Hundreds of protesters took to New York’s streets on Tuesday evening to demand the release of Ahed Tamimi the 16-year-old Palestinian girl held in Israeli military detention after she was filmed slapping a soldier.
Hundreds of demonstrators flocked to the Port Authority Bus Terminal near the Times Square calling for suspending funds to the Israeli occupation.
Jewish figures and anti-Israel groups joined the rally.
The demonstration is part of a series of worldwide actions marking both Ahed’s 17th birthday on Wednesday January 31 and the start of her Israeli military trial scheduled to begin the same day.
Tamimi was detained after she was filmed slapping an Israeli soldier who used her family home in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh early the morning of December 19 two days before her detention to open fire at village youths confronting Israeli forces who raided their village.
Tamimi’s detention has generated universal condemnations and protests against the Israeli occupation authorities.
