(CAMERA) Tamar Sternthal - Last week, NBC's F. Brinley Bruton and Lawahez Jabari lionized Palestinian Ahed Tamimi, 17, "the teen with long blond curly hair [who] swiftly became a global symbol of resistance to Israeli occupation," whitewashing the Palestinian struggle as one "against the occupation," as opposed to against Israel in any borders. After a video of her slapping and punching Israeli soldiers went viral, her mother posted on Facebook Ahed's message to the Palestinian public: "Trump made his declaration and they need to take responsibility for any response that comes from us, whether it is stabbings or martyrdom operations [suicide bombings] or throwing stones." The NBC reporters concealed Ahed Tamimi's words that clearly incite to violence.
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