Portal:Current events/2017 December 20

**16-year-old [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] Ahed Tamimi, daughter of [[Bassem al-Tamimi]], is arrested on December 19 in a pre-dawn raid on her home in [[Nabi Salih]] by the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli army]] after being suspected of assaulting an Israeli soldier. Later in the day, her mother Nariman is allegedly arrested too when visiting her daughter at a police station. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/palestinian-ahed-tamimi-arrested-israeli-forces-171219174834758.html (Al Jazeera)]

**16-year-old [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] Ahed Tamimi, daughter of [[Bassem al-Tamimi]], is arrested on December 19 in a pre-dawn raid on her home in [[Nabi Salih]] by the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli army]] after being suspected of assaulting an Israeli soldier. Later in the day, her mother Nariman is allegedly arrested too when visiting her daughter at a police station. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/palestinian-ahed-tamimi-arrested-israeli-forces-171219174834758.html (Al Jazeera)]

*[[First presidency of Donald Trump|Presidency of Donald Trump]]

*[[First presidency of Donald Trump|Presidency of Donald Trump]]

**[[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] [[List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump|commutes]] the prison sentence of [[Sholom Rubashkin]], who in 2009 was sentenced to 27 years in prison for [[bank fraud]] and [[money laundering]]. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/12/20/trump-commutes-sentence-kosher-meatpacking-executive/971719001/ (''USA Today'')]

**[[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] [[List of people granted executive clemency in the first presidency of Donald Trump|commutes]] the prison sentence of [[Sholom Rubashkin]], who in 2009 was sentenced to 27 years in prison for [[bank fraud]] and [[money laundering]]. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/12/20/trump-commutes-sentence-kosher-meatpacking-executive/971719001/ (''USA Today'')]

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