By: Mai Abdul Rahman Source: American Palestinian Blog It is impossible to fathom the numbers and ease by which Israel apprehends and injures Palestinians. Between 1967 and 2014, Israel’s soldiers apprehended over 40% of the entire male Palestinian population, and in 2015 alone they injured 11,953 Palestinians- or about 33 Palestinians a day. Without the … Continued
Family members of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails demonstrate in the Old City of Jerusalem, on April 29, 2017, in support of the ongoing hunger strike. | Photo: AFP Source: teleSUR Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported that many prisoners on strike have lost as much as 22 pounds from the time they first started the … Continued
BY HANAN ASHRAWI NEWSWEEK On South Africa’s Freedom day, I am reminded of a time in which our friends in the African National Congress (ANC) told us: “Once Palestine is free, do not forget South Africa.” In our long struggle, we have seen many countries win independence and many liberation movements find their way to … Continued
A mural of Marwan Barghouti on the separation wall at Qalandiya checkpoint, West Bank, June 10, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) By Lisa Goldman +972 Magazine On Sunday the New York Times published an op-ed by Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader who has been in an Israeli jail since 2002. In his article, Barghouti explains that over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have … Continued
By MARWAN BARGHOUTI The New York Times Having spent the last 15 years in an Israeli prison, I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners. After exhausting all other options, I decided there was no choice but to resist these … Continued
By Bethan McKernan Independent An 18-month jail sentence handed down to an Israel Defence Force (IDF) recruit for the killing of a wounded Palestinian has prompted widespread criticism for its apparent leniency in light of the severity of his crime. Then 19-year-old medic Elor Azaria was found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting 21-year-old Palestinian … Continued
By DPA and Nirit Anderman Haaretz Palestinian filmmaker Raed Andoni won Saturday the Berlinale’s first-ever Silver Bear for best documentary for “Istiyad Ashbah” (“Ghost Hunting”), in which former inmates reenact events at Israel’s main interrogation center. In the film, Andoni recreates the interrogation rooms and cells at the Moskobiya interrogation center, which acts as the … Continued
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