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Tough Times for Palestinians Detained by Israel: Picnics, Parties, Singalongs
(Tablet) Liel Leibovitz - Last December, a 17-year-old Palestinian woman named Ahed Tamimi assaulted an IDF soldier and was arrested and sentenced to eight months in prison. After her release, Tamimi addressed the issue of how young Palestinians detained by Israel are treated in an interview on Al-Jazeera. Each day, she recalled, began with all the prisoners in her wing congregating in the yard to enjoy a potluck picnic. Then, mornings were spent studying for her high school diploma. Lunches were again a communal affair, followed by "having parties, sitting around together, singing, dancing, just passing the time, watching TV, jumping around from room to room, going wild."