Palestinian Teenager Arrested For Criticising Israel On Facebook

A Palestinian teenage girl has been arrested for criticising Israel on her personal Facebook page.  Qamar Manasra, a 16-year-old girl from Reineh, was apprehended by Israeli forces on July 19, who arrested her on charges of “incitement” for her posts on the social media giant. Richardedmondson.net reports: The Israelis were apparently quite violent–toward Qamar as well as other members of her family. An article about her has been posted here, although you won’t be able to read it unless you read Arabic. But you will be able to see additional pictures, including a photo of her with her arm around her elderly grandfather as well as a separate photo of what apparently is her father. Palestinian Qamar Manasra, 16, still in custody; her home raided Tuesday night, family all assaulted for a FB post pic.twitter.com/OSmlryx3dK — Abbs Winston (@AbbsWinston) July 22, 2016 Apparently the home was pretty thoroughly ransacked. Qamar is also mentioned in a report here, which is in English, and if you go there you can read about her as well as a number of other Palestinian women and girls imprisoned by Israel. Interestingly, Qamar’s village, Reineh, is also the home village of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, who [...]