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Israeli soldiers kidnapped, earlier on Wednesday, at least six Palestinians, including two teenagers, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, after invading their homes and searched them. Mohammad Awad,…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Tuesday, that the Israeli Prison Authority moved detainee Fuad Rabah Aassi, 30, to the Soroka Hospital, due to a serious health complication as he…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that the Israeli Authorities imprisoned 647 Palestinians under arbitrary Administrative Detention order, without charges, since October 1, 2015. The PPS said that the…
Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Wednesday at night, Kafr ed-Deek town, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and kidnapped a child from his home. Eyewitnesses said several…
A Palestinian child, Ahmad Manasra, 14, was convicted Tuesday of two counts of attempted murder, despite a lack of evidence, a video showing him being severely beaten and insulted by…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, on Wednesday evening, on behalf of detainee Sami Janazra that he has temporarily suspended his hunger strike, for seven days, awaiting interrogation outcome,…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee (PPS) has reported, on Wednesday morning, that hunger-striking detainee Sami Janazra, has suspended his hunger strike, that lasted for 69 days protesting his Administrative Detention. The…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that one of its lawyer managed to visit hunger striking detainee Sami Janazra, who started his hunger strike 62 days ago, and…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that hunger striking detainee Sami Janazra, 41, was moved to the Soroka Israeli hospital, after suffering a serious health deterioration. The PPS…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported, Friday, that a Palestinian Lawyer, who also holds a Swedish citizenship, declared hunger strike after Israeli soldiers kidnapped him five days ago. The…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society has reported, Thursday, that detainee Sami Janazra, 43, went on hunger strike on March 3, protesting his ongoing arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges, since March 3rd…
A number of Israeli military courts issued new Administrative Detention orders against 27 detainees for periods varying between three and six months, subject to renewal without a hearing. 14 of the…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday evening, two Palestinian siblings from their home, in the al-‘Isawiyya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic)…
Israeli soldiers have kidnapped, on Tuesday at dawn and on Monday evening, four Palestinians, including a 12-year-old child in occupied East Jerusalem. The army claims the three other Palestinians are…
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Monday evening, an elderly Palestinian man, a woman and two young men, in the town of al-‘Isawiyya, in occupied Jerusalem, and took them to interrogation centers…
The Israeli Authorities released, Sunday, the youngest Palestinian detainee, Deema al-Wawi, only twelve years of age, after holding her captive, in direct violation of International, for more than two and…
After nearly two years of delay, the leading suspect in the brutal death of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdeir was convicted of murder, this Tuesday. The Abu Khdeir family’s lawyer…
Palestinian patient detainee Mansour Mowkada, 47 years old, from the town of Salfit, has now continued his hunger strike for the seventh day in a row. He is engaged in protest…
The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said, on Saturday, that Israel had detained 43 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 2015, including two foreign reporters.The New York-based committee…
17th April, 2016, International Solidarity Movement On 15th April, weekly demonstrations against the Israeli occupation were held throughout the occupied West Bank commemorating ‘Prisoner’s Day’. Kafr Qaddum village has been separated…
Dareen Tatour, 33, a Palestinian poet, photographer and activist was arrested at her home in Oct. 2015. They didn’t have a search order or a warrant. This article was originally…
Palestinian detainees in Nafha prison have been forbidden from partaking in Friday prayers, on 15 April, following a violent attack by Israeli prison guards and special forces within several units…
In the month of April, each year, Palestinian detainees, the Palestinian people, and the world mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Prisoners’ Day has been commemorated since…
The Jerusalem Detainees’ Parents Committee has reported, Sunday, that as the Palestinians mark the Prisoners Day on April 17, at least 509 Jerusalemite Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel, among them…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) have reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped around 1.000.000 Palestinians, including tens of thousands of women and children, since occupying…
The United Health Works Committee (UHRC), in occupied Palestine, has reported Friday that Israel is holding captive 1700 ailing detainees, including 25 who suffer from various types of cancer, and are…
Leading British MPs, from all parties, have signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Israeli parliament to release the Palestinian MP Marwan Barghouthi who has been in jail continuously for…
Dozens of policemen and security officers have invaded prison blocks in the Nafha prison near the Israeli town of Mitzpe Ramon. They sprayed both tear gas and pepper gas into…
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported, Monday, that a Palestinian detainee from Bethlehem, is ongoing with his hunger strike for the thirtieth consecutive day. The Committee said that…
Defense for Child International – Palestine Branch has reported that Israeli soldiers are systematically abusing Palestinian children, especially during invasions of their homes and while abducting them. DCI said it…
The family of Palestinian detainee Mohammad Dawod, from Bethlehem, has informed the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) that he launched a hunger strike eight days ago, to protest his administrative detention.…
