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'''Tali Fahima''' ({{langx|ar|طالي فحيمة}}, {{langx|he|טלי פחימה}}; born 8 February 1976) is an Israeli of Algerian Jewish origin<ref name=forward>{{cite news |title= Tali Fahima's Journey to Islam |location= Allison Kaplan Sommer for The Forward |date= 11 June 2010 |url= https://forward.com/life/128727/tali-fahimas-journey-to-islam/ |access-date= 6 September 2021}}</ref> and pro-Palestinian activist who was convicted for her contacts with Zakaria Zubeidi, Jenin chief of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed faction close to Fatah. In June 2010, she converted to Islam at a mosque in Umm al-Fahm.<ref name=convert>{{cite news |last=Roffe-Ofir |first=Sharon |title= Leftist Tali Fahima converts to Islam |publisher= Ynet |date=8 June 2010 |url= http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3902175,00.html |access-date=8 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=Islam>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2010-06-08/ty-article/left-wing-activist-tali-fahima-converts-to-islam/0000017f-e094-d7b2-a77f-e397a2090000|title=Left-wing Activist Tali Fahima Converts to Islam|work=Haaretz}}</ref>
==Early life== Fahima was born in Kiryat Gat, a development town in Israel, to a family of Algerian Jewish origin.<ref name=forward/> She was one of three daughters born to Sarah Lahiani and Shimon Fahima. After her parents divorced, Fahima and her sisters were raised by their mother, who worked in a variety of jobs to support them.<ref name=out>{{cite news |title= The Outsider |location= Coby Ben-Simhon for Haaretz |date=14 September 2004 |url= https://www.haaretz.com/1.4838870 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094220/https://www.haaretz.com/1.4838870 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 1 August 2018 |access-date= 6 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=guard>{{cite news |first=Rachel| last=Shabi|title=The lone warrior|work=The Guardian |date=12 August 2005 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,1547465,00.html}}</ref>
==Activism== After completing her mandatory military service, Fahima moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a legal secretary.<ref name=out/><ref name=guard/>
Until 2003 she was a Likud supporter; she then read an interview in which Zubeidi described his transformation from peace activist to wanted terrorist; intrigued, she found Zubeidi's phone number, and spoke with him several times. When she learned that Zubeidi was at the top of Israel's list of intended assassinations, she decided to travel to Jenin and live in his home as a human shield.<ref>{{cite news |title=Throwing the book at Tali Fahima |first=Orit |last=Shohat |work=Haaretz |date=31 December 2004 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2004-12-31/ty-article/throwing-the-book-at-tali-fahima/0000017f-e16c-d568-ad7f-f36fe8d60000}}</ref> She became involved in the Palestinian children's project in Jenin which featured in the film ''Arna's Children'', along with Zubeidi before his imprisonment. She did not deny that she later met Zubeidi in Jenin a number of times, but she denied any involvement in armed activities. In March 2004 she stated that she was prepared to act as a human shield to protect Zubeidi.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
On 8 August 2004, Fahima was arrested, interrogated by security officials for one month and then placed under administrative detention for three months. She was indicted in December 2004 and charged with "assistance to the enemy at time of war".<ref>{{cite web |last= Urquhart |first=Conal |title=My crime was to protest at Israeli assassinations |work= The Guardian |date= 5 January 2007 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1983247,00.html}}</ref> On 23 December 2005 she pleaded guilty to some less serious charges, admitting to maintaining contacts with a foreign agent with the intention of harming state security. She also admitted to passing information to the enemy, and to violating a legal order forbidding the entry of Israelis into Palestinian Authority-controlled territory. The most serious charges, aiding an enemy in time of war, supporting a terrorist organization and possession of weapons against her were dropped. She received a three-year prison sentence and a suspended sentence that would go into effect if she violated any order forbidding entry into closed military zones, leaving less than one year of prison time left to serve.<ref>{{cite web |last= Harel |first= Zvi |title= Fahima to walk free in 11 months after plea bargain drops major charges |work= Haaretz |date=1 December 2005 |url= https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/fahima-to-walk-free-in-11-months-after-plea-bargain-drops-major-charges-1.175538|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101120084957/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/fahima-to-walk-free-in-11-months-after-plea-bargain-drops-major-charges-1.175538|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 November 2010}}</ref> Her first request for early release was denied, the Parole Board ruling on 13 September 2006, that she "acted in an insolent and rude manner toward prison guards".<ref>{{cite news |last= Luvitch |first= Vered |title= Fahima to serve full sentence for insolence |publisher= Ynet |date=13 September 2006 |url= http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3303534,00.html}}</ref>
She was released in early January 2007, a year earlier than her original sentence, for good conduct.<ref>{{cite web |title= Israeli jailed for holding contacts with militants gets early parole |date=3 January 2007 |work= Haaretz |url= https://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-jailed-for-holding-contacts-with-militants-gets-early-parole-1.208974|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110606001540/http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-jailed-for-holding-contacts-with-militants-gets-early-parole-1.208974|url-status= dead|archive-date= 6 June 2011}}</ref> She was banned from leaving the country, contacting foreign agents or entering the Palestinian-controlled areas in the West Bank.<ref>{{cite web |title= Israel 'collaborator' freed early |publisher= BBC | date=3 January 2007 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6227289.stm}}</ref>
On 23 April 2007, Fahima participated in an alternative torch-lighting ceremony for Israeli Independence Day, where she lit a torch in honor of Zubeidi.<ref>{{cite news |title= Leftist lights torch for Al-Aqsa commander |publisher= Ynet |date=23 April 2007 |url= http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3391371,00.html |access-date=8 June 2010}}</ref>
In June 2008, Zubeidi, confined to Jenin as a condition of his amnesty agreement, requested permission to travel to Ramallah for an eye operation. Fahima denounced him as a "whore of the Shin Bet security service".<ref>{{cite news |title=Tali Fahima: Zakariya Zubeidi is Israeli security service's whore |date=24 July 2008 |url= https://www.haaretz.com/2008-07-24/ty-article/tali-fahima-zakariya-zubeidi-is-israeli-security-services-whore/0000017f-def2-d3ff-a7ff-fff2980a0000 |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
Fahima lives in the Arab village Ar'ara in northern Israel, and works as a Hebrew teacher. In June 2010, she converted to Islam at a mosque in Umm al-Fahm.<ref name=convert/><ref name=Islam/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Tali Fahima}} * [https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1673156,00.html "Israel jails Jewish woman for meeting Palestinian militant"], ''The Guardian'' * [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3902175,00.html Leftist Tali Fahima converts to Islam] in Yedioth Ahronoth * [http://oznik.com/news/041006.html "Interview with Tali Fahima"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110005816/https://oznik.com/news/041006.html |date=10 January 2021 }} from Oznik *[http://www.flix.co.il/tapuz/user/talifahima Tali Fahima's video blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422053324/http://www.flix.co.il/tapuz/user/talifahima |date=22 April 2009 }} on Flix, Tapuz *[http://www.kedma.co.il/images/_vti_cnf/Thesis_Tali%20Fahima_English.pdf "Mizrahi Woman, Palestinian Fighter: The Public Discourse Surrounding the Struggle of Tali Fahima."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911015956/http://www.kedma.co.il/images/_vti_cnf/Thesis_Tali%20Fahima_English.pdf |date=11 September 2008 }} MA Tesis on "Kedma".
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