Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh was banned from speaking at a public meeting marking International Women’s Day in Berlin on Friday after German officials revoked her visa. The event was titled “Palestinian Women in the Liberation Struggle.” The Israeli government claimed credit for the action. According to the newspaper Haaretz, strategic affairs minister Gilad Erdan issued a statement saying the German decision came after […]

On the 13th anniversary of the storming of Jericho prison and the kidnapping of Ahmad Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and his comrades, we will not forget and we will not forgive. To the Palestinian people, the Arab nation and all lovers of freedom in the world… […]

Khalida Jarrar is released from Israeli custody following almost two years under administrative detention. Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released Thursday morning after nearly two years in Israeli administrative detention. This is not the first time Israel has put Jarrar under administrative detention, a practice in which detainees are held without charge or trial. Jarrar was first arrested in April […]

On Wednesday February 27, speaking at a CODEPINK supported Town Hall at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., Rep. Ilhan Omar said “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.” For this statement of truth, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader […]

Khalida Jarrar is released from Israeli custody following almost two years under administrative detention. Palestinian parliament member Khalida Jarrar was released Thursday morning after nearly two years in Israeli administrative detention. This is not the first time Israel has put Jarrar under administrative detention, a practice in which detainees are held without charge or trial. Jarrar was first arrested in April […]

The Israeli occupation takes full responsibility for the death of the Palestinian prisoners Faris Baroud (51 years old). Faris is from the Gaza strip, he died on 6 February 2019 at Sotoka hospital, after he was transferred from Rimon prison because of a serious deterioration in his health. Faris was arrested on 1991 and was […]

As Gaza’s Great March of Return continued for the 45th consecutive Friday, its leaders called for supporters around the world to take action on Saturday, March 30, Palestinian Land Dayand the one-year anniversary of the ongoing mobilization. Their appeal came after fire by Israeli forces wounded 98 unarmed Palestinians, including 15 children, two medics and a […]

As Israel prepares to worsen conditions for Palestinian prisoners, we asked six former inmates about their experiences. Earlier this month, Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced plans to “worsen” already horrific conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s jails. According to the Palestinian prisoners’ rights groupAddameer, there are nearly 5,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including 230 […]

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joined with other advocates for Palestine to organize a bloc in the Women’s March in New York City in solidarity with Khalida Jarrar and Palestinian women prisoners in Israeli jails. The Samidoun bloc joined the Women’s Unity Rally at Foley Square on Saturday, 19 January, carrying signs urging freedom for Jarrar, the imprisoned […]

“The Palestinian people are determined to continue the intifada for all of the national rights of our people. This position is naturally consistent with the struggle of all progressive global forces confronting global imperial arrogance and struggling for independence, self-determination and liberation, for social justice, equality and socialism, based on a fair distribution of the […]