Palestinian teenage activist gets 8 months in Israeli jail
Tehran (KNA) - An Israeli military court has sentenced a teenage Palestinian girl, who was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, to eight months in prison.
Ahed Tamimi's lawyer Gaby Lasky said on Wednesday that the 17-year-old girl agreed to the sentence as part of a plea deal that allowed her to avoid years-long prison terms.
Under the deal, she was also fined the equivalent of about $1,400.
"No justice under occupation!" Tamimi, handcuffed and shackled, shouted out to reporters at the court in the Ofer military prison near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.In a statement following Tamimi's conviction, Amnesty International condemned the sentence as "disproportionately harsh."
"The Israeli authorities must stop responding to relatively small acts of defiance with such disproportionately harsh punishments.
By ruthlessly targeting Palestinians, including children, who dare challenge Israel's oppressive occupation, the authorities are neglecting their responsibilities under international law as an occupying force," Amnesty said.
Source: Press TV