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Why we Palestinians see ourselves in Khader Adnan
Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against.
By
Amjad Iraqi
May 5, 2023
Palestinian prisoner faces ‘imminent death’ on 75th day of hunger strike
Despite Khader Adnan's deteriorating condition, Israel is refusing to transfer him to a hospital, or to let rights groups visit him.
By
Baker Zoubi
April 20, 2023
As crackdown intensifies, Palestinian prisoners gear up for Ramadan protest
Prisoners hope the Palestinian public will join collective actions against Israel's punitive measures, which have harshened under the far-right government.
By
Sharona Weiss
March 16, 2023
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One hunger striker can bring down the entire system
Khalil Awawdeh's protest epitomizes the apartheid regime's absolute control and its greatest fear: that a dying prisoner will use his own life as a weapon.
By
Orly Noy
September 1, 2022
Palestinian journalist launches hunger strike to protest administrative detention
Detained by Israel without charges ‘for his journalistic work,’ Alaa al-Rimawi has been on a hunger strike for 17 days.
By
Baker Zoubi
May 7, 2021
Israel’s top court refuses to release ailing Palestinian hunger striker
High Court insists that Maher al-Akhras, who is hospitalized in grave condition, end his 78-day protest before being released from administrative detention.
By
Orly Noy
October 12, 2020
’50 years of occupation is 50 years too many’
As the Right celebrates 50 years of military rule over the Palestinians, the Left must not be afraid to create alliances between struggles and remind Israelis that ending the occupation is everyone’s task. By Eli Bitan The following is the full text of Local Call blogger and editor Eli Bitan’s speech in front of 10,000 left-wing protesters at Saturday’s anti-occupation…
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May 28, 2017
Fighting media silence on the Palestinian hunger strike
Trump’s visit to Israel is just the latest thing to keep the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike — already largely ignored by the media — out of the headlines. By Tanya Rubinstein Donald Trump’s arrival in Israel on Monday filled social media with mockery and resentment, surrounding everything from ministers’ ridiculous statements and road closures to…
By
Haokets
May 23, 2017
Anti-Trump protests greet U.S. president in Israel
A slew of protests against Donald Trump and American policy await the U.S. president, who visits Israel as the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike reaches its 36th day. By Yael Marom Donald Trump’s visit to Israel on Monday is already generating the expected smiles, celebrations and tensions, and disputes between Israeli ministers over who gets to…
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May 22, 2017
Settler shoots and kills Palestinian during West Bank demo
An AP photographer was also wounded by the settler, during a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Eyewitnesses say that an altercation between demonstrators and settlers escalated into stone-throwing by the former, after which the settler drew his gun and opened fire. An Israeli settler shot and killed a Palestinian near Huwwara in…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 18, 2017
Hebrew U. cancels conference on Palestinian prisoners, following pressure
Hebrew University canceled the conference after a student group associated with Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party penned an open letter to the university president. ‘The very existence of this conference lends legitimacy to terror.’ By Eli Bitan Hebrew University announced it is canceling an academic conference on the topic of Palestinian prisoners, which was slated to take place…
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May 14, 2017
‘If this hunger strike succeeds, it could mean revolution’
He entered prison for the first time at the age of 10, was one of the founders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, and became one of the representatives of Fatah’s security prisoners in Israeli jails. For the last decade, Ramzi Fayyad, who has been working to promote dialogue between representatives of released prisoners, views the the…
By
Orly Noy
May 13, 2017
Can a broad Palestinian civil rights campaign forge the way to peace?
The ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners signals a potential new direction toward a resolution to the conflict. But the success of such an approach rests on how Israel chooses to respond. By Paul R. Pillar President Trump’s expressed desire to resolve, somehow, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is welcome, but the grounds for skepticism about this…
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May 12, 2017
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