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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…
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Rami Younis
May 3, 2014
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…
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Activestills
April 17, 2014
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…
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October 4, 2013
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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.
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Activestills
November 8, 2012
A week in photos: October 4-10
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Activestills
October 11, 2012
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…
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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…
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Dimi Reider
December 13, 2010
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