Tamimi uses the experience of being jailed to advantage, as have many other colonial prisoners including Mandela and Gandhi.

The family of prominent protester Ahed Tamimi releases a video showing an interrogator telling the then-16-year-old her relatives will be arrested if she fails to cooperate. .

The 17-year-old Palestinian girl has become a new icon of resistance in the struggle for freedom and basic human rights.

The high-profile case against the 17-year-old girl who slapped and punched two Israeli soldiers has drawn international attention and criticism. She now is facing an Israeli military court.

Ahed Tamimi, now in jail and awaiting trial for protesting Israeli occupation of her village, was interviewed by journalist Abby Martin in 2016.

The jailed young activist is a threat to the country's entire system of power.