(30 Jul 2018) A Palestinian who was arrested along with two Italian artists for painting a large mural of a formerly imprisoned teenage Palestinian protester on Israel's West Bank separation barrier, recalled the ordeal on Monday in an interview to The Associated Press. Al-Araj said he had driven off with the artists in his car for a short time before all three were arrested by Israeli security forces. "We had a really hard time during the interrogation," he said, and that he had to sign a document agreeing not to draw on the wall in the future, or risk being imprisoned. Jorit Agoch and Salvatore De Luise were arrested on Saturday in the West Bank city of Bethlehem after spending days creating the mural depicting Ahed Tamimi, a prominent Palestinian protester imprisoned by Israel for eight months for slapping two soldiers. The artists were held in two separate detention facilities and on Sunday, Israel cancelled their visas and ordered them to leave the country within three days. Their lawyer, Azmi Masalha, told The Associated Press that Israeli authorities did not pursue any criminal charges. Beyond ordering their departure, Israel barred them from entering the country again for ten years. They left the country on Monday A Palestinian woman who had been assisting the artists and who was filmed chasing after the Israeli soldiers and shouting at them after they confiscated her spray-paints and other painting materials, said she would never forget the Italians. Tamimi, 17, was arrested in December after she slapped two Israeli soldiers outside her family home. Her mother filmed the incident and posted it on Facebook, where it went viral and, for many, instantly turned Tamimi into a symbol of resistance to Israel's half-century-old military rule over the Palestinians. In Israel, she is seen by many either as a provocateur, an irritation or a threat to the military's deterrence policy. Tamimi's case has drawn international attention and she received a hero's welcome when she was released from prison on Sunday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2c48dfbca55693590a6baeaeedd8c1e0