-me-a-lioness-a-palestinian-girls-fight-for-freedom/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Ahed Tamimi among winners at Palestine Book Awards |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/ahed-tamimi-among-winners-palestine-book-awards |access-date=27 March 2024 |work=The New Arab |date=24 January 2024 |language=en}} The Jerusalem Post said "For those who wish merely to sympathize (and sometimes that is enough), this memoir serves its purpose fairly well. But for those who hope to better understand the reason that Israelis and Palestinians glare at one another with such mutual hostility and suspicion, and why there is so much violence coming from both sides, this book will just not do."{{cite news |last1=Antman |first1=Michael |title=Critiquing Palestinian 'freedom fighter' Tamim - book review |url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-721387 |access-date=7 November 2023 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107074216/https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-721387 |url-status=live }} Haaretz said "Ultimately, Tamimi's memoir serves the Palestinian struggle poorly because it embraces a nationalist populism and doesn't take a deeper look at the Palestinian struggle after more than 55 years of occupation."{{cite news |last1=Saab |first1=Sheren Falaf |title=Ahed Tamimi's Memoir Poorly Serves the Fight Against the Occupation |url=https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2022-11-09/ty-article-review/.highlight/ahed-tamimis-memoir-poorly-serves-the-fight-against-the-occupation/00000184-5c9a-d964-ad96-dcbb939a0000 |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=Haaretz |date=9 November 2022 |language=en |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103164739/https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2022-11-09/ty-article-review/.highlight/ahed-tamimis-memoir-poorly-serves-the-fight-against-the-occupation/00000184-5c9a-d964-ad96-dcbb939a0000 |url-status=live }}

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