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Ahed Tamimi released

Ahed Tamimi among Palestinians freed by Israel in Gaza truce swap

Israeli troops earlier this month arrested Tamimi, regarded in the West Bank as a hero since she was a teenager, on suspicion of inciting violence.

|ByREUTERS
Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi reacts as she is welcomed after being released amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, November 30, 2023.
Ahed Tamimi next to a large Palestinian monument

Tamimi ‘lucky’ she was in Israeli prison not Assad's, activist says

Many tweeted photos of Tamimi next to a dead Syrian woman, trying to draw attention to the difference.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 15, 2018

Ahed Tamimi to be honored by Nelson Mandela’s grandson

Teenager will receive award for her ‘bravery and resistance’

|ByILANIT CHERNICK
Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel at Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 28, 2017.

Ahed Tamimi and the battle over public opinion

Ahed Tamimi is not naive. She knows very well what she did.

|ByNACHMAN SHAI

More horror than heroism: Ahed Tamimi

Neither her gaze nor her ideas are the problem – it’s what others do with them.

JULY 30, 2018
Ahed Tamimi appears at a military court at the Israeli-run Ofer prison in the West Bank village of Betunia on December 20, 2017.

Tamimi calls for continued resistance after release from Israeli prison

With her long brownish-brown curls, Ahed was considered a popular poster child for Palestinian resistance, long before her arrest. Her time in jail, only increased her fame.

JULY 29, 2018
Freed Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi visits the tomb of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat after she was released from an Israeli prison, in Ramallah in the West Bank July 29, 2018