Abu Obeida, the spokesperson of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stated Saturday that there will be no free information regarding the fate of the four…
Four Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have entered into a hunger strike in protest of being detained without a charge or trial, while a fifth started a hunger strike in…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that a Palestinian detainee from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, went on hunger strike five days ago, protesting his illegal…
Ofer Israeli military court, in the Ramallah region, on Thursday morning, 10 March 2016, has agreed to release activist Manal Tamimi (43) after two days of detention, on a fine…
Israeli police, on Wednesday, reportedly detained at least 60 Palestinian workers who were caught inside the Israel border without work permits.According to Hebrew media, Israeli forces detained 25 Palestinians from…
Some 18 Palestinian political detainees in Israel’s Etzion prison have launched a hunger strike in protest of a recent surge of maltreatment and suppression by Israeli prison authorities, according to…
Israeli forces, on Tuesday night, have kidnapped iconic activist against the apartheid wall and settlements, and mother of six, Manal Tamimi, aged 43, from her home in Al-Nabi Saleh village,…
The Israeli Central Court in occupied Jerusalem, sentenced on Monday lawyer Shireen al-Issawi, to four years imprisonment, and her brother to eight.Amjad Abu Assab, head of the Jerusalem Detainees Parents…
Israeli forces abducted at least nine Palestinians — including a football player — in raids across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.At least five Palestinians…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that two detainees, held by Israel without charges or trial, have declared an open-ended hunger strike, demanding Israel to end their arbitrary Administrative Detention,…
At least 46 Palestinian detainees being held at Etzion incarceration facility will begin an open hunger strike on Thursday, in demand of better living conditions, according to a lawyer for…
Israeli forces, Monday, once again abducted the coordinator for the Youth Against Settlements (YAS) movement, Issa Amr, after storming the commission’s headquarters in Hebron’s Old City district.Mohammad Azghir, a spokesman…
The Israeli navy, on Monday, attacked and abducted nine Palestinian fishermen while they were on board two fishing boats offshore Gaza, according to local sources.Zakaria Bakr, a fisherman, told WAFA…
Palestinian lawyer and leading activist, Farid Al-Atrash, who was taken into custody by Israeli forces on Friday, February 26, during a nonviolent demonstration in Hebron, will be sent to an…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who is held by Israel without charges or trial, has suspended his strike that lasted for 94…
A joint investigation launched by Israeli rights groups, into practices in Israel’s Shikma prison, has revealed — once again — that ‘systemic’ violations are taking place against Palestinian detainees.Representatives of…
A fresh psych exam has found that Yosef Haim Ben-David, the main suspect in the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammad Abu Khdeir, is responsible for his actions and fit to…
Mohammad Zawahreh — brother of Moataz Zawahreh, the Palestinian activist from Dheisheh refugee camp killed by Israeli forces as he participated in a demonstration against the occupation in October and…
The Detainees and ex-Detainees Committee announced, Friday, that Israeli security is still refusing to allow hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq’s family the right to visit with him.The committee said that…
Hunger striking journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, after suffering severe convulsions on Wednesday night, lost the ability to breath, hear, see or speak until the morning.Mohammad Kana’na, who accompanied al-Qeeq in the…
Three Palestinian Arabic dailies have highlighted the Israeli Supreme Court’s rejection to transfer hunger-striking journalist detainee Mohammad al-Qeeq to a Ramallah hospital.The dailies reported, according to WAFA, that the court…
Palestinian Authority security forces, on Wednesday, detained 22 Palestinian teachers who took part in a strike demanding the guarantee of teachers’ rights, sources in the Palestinian Teachers’ Union said.The sources…
The health of Palestinian prisoner Mohammad al-Qeeq has deteriorated further, one of his lawyers said Monday, as the imprisoned journalist entered his 83rd day on hunger strike.Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer…
Attorney for the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Eyad Mahamid, said Sunday that Mohammad al-Muhr, from the city of Jenin, has now been on hunger strike for 42 days, in protest…
Doctors in the Emek hospital, on Saturday, said that administrative prisoner, journalist Mohammad Al-Qeeq has been showing stroke symptoms 81 days into his hunger strike against arbitrary imprisonment, adding that…
‘When you feel that all the doors are sealed, and you stand there humiliated and alone, knowing in advance that the court system is a charade, one is left with…
At least 18 Palestinians, including two minors, were on abducted by Israeli troops across the West Bank districts and Jerusalem, on Tuesday, most of them during predawn raids, according to…
On Wednesday, February 10th, 18:00, supporters will arrive at the hospital in Afula, accompanied by an ambulance and doctors, to transfer Mohammed Al-Qeeq for medical treatment in the Ramallah hospital.02/09/16…
Israeli forces abducted at least 22 Palestinians on Monday, during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to reports by Israeli and Palestinian sources.Local sources told…
Palestinian administrative prisoner and journalist Mohammad Al-Qeeq, on Sunday, refused an Israeli offer to be released on May 1st, in return for suspending his hunger strike.PNN reports that, according to…
On Thursday, Palestinian journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq said he rejected the Israeli court decision to temporarily suspend his administrative detention (indefinite jailing without charge or trial), and that he would continue…
Israel’s top court, on Thursday, suspended the administrative detention (without trial) of Palestinian prisoner Mohammad al-Qeeq citing medical concerns, 72 days into the prisoner’s life-threatening hunger strike.Qadura Fares, the head…
