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Freed Palestinian prisoners exiled to Egypt stand in front of the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, December 2025. From left to right: Raed Abdul Jalil, Rami Nour, Kamil Abu Hanish, Ammar Al-Zaben. (Courtesy)
Released into exile, Palestinian prisoners navigate freedom on Israel’s terms
Over 150 men who spent decades behind bars were deported to Egypt in the Gaza ceasefire deal, where they face a reality of ‘permanent alienation.’
By Shimaa Elyoussef February 9, 2026
Druze conscientious object Omar Sa'ad performs outside the Tiberias induction base. (photo: Activestills)
Druze conscientious objector Omar Sa’ad released from military service
Six months after he was sentenced to his first prison term for refusing to join the IDF, Druze conscientious objector Omar Sa’ad was released from military service on Wednesday. Sa’ad, an 18-year-old violist from the northern village Maghar, was sentenced to his first term on December 5th, 2013 in the Tiberias induction base. Since then, he…
By Edo Konrad June 19, 2014
Uriel Ferera walking out of military jail after serving his first sentence. (photo: Ruty Ferera)
IDF denied draft refuser letters, access to his lawyer
‘The sergeant told him that he cannot make a call because he is a military prisoner, and that he cannot use the phone because he didn’t wear his hat on time,’ Ferera’s lawyer says. By Daniel Beller Uriel Ferera, the young Orthodox conscientious objector who was sentenced to military jail for refusing to join the…
By +972 Magazine May 21, 2014
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Canadian woman gets 3 months in IDF jail for draft dodging
This has to be one of the strangest, dumbest stories I have unfortunately been following lately. Yana Gurlik, a 30-year-old expat came to Israel for a family wedding last month, and was told on arrival that there were some problems with her status, according to the army. At the airport she was asked to go to an army…
By Ami Kaufman September 27, 2012
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