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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.
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Anat Matar
April 24, 2024
Ben Gvir turns up the heat on Palestinian prisoners
From restricting visitations to demanding the death penalty, the national security minister has begun rolling out his harsher vision for Israeli prisons.
By
Baker Zoubi
January 24, 2023
Dispelling Israeli myths about Palestinian prisoners
The Israeli media often claims Palestinian political prisoners are treated to 'five-star' treatment. In reality, they face some of the worst conditions in the West.
By
Oren Ziv
September 12, 2021
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Israel bans Palestinian prisoners from bringing in books
The ban is a response to smuggling attempts using hollowed-out books, prison officials say. No such sweeping punishments are imposed on Israeli prisoners, attorney says. The Israel Prison Service (IPS) has been changing its policy about what it allows Palestinian security prisoners to receive inside its prisons, and has now banned them from bringing in…
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Haggai Matar
January 27, 2016
Palestinian journalist’s health deteriorates as hunger strike enters 46th day
As his health steadily deteriorates, Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has lost his ability to speak or walk. By Noam Rotem Forty-six days after he began his hunger strike, Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has lost the ability to speak or walk, and has begun to vomit and urinate blood. According to his lawyer, Ashraf Abu Snena, Al-Qeeq…
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January 10, 2016
Palestinian journalist on hunger strike to protest admin detention
It took Israeli authorities weeks to even tell Muhammad Al-Qiq why he is being imprisoned without charge or trial — ‘incitement.’ He has been on hunger strike for 32 days. By Yael Marom and Noam Rotem Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, 33 from the Hebron area, has been on hunger strike for 32 days — since…
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December 27, 2015
How a ‘security threat’ disappears in the blink of an eye
A month ago, administrative detainee Muhammad Allan was deemed a major security threat to Israel. Now the army has decided to release him on the condition that he does not go back on hunger strike. By Yael Marom One day a man wakes up to find out he no longer constitutes a threat to the…
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September 30, 2015
Israel agrees to release Palestinian detainee after 42-day hunger strike
Oday Stiti was arrested and put in administrative detention late last year. After over 40 days of hunger strike, the state decided not to extend his detention. By Noam Rotem Even before the Knesset passed its force-feeding bill early Thursday morning, the state reached an agreement with Oday Stiti, a Palestinian administrative detainee who went…
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July 30, 2015
Israel to start force-feeding Palestinian hunger strikers
One month after administrative detainee Khader Adnan’s successful hunger strike, the Knesset passes a law to allow for the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners. The Knesset passed a law early Thursday morning that sanctions the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails. The law passed by a small margin, with 46 lawmakers in favor and 40…
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Haggai Matar
July 30, 2015
Asylum seekers say Israeli authorities use food to pressure them
A new report by a refugee organization says the food Israeli prison authorities provide to African asylum seekers being detained in Holot does not meet their nutritional needs. During the Ramadan fast, the many restrictions on food in the ‘open’ facility make life even tougher on Muslim asylum seekers from Darfur. Some detainees say the…
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Activestills
July 8, 2015
Is Israel negotiating with Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan?
As he enters his 50th day of hunger strike, Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan’s health is rapidly deteriorating rapidly. Now it seems like the Israeli government may try to negotiate his release from administrative detention. By Yael Marom and Noam Rotem Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan’s health deteriorated significantly Wednesday as he reached his 49th day of…
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June 24, 2015
Palestinian prisoner nears 40th day of hunger strike
Khader Adnan, who became the symbol of Palestinian administrative detainees after refusing food for 66 days in 2011, is once again on hunger strike. Adnan’s wife: ‘He has no other choice. He is very strong and won’t budge until he is free.’ By Yael Marom Khader Adnan, the symbol of Palestinian administrative detainees, is once…
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June 11, 2015
12 Palestinian members of parliament are in Israeli prison
While we often hear Palestinian prisoners in the news, little is said about the lawmakers currently sitting in Israeli prisons. Many of them have spent years in jail, often as political prisoners in administrative detention, suffering beatings, interrogations and imprisonment in difficult conditions. Yet many of them still see a chance of living side-by-side with Israel, whether…
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June 6, 2015
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