Tel Aviv, July 29 (TNS): Palestinian teen who slapped an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank has been freed after eight months in jail.
Video showing Ahed Tamimi slapping and kicking the soldier outside her home in Nabi Saleh last year went viral.
For Palestinians, she became a symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation.
The 17-year-old was mobbed by well-wishers as she returned to her town.
“Resistance is continuing until the occupation is removed,” she told the crowd.
Sixteen at the time, she was originally charged with 12 counts of assault, incitement, interference with soldiers, and stone throwing.
In March, she agreed to plead guilty to four of the charges, including incitement and assault.
Ahed Tamimi was filmed by her mother, Nariman, shouting at and shoving two soldiers in the driveway of her family home on 15 December 2017.
The incident was streamed on Nariman Tamimi’s Facebook page and video of the confrontation was widely viewed.
In the footage she kicks one soldier and slaps his face, and threatens to punch the other.
