RAMALLAH — Khalida Jarrar’s neat office and smart appearance offer little indication that this time last year she was serving out a 15-month sentence in an Israeli jail cell. She’s an elected Palestinian parliamentarian, a lawyer, a wife and a mother. She is also, according to Israel, an agitator and a danger to its security. […]
Hunger strikes don’t get any easier with experience. So says the family of Palestinian prisoner Majd Ziada, who has participated in multiple collective strikes since his arrest by Israeli occupation forces in 2002. “It is as if you are carrying the weight of 15 years of imprisonment on your shoulders,” Hurriyah Ziada, Majd’s youngest sister, […]
The Palestinian prisoners’ movement participating in the hunger strike in Israeli prisons issued a new statement on 26 April, the 10th day of the hunger strike which began 17 April 2017, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. The over 1500 hunger strikers have a series of demands, including an end to the denial of family visits, the right […]
Over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike since 17 April 2017. The demands of the Strike for Freedom and Dignity are straightforward: for their basic human rights – to no longer be denied family visits, to have the ability to contact their families via telephone, to receive appropriate medical […]
Dear Comrades, friends, and partners in the struggle, We, a group of conscientious Israeli-Jews, would like to express our deep respect and solidarity with you – the 1,500 or more Palestinians who embarked on a collective open ended hunger strike to demand your basic rights. Given the brutal measures inflicted on political prisoners around the […]
Why this is important We the undersigned organization, are seeking your intervention to stop violations against Palestinian detainees inside Israeli Prisons. Since the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, about 800.000 Palestinians have been detained, representing about 22% of the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories. Currently, over 6500 Palestinians are detained inside Israeli prisons […]
As Palestinian prisoners enter their second week of hunger strike, the approximately 1,500 Palestinians beginning their eighth day without food continue to face a campaign of repression inside Israeli jails. Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike continue to be denied lawyers’ visits; only several prisoners held in Ofer prison have been able to receive visits from […]
Over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike since 17 April 2017. The demands of the Strike for Freedom and Dignity are straightforward: for their basic human rights – to no longer be denied family visits, to have the ability to contact their families via telephone, to receive appropriate medical […]
Undercover soldiers of the Israeli Prison Administration assaulted, Friday, several hunger-striking Palestinian detainees in Nitzan Prison, in Ramla, and unleashed their dogs on them, during violent searches of the detainees and their rooms. In a statement to the press, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, said that the soldiers also preventing the detainees from performing Friday prayers. […]
Please cut and paste letter below into email and send to Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations info-un@newyork.mfa.gov.il. and palestine@un.int or http://embassies.gov.il/un/AboutTheEmbassy/Pages/contact-us.aspx and a copy to the Israeli embassy in your country https://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/israel (Australia only Cc: info@canberra.mfa.gov.il, julie.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au, senator.dinatale@aph.gov.au , senator.wong@aph.gov.au, ) SUGGEST YOU RESEND THE EMAIL EVERY DAY OF THE HUNGER STRIKE […]
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