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Walid Daqqa at a hearing at Be'er Sheva District Court, January 23, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

Remembering Walid Daqqa, a prisoner with a ‘heretical belief in life’

Walid and I shared a political, personal, and philosophical correspondence for two decades. Even in death, he accompanies me on the path of truth.

By Anat Matar April 24, 2024

Einat Weitzman's 'Prisoners of the Occupation' tells the story of daily life in prison for Palestinians, with the actors reenacting interrogations, hunger strikes, family visits, and solitary confinement cells. (Oren Ziv)

Palestinian political prisoners tell their stories in new Israeli play

Actress Einat Weitzman’s documentary play about Palestinian political prisoners finally hits the stage, more than two years after its cancellation at a prominent theater festival caused an uproar.

By Oren Ziv November 28, 2019

Palestinians participate in the March of Return, Galilee, May 2, 2017. (Maria Zreik/Activestills)

‘Israel has never recognized its Palestinian citizens’

Thousands of Palestinians participated in the March of Return on Tuesday, gathering at the site of the destroyed village of Al-Kabri in the Galilee. Below is a translated transcript of the speech given by Anat Matar, a member of the Israeli Committee for Palestinian Prisoners, at the event. By Anat Matar I am profoundly grateful…

By +972 Magazine May 3, 2017

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Culture Minister Miri Regev speaks with media before the weekly cabinet meeting, Jerusalem, March 16, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)

The cultural terrorism of Miri Regev

By threatening the livelihood of Palestinian theater workers, Regev is committing cultural terrorism: she is putting people’s livelihoods at risk — people whose only sin is holding different political principles. In an interview Monday morning, Culture Minister Miri Regev revealed her true intentions to Army Radio host Razi Barkai: she wishes to shut down Haifa’s Al-Midan, the only…

By Rami Younis March 28, 2017