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NOVANEWS Ahed Tamimi Finally Travels to France Despite Israeli Obstacles Ahed Tamimi, the resistance teen icon from Palestine, traveled to France Friday for an event where she asked people to support the Palestinian cause and to boycott Israel. By teleSUR  Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian resistance icon, traveled to France for a debate on Friday. The young resistance leader was invited by L’Humanité newspaper and the French Communist party, or PCF, to participate in an event organized by Association France Palestine Solidarite. Ahed spoke Sunday at the Fete de L’Humanité (Festival of Humanity) which is organized annually by the PCF and its newspaper L’Humanité at La Courneuve in Seine-Saint-Denis. “I want to say to Trump that Jerusalem will remain the capital of Palestine”, Ahe...

NOVANEWS By Dariella Rodriguez Photo: Author at center front center, next to Ahed. She is with the Tamimi family and other members of solidarity delegation. This article is based upon a talk given at a recent meeting of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in New York City. Many of us are familiar with Ahed Tamimi who is illegally detained by the Israeli occupation military, a force as illegitimate as Trump’s announcement of his acknowledgement of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Jan. 28 was Ahed’s birthday. She was 17 years old. That day demonstrations demanding her release and in solidarity with Palestine were held around the world. Ahed and her mother, Nariman Tamimi, are both unjustly imprisoned by Israel. Ahed is charged with five counts of assaulting security forces, as well a...