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Hunger strikes shouldn’t be the only time to protect Palestinian prisoners
Not a day goes by without Israel detaining Palestinians or abusing prisoners' rights, yet its allies still choose to turn a blind eye.
By
Sahar Francis
December 7, 2020
After 100 days, Palestinian hunger striker ‘can collapse at any moment’
Despite four High Court petitions and protests against his administrative detention, Israeli authorities do not seem to care if Maher al-Akhras dies.
By
Oren Ziv
November 3, 2020
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
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Palestinian hunger striker in mortal danger after 73 days without food
Maher al-Akhras, currently hospitalized in Israel, is on day 73 of a hunger strike in protest at his administrative detention by Israel.
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Oren Ziv
October 7, 2020
Israeli prison ban on phone calls risks ‘breaking spirits’ of Palestinian minors
Israel claims incarcerated Palestinian children pose a threat to national security just like adults — and therefore can't contact their families.
By
Oren Ziv
September 23, 2020
‘A different world is possible’: Palestine advocates step up fight under COVID-19
Despite the overwhelming nature of the coronavirus crisis, Palestinian rights groups say the laying bare of injustices is strengthening their demands of freedom and equality for all.
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 14, 2020
Israel’s coronavirus lockdown is blocking human rights work, but not abuses
Rights groups warn Israel's emergency directives are making it more difficult to monitor and protect Palestinian rights during the pandemic.
By
Judith Sudilovsky
March 31, 2020
Remembering Hava Keller, a pioneer in the anti-occupation struggle
Hava Keller, who died at the age of 90 this week, was one of the few Israelis who spoke publicly about her role in the Nakba, and was at the heart of several groundbreaking anti-occupation and feminist movements.
By
Oren Ziv
January 2, 2020
Israeli army arrests Palestinian feminist lawmaker, months after her release
Khalida Jarrar was last released from Israeli custody in February, where she was held for 20 months without charge or trial.
By
Jaclynn Ashly
November 1, 2019
How Israeli doctors enable the Shin Bet’s torture industry
From approving brutal interrogation techniques to writing false medical reports, doctors in Israel have taken an active role in the torture of Palestinian prisoners. By Ruchama Marton If the Shin Bet runs a school for its agents and interrogators, the curriculum most certainly includes a class on how to tell a lie. The texts taught, it seems,…
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October 7, 2019
Top court throws out case demanding Palestinian kids be allowed to call parents from prison
The Israeli Supreme Court refuses to hear arguments in a case about whether Palestinian minors imprisoned by Israel should be allowed to speak to their families on the phone. Israel’s High Court of Justice refused to hear a petition by an Israeli human rights organization demanding that Palestinian minors held in Israeli prisons be allowed…
By
Edo Konrad
July 3, 2019
Should Palestinian children be able to call parents from prison? Israeli court will decide
Palestinian children in Israeli jails classified as ‘security prisoners’ are denied the right to speak to or see their families, sometimes for months on end. Israel’s top court will hear arguments about whether Palestinian children held in Israeli prisoners should be allowed to call their parents on the phone. Palestinian minors classified by Israel as…
By
Edo Konrad
June 30, 2019
This doesn’t need to happen: Another pre-election war on Gaza
We need leaders who can talk about ending the siege, about ending the occupation, about equality, freedom, and security as the only solution for both Israelis and Palestinians. By Haggai Matar and Oren Ziv The rocket fired from Gaza that destroyed a home and wounded seven people in central Israel Monday morning, took Israelis by…
By
Haggai Matar
March 25, 2019
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