Israel releases poet jailed for online ‘incitement’

APalestinian woman from the 1948 areas jailed for five months for incitement to violence and support for a terrorist organisation through online poems and other social media posts, was released from prison on Thursday.

Palestinians from the 1948 areas are descendants of those who remained on their land following the creation of Israel in 1948. They account for some 17.5 per cent of Israel’s population and largely support the Palestinian cause.

Dareen Tatour, 36, posted a video clip of herself reading her poem Resist, my people, resist them in October 2015, accompanied by pictures of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces, according to authorities.

The posts on YouTube and Facebook came as a wave of Israeli regime violence against Palestinians was erupting.

She was sentenced in July and released on Thursday due to time served before her conviction, she said. “Freedom is something so sweet that I can’t even describe it,” Tatour told AFP after her release.