OFER MILITARY PRISON, West Bank -An Israeli military court has sentencedPalestinian teenage protest icon Ahed Tamimi to eight months in prison forslapping and kicking two soldiers after a plea bargain was reached.

Her lawyer, Gaby Lasky, said Wednesday that Tamimi is also being fined5,000 shekels (about $1,400) .

The 17-year-old Tamimi told reporters in court there is “no justice underoccupation and we are in an illegal court.”

She was arrested in December after video surfaced of her accosting soldiersoutside her West Bank home.

Tamimi’s family says she was upset because a 15-year-old cousin had earlierbeen seriously wounded in clashes with Israeli troops.

Palestinians have embraced her as a symbol of a new generation fightingIsrael.

In Israel she is seen either as alternatively a naive manipulated youth ora threat to the country’s military deterrence. – Agencies