Tamimi: 'I'll continue my fight for liberation'
After serving an 8-months sentence in prison for assaulting an IDF officer, the teen provocateur receives a warm phone call from Turkey's Erdoğan congratulating her for her 'courage'; Tamimi says will continue fight to 'hold Israel accountable for its war crimes.'
When asked whether she would slap an IDF soldier in the future, Tamimi replied, "I don't know what will be in the future. I hope the occupation will end so I won't need to act like that. I look forward to peace, for everyone to live without fences and without the occupation, that everyone will do what is best for them."
Among the teen provocateur's supporters was Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who called to congratulate her for her "courage and steadfastness."
"I plan to study law to defend my people and the Palestinian cause," Tamimi stated. She also added that the Nationality Law passed recently in the Knesset is a "racist Apartheid law."
"Jerusalem was and forever will be the Palestinian capital. I will always be with (The Palestinian) prisoners," she went on to say.
"The message of the female convicts in Israel's prisons is (to promote) Palestinian unity, unity in our battle and to support the prisoners' fight for freedom," Tamimi explained.
The 17-year-old Palestinian thanked those who supported her during the eight months she served in prison.
"I thank all the people who launched campaigns for me and showed their presence outside the prison. I thank all the journalists who covered my story and held campaigns in the media for me," she said with gratitude.
Tamimi also expressed her gratitude to her mother Nariman. She was also arrested during the assault on the IDF officer for filming the incident and posting it on Facebook and was also released from prison Sunday.
"She was in prison while her children were left (alone). It's a very hard situation to be in. (Nevertheless), she has continued promoting the Palestinian issue out loud," Tamimi elucidated.
Tamimi was released in a plea bargain that concluded that the months during which she had been placed under arrest would be included in her overall sentence. She was also ordered to pay an NIS 5,000 fine. Her mother was ordered to pay NIS 6,000.
