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Israeli Forces Arrest Palestinian Teenager Who Confronted Soldiers

HeadlineDec 20, 2017

In the occupied Palestinian territories, human rights groups are warning that Israeli forces are increasingly arresting and detaining children—sometimes holding them without trial—as protests continue to rage over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers and border police raided the home of prominent 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, a day after video showing her confronting Israeli soldiers went viral. After Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, the girl’s mother, Nariman Tamimi, was detained at an Israeli police station as she inquired about the status of her daughter. In another case, witnesses say 17-year-old Abdul-Khalik Burnat was arrested earlier this week when he went out for pizza with friends. Burnat’s father is Iyad Burnat, a leader of a nonviolent Palestinian resistance group whose work was highlighted in the Oscar-nominated documentary “Five Broken Cameras.”

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