After more than half a century of occupation, most Israelis can no longer imagine themselves in the place of the Palestinians. But if we cannot imagine what it is like to live under occupation, we must at least confront its brutal reality. Twenty years ago, in March 1998, the head of the Labor Party Ehud […]
International support for detained Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar is continuing to grow. The leftist, feminist Palestinian leader and advocate for political prisoners has been jailed by Israel without charge or trial for a year. The Israeli military recently ordered her to another four months of administrative detention, an extension awaiting approval by an occupation military court. 275 […]
Over 200 organizations have joined together to call for the immediate release of Khalida Jarrar, the imprisoned Palestinian feminist, leftist parliamentarian. Jarrar, a leading advocate for Palestinian prisoners’ rights, has been jailed without charge or trial under Israeli administrative detention for nearly a year. The organizations who have expressed their support for Jarrar’s freedom include political parties, […]
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a New York City demonstration outside the offices of the “Friends of the IDF” on Saturday, 23 June. The protesters distributed flyers and carried signs demanding freedom for imprisoned Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar. Photo: Joe Catron Jarrar has been imprisoned without charge or trial for nearly a year under “administrative detention,” […]
Israeli occupation forces carried out a new punitive house demolition overnight, destroying the family apartment of Palestinian prisoner Alaa Kabha in Bartaa village near Jenin. Kabha is accused by Israeli occupation authorities of having carried out a car-ramming attack at an occupation army post near a West Bank settlement on 17 March, killing two Israeli soldiers. According […]
21 June 2018 On 14 June 2018, we received word that Khalida Jarrar’s administrative detention order would be renewed for an additional four months. This news is heartbreaking and devastating, but not out of the ordinary. Her confirmation hearing will be held on Monday 2 July 2018. The new order is to extend her detainment […]
The Israel Defense Forces has extended the administrative detention of Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar by four months, military officials confirmed on Sunday. Jarrar, who has yet to stand trial, has been in administrative detention since July. As is the case with such arrests, details of the accusations against her remain confidential. The army claimed in the past that […]
Gaza Palestinians plan for mass protests to end the blockade and occupation; call for supporters around the world to mobilize in solidarity Contact: U.S.: Pam Bailey | founder/director, We Are Not Numbers | +1 301-518-0199 | pam@wearenotnumbers.org Gaza: Ahmed Alnaouq |+972 567676219 | ahmed@wearenotnumbers.org Protests marking two historic dates are planned along Israel’s massive “security fence” in Gaza June […]
Organisers say the boats, which will carry people needing medical care, are a message that Palestinians will not accept Israel’s blockade. GAZA CITY – Palestinians in Gaza are planning to break the Israeli blockade of the enclave by sending out two boats carrying medical patients on Tuesday. The move comes weeks after dozens of peaceful Palestinian […]
Abdul Menim Aabed, 27, is among a crowd of Gazan Palestinians who are anxious—despite the obvious danger—to be among the first to try to sail out of Gaza tomorrow on Al-Hurriyah (Liberty). The boat is being organized by the Great Return March National Organizing Committee and will carry 35 Gazans who hope to receive medical treatment or to […]
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