News About Prisoners
A Shared Struggle: How A Book Brought Palestinian and Irish Hunger Strikers Together
Several hunger strikes have been carried out by Palestinian and Irish prisoners to protest administrative detention, along with cruel and inhuman treatment, and torture. The recent capture of six escaped Palestinian political prisoners from Israel’s Gilboa prison meant their freedom was tragically short-lived. But the escape itself, reportedly through a tunnel dug with a rusty spoon, helped […]
“I Escaped Israel’s Prisons Three Times” – An Interview with Hamza Younis
Long story short, we fought them with our fists. The jailers called for help from the police, but we managed to escape the prison and enter an orchard about 200 meters from the prison. When we got out, they were shooting at us. Hamza Younis is a boxer and a former Palestinian prisoner who was […]
The resistance continues: Prisoners announce new steps of struggle as two more Freedom Tunnel heroes seized
After humiliating the Zionist regime by liberating themselves from the high-security Gilboa prison, four members of the Freedom Brigade were seized by occupation forces. For five days, they saw Palestine as free people – and they continue to show the world that the only path to liberation is resistance. Meanwhile, Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails […]
Israel to Release Pregnant Prisoner Anhar Al-Deek on $12,500 Bail
Israeli occupation authorities decided to release Anhar al-Deek, who is in her ninth month, with a 40-thousand-shekel ($12,500) bail and house arrest in her family’s house. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and ex-Detainees’ Affairs said on Thursday that the occupation authorities accepted to release the 25-year-old Anhar al-Deek, as she is due to give birth […]
“People Come Out Completely Crazy”: A Palestinian Survivor Talks Israeli Torture
One has to wonder how the Israelis who frequent the restaurants and bars around the Moskubiya would feel if they could see the sights and hear the screams of those being held there. BIL’IN, PALESTINE — When Abdul-Khaliq Burnat was a little boy, I would see him stand on the roof of his house and look […]
‘Imprisoned But Free’: Letter from jailed Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar to her late daughter, Suha
Imprisoned But Free: Letter from the heart from jailed Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar to her daughter, Suha, gone too soon July 13th, 2021 I am in so much pain, my child, only because I miss you. I am in so much pain, my child, only because I miss you. From the depths of my agony, […]
Supporting Palestine is not anti-Semitic
Six things about Palestinian children that you have to know: 1. It’s not just adults who are losing their lives to the conflict: Since September 29, 2000, 134 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 2,154 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis. 2. Israel has a military court for Palestinian children: Israel established […]
UPDATE ON MY SONS’ ABDUCTIONS
الحرية لاسرى الحرية و الخزي و العار للعملاء و المتامرين و الانذال UPDATE ON MY SONS’ ABDUCTIONS: Abdul-Khaliq since 17 May and Muhammad since 24 May 2021. The Zionist army is holding them both in the Maskoubiyyah Prison in al-Quds/Jerusalem, which is infamous for its torture methods. His lawyer managed to communicate with Abdul-Khaliq via […]
Jailed at 14, Shot Dead at 17: The Story of Obaida Jawabra’s Childhood Under Israeli Occupation
Israeli forces shot and killed Obaida Jawabra, a 17-year-old boy, earlier this week in the al-Arroub refugee camp located near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Obaida was shot in the chest, and witnesses say Israeli soldiers blocked an ambulance from reaching the teenager. He was taken to a local hospital by private car […]
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