Nabi Saleh: Palestinian women overpower Israeli soldier attempting to kidnap child

Dear friends,
by now many of you would have seen the viral video and images of the amazing women and girls of Nabi Saleh. 

Every week my friends in Nabi Saleh protest against Israel's occupation, their courage and determination is inspiring. The women and girls of Nabi Saleh have been at the forefront of the demonstrations from the very start. They have been beaten, arrested and jailed but every week they come back and stand up to Israel's occupation Forces. 

This week was no different. When an Israeli soldier tried to kidnap and arrest one 11 year old Mohammed Tamimi from the village, his mother (Nariman) and sister (A'hd), along with another relative (Nawal) over powered the soldier and were able to free Mohammed. The occupation solider was forced scurry off in shame. 

Mohammed's arm a few days before hand when the IOF fired teargas in to his home and he was hit by a high velocity tear gas canister.   No doubt because the Israeli Occupation Forces have been humiliated by a bunch of women and girls from the Tamimi family, they are now seeking to arrest them. Israeli politicians have also state that the soldier should have shot them and Mohammed's parent's Nariman and Bassem have been detained (but later released) at the entrance of their village.

Unsurprisingly, Zionists and Israeli apologists are trying to discredit the very real human rights abuses that Israel's military carry out and which were captured on camera. And predictably they are claiming the footage of the Tamimi women overpowering an Israeli solider to stop him kidnapping a 12 year old is "Pallywood" - a virulent racist slur used in Zionist circles to try and discredit any Palestinian documentation of Israel's human rights abuses. But of course, in order to discredit they have to deliberately lie and mislead, which is why they have been posting a photos of Mohammed Tamimi saying that his injury is a fake (with the cast/bandage appearing on the other arm).  However, what they are not mentioning in their posts is that the comparison photo they are using was taken in May 2014, more than a year ago. 

I will post more interviews and updated on the struggle in Nabi Saleh over the next couple of days.

in solidarity, Kim

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Palestinian Women, Children Stop IDF Soldier Detaining a Minor
Activists at the protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh say the soldier used violence against the 12-year-old boy.
Gili Cohen Aug 28, 2015

An Israeli soldier tried to detain a minor during clashes in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on Friday, but a number of Palestinian women and children managed to stop him.

According to the army, the youth was throwing stones at the troops, who did not realize he was a minor.

Photographs taken by Reuters and AFP show the soldier surrounded by women and children. In one of the images, a young girl is seen biting his hand.

The soldier was lightly wounded as a result of the altercation. The commander in the area decided to release the minor. The army said that one other Palestinian was detained in Friday's clashes, along with one foreign activist.

Activists who were at Friday's protest said that the soldier used violence against the 12-year-old boy, whose arm was in a cast at the time of the attempted arrest. Jonathan Pollak, one of the activists present, said that the boy did not throw stones and that the IDF force, which was in an abandoned building before approaching to detain the boy, could see he was a minor. Pollak told Haaretz that the soldier pointed his gun at the boy when he was detaining him.

The Israeli army spokesman responded in a statement that there was "a violent disturbance of the peace in Nabi Saleh, in which Palestinians threw stones at IDF forces that were in the place. The youth who was photographed was identified by the lookout force as a stone-thrower, and because of this it was decided to detain him. At the time of the arrest, a violent provocation by a number of Palestinians developed, including women and children. In light of the violent altercation, the commander decided to not to go ahead with the detention."***

Extraordinary moment that desperate Palestinian women fought and BIT an Israeli soldier after he put boy with a broken arm in a headlock at gunpoint

• Israeli soldier pins boy to the floor with machine gun held up near his cheek in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh
• But the gunman is ambushed by young girl who forces weapon from his hand and two women who claw at his face
• The soldier eventually flees the scene, leaving the young girl to cradle the terrified boy in her arms on the ground
• Clash happened during demonstrastions against Palestinian land confiscation to expand nearby Jewish settlement

By Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline

Published: Daily Mail, 29 August 2015 
 

This is the remarkable moment a young girl and two women overpower an Israeli soldier who grappled a Palestinian boy with a broken arm to the floor at gunpoint.

The soldier placed the boy in a headlock while armed with a machine gun during clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank.

With terror etched on his face, the boy is powerless to move as the gunman towers over him, with the muzzle of his weapon just inches from his cheek.

Palestinians fight to free a Palestinian boy held by an Israeli soldier during clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters

But as he pins the boy to a rock, the soldier suddenly finds himself ambushed by a young girl who forces the weapon from his grasp and bites his hand.

Meanwhile, two women claw at his balaclava-clad face and drag him off the youngster, who has his arm in a sling.

Eventually, the gunman flees the scene, leaving the young girl to cradle the terrified boy in her arms.

It is not clear what the boy had done to provoke the soldier into taking such drastic action, but it is not uncommon for protesters, and sometimes children, to hurl stones at security forces during demonstrations. 

Terrified: An Israeli soldier puts a young boy in a headlock at gunpoint during clashes between security forces and Palestinian protesters following a march against Palestinian land confiscation to expand the Jewish Hallamish settlement in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh

With terror etched on his face, the boy is powerless to move as the gunman towers over him, the muzzle of his weapon inches from his cheek

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Attacked: As he pins the boy to a rock, the soldier finds himself ambushed by a girl, who forces the weapon from his grasp, and two women

Ambushed: As the girl bites his hand, two women claw at his balaclava-clad face and drag him off the youngster, who has his arm in a sling

The soldier fights back as the girl tries to prevent him from detaining the boy during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh

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In her loving arms: Eventually, the gunman flees the scene, leaving the young girl to cradle the terrified boy on the floor

The clash happened in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, during protests against Palestinian land confiscation to expand the nearby Jewish Hallamish settlement.

In another flashpoint, Palestinian protester hurled stones at Israeli army bulldozer during clashes which following a protest against Israeli settlements in Qadomem, Kofr Qadom village, near the the West Bank city of Nablus.

They come a day after the European Union's outgoing envoy to the Palestinian territories said the 28-nation bloc was moving forward with measures against Jewish West Bank settlements.

The envoy, John Gatt-Rutter, did not provide a timeframe. But his remarks to reporters underline European discontent with Israel's continued expansion of settlements in territory that Palestinians want for a future state.