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IMAGES: Protesters, IDF clash on Nakba Day at Ofer prison
The army used tear gas and plastic-coated steel bullets against stone-throwing demonstrators, at least 200 required medical treatment. [UPDATE: Photo gallery from the Nakba Day demonstrations has been added at the bottom of this piece.]  By Max Schindler RAMALLAH – Tuesday’s annual Nakba Day commemorations, marking the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948, focused largely on support…
By +972 Magazine May 15, 2012
As hunger strike persists, Israel mulls response to prisoners
1,550 Palestinians are on hunger strike. Four of them have been striking for over 60 days and are at risk of death, and one  passed out in court today. Thousands have been demonstrating daily in solidarity, and at least ten demonstrators were arrested outside the Ramle prison this evening – and the Israeli Prison Service…
By Haggai Matar May 3, 2012
WATCH: Palestinians protest in support of hunger strikers
Protesters demonstrated on Tuesday outside the Ofer Prison in the West Bank in support of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners taking part in a mass hunger strike. At least two of those prisoners, Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, are considered at immediate risk of death. In the video below, a Palestinian woman is seen climbing atop an…
By +972 Magazine May 1, 2012
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Palestinian woman in Israeli jail enters 15th day of hunger strike
Hana Shalabi, a Palestinian woman currently being held in administrative detention by Israel, entered the 15th day of her hunger strike today in protest of the maltreatment she suffered during her arrest. Her elderly parents and two Palestinian prisoners have joined her hunger strike. According to Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Israeli authorities detained…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat March 1, 2012
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