PALESTINIAN schoolgirl Ahed Tamimi will appear in an occupation military court tomorrow for slapping Israeli troops where she faces 10 years in jail.
Her hearing at the Ofer Israeli army court in the occupied West Bank takes place two days after the occupation forces declared her home village of Nabi Saleh a “closed military zone,” blocking routes in and out and attacking a protest there.
The village, north of Ramallah, was closed off before a planned demonstration against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s claim to Jerusalem as its capital.
A small Palestinian village is under attack from illegal settlers and the Israeli state to forcibly extend their illegal settlements. It is a template for the future, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER



