TIMES OF ISRAEL
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops at rally for soldier-slapping teen
by Alexander Fulbright and Jacob Magid
January 13, 2018

Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli troops on Saturday near the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, as a rally was held there in support of a 16-year-old Palestinian girl arrested for slapping and shoving IDF soldiers. Ahed Tamimi, along with her mother Nariman and cousin Nour, was arrested in December over a widely shared video in which the three could be seen violently accosting soldiers in Nabi Saleh, in an apparent attempt to provoke them. The mother and daughter were both charged in a military court earlier this month with aggravated assault of soldiers over the incident and remain in Israeli custody. READ MORE