Bassem Tamimi

The Month in Pictures: April 2012

2 May 2012

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Israel's interrogation of Islam Dar Ayyoub Tamimi, age 14: video reveals rights abuses

Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 22:30

A year ago on January 23, 14-year-old Islam Dar Ayoub Tamimi was arrested at gunpoint after the Israeli army surrounded his house at around 1:30am. A few days before, on January 17, Islam’s house was one of many in the village of Nabi Saleh that were raided by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), where the soldiers then proceeded to take pictures of all males over the age of 12.

Video: Israelis arrested in Nabi Saleh subjected to "Palestinian" treatment by occupation soldiers

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 23:15

A video and written account shows two Israelis, “Shai” and “Doron” being subjected to the kind of abuse by Israeli soldiers more usually reserved for Palestinians.

"EU must do more than pay lip-service": Nariman Tamimi interviewed

Linah Alsaafin
Nabi Saleh
18 July 2011

Nariman Tamimi must not be characterized as just the jailed grassroots activist Bassem’s wife. Linah Alsaafin interviews for The Electronic Intifada.

Flying kites before the tear gas

Linah Alsaafin
30 June 2011

Every child has a right to a childhood. The Nabi Saleh children are denied this right. Linah Alsaafin describes one Friday afternoon in the occupied West Bank village.

Trial of grassroots activist Bassem Tamimi to begin Sunday

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 05:31

Popular resistance organizer Bassem Tamimi, from the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, will be put on trial in an Israeli military court this Sunday.

Bassem Tamimi: "Our destiny is to resist"

Max Blumenthal
2 May 2011

Grassroots activist Bassem Tamimi was arrested at his West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on 25 March and has been in detention ever since. Last January, The Electronic Intifada contributor Max Blumenthal interviewed Tamimi about the village’s popular struggle against the occupation, of which he and his wife and brother have been central figures.

"We need to nationalize the resistance"

Jody McIntyre
6 September 2010

Public servant Bassem Mohammed al-Tamimi is from al-Nabi Saleh, a small village about 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. As coordinator of the local Popular Committee, Tamimi has played a leading role in al-Nabi Saleh’s demonstrations against the nearby illegal Israeli settlement and military base of Halamish. Jody McIntyre interviewed al-Tamimi for The Electronic Intifada.
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