The #FreeAhed petition includes signatures from Hollywood actors @rosariodawson, @mrdannyglover and @iJesseWilliamshttps://t.co/3dobAAfRHv
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) February 14, 2018
- A campaign group, the Dream Defenders, created a petition to support Ahed Tamimi. Ahed is a Palestinian teenager on trial for slapping an IDF soldier in her family's yard after her cousin was shot in the face while protesting Trump's announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ahed was arrested along with her cousin and mother.
- Signatories include Danny Glover, Jesse Williams, Rosario Dawson, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, Talib Kweli among others
- The petition draws connections between the struggles of Palestinians with police brutality in the United States: "While our struggles may be unique, the parallels cannot be ignored. US police, ICE, border patrol and FBI train with Israeli soldiers, police, and border agents, utilising similar repressive profiling tactics to target and harass our communities."
- Ahed's trial began yesterday. She is being tried by Israel's military court which has a 99.7% conviction rate.
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