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Bassem Tamimi (also Bassem al-Tamimi ; Arabic : باسم التميمي ; born c. 1967) is a Palestinian grassroots activist and an organizer of protests against Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank . He was convicted by an Israeli military court in 2012 (after being arrested in 2011) for "sending people to throw stones, and holding a march without a permit". In his West Bank village Nabi Salih , Tamimi organizes weekly demonstrations against Israeli settlement. He has been arrested by the Israeli authorities over a dozen times, at one point spending more than three years in administrative detention without trial. Tamimi has said that he advocates grassroots, nonviolent resistance , but has also said that stone-throwing is an important symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. His 2011 arrest drew international attention, with the European Union describing him as a human rights defender , and Amnesty International designating him a prisoner of conscience . He was arrested again in October 2012 for a demonstration in a supermarket, but released in early 2013. Three weeks after the outbreak of the Gaza war , on 29 October 2023, Tamimi was again placed under administrative detention . On expiry of the term in April 2024, he was again remanded for detention for a further six months. He is the father of Ahed Tamimi , who was sentenced to eight months in prison under a plea bargain in 2018. Palestinian activist aims to ‘start an intifada against Israel in the US’ , Times of Israel, 6 October 2015 Bassem Tamimi (2017-12-24). Ahed Tamimi sentenced to 8 months in prison in plea deal , YNET, 21 March 2018
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Bassem al-Tamimi ( , born c. 1967 ) is a Palestinian activist and an organizer of protests against Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank . He was convicted by an Israeli military court in 2011 for "sending people to throw stones, and holding a march without a permit". Tamimi's lawyers denied those charges saying “He believes in passive resistance and says he never asked anyone to throw stones”. A schoolteacher in Nabi Salih in the West Bank , al-Tamimi organizes weekly demonstrations against Israeli settlement. He has been arrested by the Israeli authorities over a dozen times, at one point spending more than three years in administrative detention without trial. Al-Tamimi advocates grassroots, nonviolent resistance , but has stated his belief that stone-throwing is an important symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation . His 2011 arrest drew international attention, with the European Union describing him as a "human rights defender" and Amnesty International designating him a prisoner of conscience . He was arrested again in October 2012 for a demonstration in a supermarket, but released in early 2013.
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Bassem Tamimi (also Bassem al-Tamimi, , born c. 1967) is a Palestinian grassroots activist and an organizer of protests against Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank .He was convicted by an Israeli military court in 2012 (after being arrested in 2011) for "sending people to throw stones, and holding a march without a permit".In his West Bank village Nabi Salih , Tamimi organizes weekly demonstrations against Israeli settlement. He has been arrested by the Israeli authorities over a dozen times, at one point spending more than three years in administrative detention without trial. Tamimi has said that he advocates grassroots, nonviolent resistance , but has also said that stone-throwing is an important symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. His 2011 arrest drew international attention, with the European Union describing him as a human rights defender , and Amnesty International designating him a prisoner of conscience . He was arrested again in October 2012 for a demonstration in a supermarket, but released in early 2013. He is the father of Ahed Tamimi , who was sentenced to eight months in prison under a plea bargain in 2018.Palestinian activist aims to ‘start an intifada against Israel in the US’ , Times of Israel, 6 October 2015 Bassem Tamimi (2017-12-24).Ahed Tamimi sentenced to 8 months in prison in plea deal , YNET, 21 March 2018
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Palestinian activist (born 1967) Bassem Tamimi (also Bassem al-Tamimi, , born c. 1967) is a Palestinian grassroots activist and an organizer of protests against Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank . He was convicted by an Israeli military court in 2012 (after being arrested in 2011) for "sending people to throw stones, and holding a march without a permit". In his West Bank village Nabi Salih , Tamimi organizes weekly demonstrations against Israeli settlement. He has been arrested by the Israeli authorities over a dozen times, at one point spending more than three years in administrative detention without trial. Tamimi has said that he advocates grassroots, nonviolent resistance , but has also said that stone-throwing is an important symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation. His 2011 arrest drew international attention, with the European Union describing him as a human rights defender , and Amnesty International designating him a prisoner of conscience . He was arrested again in October 2012 for a demonstration in a supermarket, but released in early 2013. He is the father of Ahed Tamimi , who was sentenced to eight months in prison under a plea bargain in 2018. Palestinian activist aims to ‘start an intifada against Israel in the US’ , Times of Israel, 6 October 2015 Bassem Tamimi (2017-12-24). Ahed Tamimi sentenced to 8 months in prison in plea deal , YNET, 21 March 2018
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palestinian activist and an organizer of protests against israeli settlement construction in the west bank
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palestinian grassroots activist and an organizer of protests against israeli settlement construction in the wes
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