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Muklas Burgal. (photo: Rami Younis)

Turning over a new leaf: An interview with a former Palestinian ‘security prisoner’

In 1987, Mukhlas Burgal was sentenced to life in prison for throwing a bomb that failed to detonate at a bus full of Israeli soldiers. Since his release in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange, Mukhlas has opened a library, and heads several educational projects in his hometown of Lyd (“Lod” in Hebrew, “Lydda” in…

By Rami Younis May 3, 2014

Israeli soldiers arrest a 24 years old Palestinian youth during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum, January 3, 2014. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinian prisoners, supporters struggle for freedom

To mark International Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, which has been commemorated annually by Palestinians worldwide since 1974, Activestills brings you a look into the lives of Palestinian prisoners and their supporters struggling to obtain freedom. According to Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner support organization, there are currently 5,224 Palestinian men and women held in Israeli prisons. These include…

By Activestills April 17, 2014

A man walks toward the checkpoint at the entrance of Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, December 27, 2011 (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Living in a cage: On jail, running and the Shuafat Camp

As a conscientious objector, being confined in prison made Moriel Rothman’s chest fill with pain and panic. A year later, the feeling resurfaced while visiting Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem. By Moriel Rothman Last October, I spent 20 days in Israeli military jail for refusing to serve in the army. I got a brief sense then…

By +972 Magazine October 4, 2013

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Children from Nabi Saleh try to block an Israeli military jeep after it stormed into the village, arresting five activists, among them a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, the brother of two of the children seen in the photo, during the weekly demonstration against the occupation in Nabi Saleh, West Bank, November 2, 2012. (photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: November 1-6

Protests in Nabi Saleh, Ma’asara and Kfer Qaddum; Beit Arabiya is demolished; arrest raid on remaining South Sudanese refugess in Israel; and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills November 8, 2012

Israeli soldiers raid the west bank village of Kfer Qaddum during the weekly demonstration against the occupation, October 5, 2012. (photo: Yotam Ronen/ Activestills.org)

A week in photos: October 4-10

By Activestills October 11, 2012

Refugees march in the Human Rights March, 2010

Israel’s new prison for African refugees reeks of cruelty

As the new prison for refugees and their children demonstrates, racism is a profound problem in Israel today. But it is only a component in a broader ethos, which tramples all over those who are weak and vulnerable. In Israel‘s hierarchy of sympathies, even those at the very top suffer from the devaluation of compassion…

By Roi Maor January 27, 2011

Government: No right to attorney for up to a year

YNET reports this morning that the ministerial committee for legislation has voted that the government would endorse a bill allowing courts to deny “security” prisoners right to meet with their attorney for up to a year. Under current legislation, prisoners may be barred from seeing a lawyer for up to three weeks, although various tricks…

By Dimi Reider December 13, 2010