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Threats, innuendo in Israeli questioning of Palestinian teen

By KARIN LAUB, Associated The interrogation took
Press place Dec. 26, a week af-
RAMALLAH, West Bank ter Tamimi’s arrest, at an
(AP) — The family of promi- Israeli police station in the
nent Palestinian protester West Bank, said Pollak. In
Ahed Tamimi on Monday the video, one of the inter-
released excerpts from a rogators is identified as a
video in which an Israeli police officer and the sec-
interrogator threatens the ond as a member of Israel’s
then-16-year-old with the military intelligence.
arrest of her relatives if she At the beginning, Tamimi
refuses to cooperate. is asked whether she had
The interrogator also com- spoken to a lawyer, and
ments on her body, fair skin she nods her head. From
and “eyes of an angel.” then on, she refuses to an-
The interrogator, identified swer questions.
as an agent of the Israeli The military intelligence
military intelligence branch, agent, who sits in a chair
at times moves within centi- close to her, attempts to
meters (inches) of the teen- get her to speak, at times
ager, who doesn’t respond threatening her, then telling
and repeatedly asserts her her that with her blond hair,
right to remain silent. blue eyes and fair skin she
The Israeli military said a In this Feb. 13, 2018 file photo, Palestinian Ahed Tamimi stands inside the Ofer military prison near reminds him of his younger
complaint of improper con- Jerusalem. sister. “When I think of my
duct on the part of the in- Associated Press little sister, her eyes look like
vestigator, filed by Tamimi’s our people,” he said. touched on broader issues, elders or a threat to Israel’s your eyes,” he tells here.
lawyer, has been handed A West Bank-based rights such as Israel’s detention military deterrence. “She is white like you. In the
to the Justice Ministry and group said a majority of mi- of Palestinian minors — cur- The interrogation video was sun, she looks like the ham-
is being “thoroughly exam- nors have reported being rently 356, according to Is- part of the case file hand- burger. And what about
ined.” Ahed’s father, Bas- verbally abused, intimidat- raeli figures — and the de- ed to the defense after you? What do you look like
sem, told reporters that the ed or humiliated in Israeli bate on what constitutes Tamimi was indicted, said in the sun? Red, red, red?
video is evidence of Israel’s custody. Tamimi is serving legitimate resistance to Israeli activist Jonathan Pol- When I see your eyes, I say,
failure to break his daugh- an eight-month prison term Israel’s rule over millions of lak, who helps coordinate it’s a shame (haram), you
ter. He portrayed Tamimi, — the result of a plea deal Palestinians. her legal strategy. are here (in detention),” he
who has become an icon — for slapping and kicking Her supporters see a brave Tamimi’s lawyer filed a says. At another time, he
to Palestinians, as a sym- two Israeli soldiers outside girl who struck the sol- complaint with the mili- tells her she has the “eyes
bol of resistance to Israel’s her West Bank home in mid- diers in anger after hav- tary’s judge advocate of an angel.”
51-year-old military occu- December. ing just learned that Israeli general over the interroga- He also threatens her, men-
pation. Her silence under The teen’s arrest and full- troops seriously wounded a tion tactics, including ap- tioning names of family
pressure shows that “we are throttle prosecution by Is- 15-year-old cousin. In Israel, parent threats, coercion members, and telling her
not victims, we are fighters rael has garnered interna- she is seen either as a naive and sexual innuendo, said that “we will take everyone
for the cause of freedom of tional attention. It has also youth manipulated by her Pollak. if you don’t cooperate.” q

Iranian president lashes out at U.S. as Iran marks Nuclear Day

clear technology. curbed Tehran’s contro- to the level of 20 percent
Hassan Rouhani said that versial nuclear enrichment within two days. Weapons-
despite many attempts, program in exchange for grade uranium is 90 per-
the U.S. has “failed to de- relief from international cent enriched.
stroy” the landmark 2015 sanctions. Rouhani on Monday
deal between Iran and Rouhani reaffirmed his gov- also unveiled dozens of
world powers. ernment’s commitment Iran’s purported nuclear
Rouhani also mocked Presi- to the deal and said Iran achievements, including a
dent Donald Trump, who would not be the first to vio- centrifuge for use in the oil
has repeatedly described late it. He also stressed Iran industry and a laser spec-
the nuclear agreement as is ready to quickly revert trometer.
“bad.” Trump extended to the situation before the Iran often boasts of tech-
sanctions waivers in Janu- deal, should the U.S. aban- nological achievements
ary but has declined to re- don it. which are impossible to in-
certify the nuclear deal. “If they breach the deal, dependently verify.
In this photo released by an official website of the office of “They spent huge amounts they will see its impact In his speech, Rouhani
the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani listens to of dollars and talked a within a week or less than a urged Arab countries in the
explanations on new nuclear achievements at a ceremony to lot, and posted so many week,” Rouhani said. Mideast — many of them
mark “National Nuclear Day,” in Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 9, tweets, thinking that this The spokesman for Iran’s U.S. allies — to stop cooper-
2018. building would shake with Atomic Agency, Behrouz ating with Washington and
Associated Press tweets,” Rouhani said of Kamalvandi, claimed that turn to each other instead.
By AMIR VAHDAT Associ- United States on Monday the Trump administration. should the deal collapse, “Trust your nation’s powers
ated Press as Iran marked “National His speech was broadcast Iran would be able to re- and the power of regional
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Nuclear Day,” dedicated live on Iranian state TV. start the enrichment pro- nations,” he said. “Let’s
president lashed out at the to its achievements in nu- The nuclear agreement gram and enrich uranium stand together.”q