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Myles Hoenig                                                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/31/18

Baltimore County Green Party
mylesh302@gmail.com

Baltimore County Green Party calls for the immediate release from prison Ahed Tamimi

Today is the 17^th birthday of Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian child languishing in an Israeli prison because she shows no fear in resisting soldiers who have been terrorizing her, her family and community for a very long time. In a pre-dawn raid on December 20^th Israeli Defense Force soldiers barged into her home and arrested her. They did not provide any charges for doing so.

The incident which brought their attention to her was when on a day where the IDF had just shot her cousin in the head, point blank, invaded her home and pushed her, she had the temerity to slap back. It was this slap that has put her in jail, for assaulting an Israeli soldier and for embarrassing them in front of cameras. The ‘assault’ has gone viral but the western press only shows her reaction, not what precipitated it.

Ahed is not alone. As of November 2017, according  to B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, 313 Palestinian minors are sitting in Israeli jails. Many are held without charges and many are in military prisons, not civil jails. The level of human rights abuses in Israel, especially directed at children, is appalling.

The Baltimore County Green Party calls on Israel to respect human rights and release Ahed Tamimi immediately. For a nation that claims to be a beacon of democratic values, their behaviors belies that on a daily basis.

Baltimore County Green Party is a local of the Maryland Green Party. It fights for social justice, eco-socialism, and defense against corporate control of our daily lives.