Born January 31, 2001, 17-year-old Ahed
is a Palestinian hero and anti-occupation
activist. She is currently imprisoned in Israel
for slapping and kicking an Israeli soldier
who shot her cousin in the head with a
rubber bullet putting him in a coma.
“My name is Ahed Tamimi. I am from the village of Nabi Saleh. I am 16 years old. My favourite subject at school is physical education. If there was no occupation I would be a soccer player.
You know, we can see the ocean from here. It's only 30 minutes away but it's forbidden for us to go there. Unless we get Israel's permission.
Every village in this area has a [Jewish-only] settlement around it, or a military base of some physical presence of occupation.
I can't think far into the future because the occupation prevents it. When I used to go play in the street, the army would enter the village and start shooting.
There are settlers down there are trying to take our water spring. We decided to lead a peaceful demonstration.
We are not only active in through demonstration, We also resist through media. Right now injustice is happening all across the world. I wanted to come to America to tell the whole world that we are not afraid of Trump or anyone else.
We should extend out struggles to one another in order to end all the world's injustices. We are all victims of some kind of occupation. We, as Palestinians, won't let anyone suffer alone. I encourage those [who are oppressed] to continue their resistance. The voice of justice needs to be heard.”
Video interview as part of the Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) Living Resistance Tour
