Jailed Palestinian Tamimi’s Twitter account deleted

The Twitter account of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested and imprisoned by the Israeli military last week in a dawn raid at her house in the occupied West Bank, has been deleted.

The reason behind the deletion of the teen’s account so far remains unknown, and it is not yet clear whether Twitter itself deactivated the account; a relative of Tamimi, however, said that it was deleted by Twitter "due to a campaign or a call by Zionists to block it or delete it."

After a video of her confrontation with Israeli soldiers at a protest in Nabi Saleh against Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem as the Israeli capital went viral, 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi was arrested at her home at 3 a.m. last Tuesday and now faces charges of attacking soldiers. Her mother was arrested shortly afterward.

On Sunday, Israel’s Ofer Court, located near the West Bank city of Ramallah, turned down a request by Ahed's lawyer for her release on bail, Bassem al-Tamimi, the girl’s father, told Anadolu Agency.

According to Tamimi, Ahed, her mother Nariman, and her cousin Nour are all slated to appear in court on Monday where they will face charges of participating in what Israeli officials have described as “violent riots” and resisting Israeli security forces.

Ahed’s father, mother and brothers have all been repeatedly arrested by the authorities for their fierce opposition to Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land.

Gabi Laski, Tamimi’s lawyer, said that she has been transferred between several prisons in Israel.

Palestinian detainees’ hands and feet are typically shacked with metal chains during these transfers, which may result in serious physical and emotional exhaustion.

These prison transfers take place against international law which states that the transfer of Palestinians from the occupied territory into Israeli territory is illegal.

On Dec. 6, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, drawing condemnation from across the Arab and Muslim world and sparking angry protests across the Palestinian territories.

Since then, 15 Palestinians have been martyred -- and thousands more injured -- in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.