Protestors
chant against Israel, showed their support for Ahed Tamimi at one of
busiest spots in New York
Hundreds
on Friday gathered inside of Grand Central Terminal in New York,
demanding the release of the 16 year old Palestinian activist Ahed
al-Tamimi who was taken into custody by Israeli soldiers two week
ago.
Protestors
chanted and carried banners reading “Release Ahed Tamimi Now”,
“US has to stop helping Israel” and “Palestinian prisoners
needs to be released”.
In
a press release handed out during the demonstration, Israel was
accused of illegally detaining her and information was given about
her family’s activism which includes them also being shot by
Israeli soldiers in the past. The event ended without incident.
Ahed
and her mother who was detained by Israeli forces during an overnight
raid in the occupied West Bank two weeks ago, is well known for her
bold activism for a free Palestine.
Videos
and pictures of Ahed confronting and slapping Israeli soldiers have
gone viral for weeks.
The
teenager and her mother Nariman were ordered to be detained behind
bars for an additional eight days by Ofer Court Monday, located near
the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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