This 12-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Was Just Released After Two Months In Jail
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Dima Al-Wawi pled guilty in February to attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.
Dima al-Wawi, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl, was released from an Israeli prison on Sunday, after spending two months behind bars on an attempted murder charge.
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She was arrested in February near a Jewish settlement called Karmei Tzur, near Hebron in the West Bank. When a knife was found in her bag, she was accused of attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.
After a plea deal in which she pled guilty to attempted murder and possession of a knife, Israeli military authorities quickly sentenced her to four and a half months in prison and a fine of 8,000 shekels ($2,000).
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That sentence was reduced by six weeks due to her age, Assaf Librati, an Israeli prison service spokesman, told Israeli media last week.
“Prison is not a place for a small child,” said Abeer Baker, one of the Palestinian girl's lawyers, according to the Times of Israel. “If it were a Jewish girl, she wouldn’t stay in prison for even one hour because it is forbidden according to the Israeli law.”
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