The two Israeli settlers convicted, in the 2014 murder of Palestinian teen Mohammad Abu Khdeir, were sentenced on Thursday. One of them received life in prison and, the second, a…
A video published, Thursday, revealed that hunger striking detainee, journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, who started his strike 72 days ago, became barely able to speak or hear, lost a significant amount…
This morning, February 4, 2016, Dr. Mahmoud Mahamid, a member of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHRI), visited Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on a hunger strike for 71 days and…
Israeli authorities have decided to forcibly treat hunger striking detainee, journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq, without his consent, according to Minister Issa Qaraqe, chairman of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission.Earlier on Wednesday,…
The Israeli navy took into custody four Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast and seized their boats, Wednesday morning, while the army invaded the area to the east of Khan…
Israeli forces, Tuesday, abducted at least 34 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, mostly during predawn and night raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS). Several Palestinian…
According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), hunger-striking journalist and administrative prisoner, Muhammad Al-Qeeq, has lost his ability to speak and 60% of his hearing sense, 70…
By day 66 of Muhammad Al-Qeeq’s hunger strike, the Palestinian journalist wrote his testament, hoping that he could see his wife and children before dying.Al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger…
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority issued a four-month arbitrary Administrative Detention order against detained legislator, Hatem Rabah Qfeisha, 56, for four months,…
The family of Palestinian detainee, Wisam Sa’adi al-Haymouni, 36, has reported, Thursday, that their son started his hunger strike in the Majeddo Israeli detention center fifteen days ago, protesting his…
Israel has renewed the administrative detention order of civil society activist Itiraf Rimawi, for an additional four months.Rimawi had been scheduled to be released today. Rimawi is the executive director…
With a snow storm expected to hit the region by Monday,young Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s Hasharon prison have complained about being deprived of a necessary heating system, according to the…
The Israeli military court of Salem, a few days ago, sentenced Palestinian citizen Mamdouh Abdulhaq, aged 25, from Nablus, to 14 months actual imprisonment and 18 months of suspended sentence…
Head of the detainees and ex-detainees committee, Ashraf Abu Sneineh, on Monday morning, said that the health of journalist prisoner, Muhammad al-Qeeq is deteriorating on a fast pace, confirming the…
The Ofer Israeli military court ordered on Sunday that the wounded detained Palestinian child Ahmad Omar al-Atrash, 13, should remain under interrogation until Thursday. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee noted that…
The army abducted, on Sunday at daw,n six Palestinians from Hebron; a Member of Parliament and ex- minister were counted among them.Media sources reported, according to Al Ray, that forces…
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee, on Wednesday, reported that Israeli forces have arrested some 130 Palestinians for their activities on social media throughout the year 2015.The report by the…
Two Israeli teenagers suspected of scrawling hate speech on a historic church in occupied East Jerusalem, earlier this week, have been arrested, according to Israeli police.A spokesperson said that a…
The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported, Wednesday, that the Israeli Authorities have kidnapped 130 Palestinians, in 2015, for social media activities, deemed by Israel to be “incitement.”The Committee said 27…
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Tuesday, that Israeli soldiers assaulted three Palestinians after kidnapping them, and forced several others in the cold for many hours after abducting them.…
Israeli forces kidnapped at least eight Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday.In Bethlehem’s Duheisha refugee camp, Israeli forces was reported to have abducted the wife of Palestinian detainee…
The Israeli military court of Ofer prison rejected an appeal to end the administrative detention of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qeeq, on Saturday.Al-Qeeq continues his open-ended hunger strike since the…
The Israeli Prison Service has refused to allow a 45-year old Palestinian prisoner to receive a medically-indicated, lifesaving heart surgery. The prisoner is now in an intermittent coma as a…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that at least 15 political prisoners, held by Israel, have been held in solitary confinement for several years, denied the right to family visits,…
Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qeeq stopped taking vitamins on Thursday, as he entered the 51st day of a hunger strike which he began to protest his detention without trial, the Palestinian…
Israeli forces abducted at least 18 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, during predawn raids, on Thursday.Locals said that 10 were taken from the Hebron district, including five Palestinians…
Israeli prosecutors, on Wednesday, called for life sentences with regard to two young Jewish extremists convicted, last year, of burning a Palestinian teen alive, part of an upsurge in violence…
A military court in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, sentenced four Palestinians to death for collaboration with Israel, Palestinian security sources said.Security sources told Ma’an News Agency that the Hamas-run…
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that recent testimonies from child detainees, held by Israel, revealed they have been subject to torture and abuse during their abduction, and interrogation. The…
Israeli police and army forces, Tuesday, detained two Palestinian young women in Jerusalem and Hebron, according to local sources.In Jerusalem, Israeli police detained a young woman, who was identified as…
The Palestine Prisoners Society (PPS), Tuesday, said that prisoner Kifah Hattab has suspended his open ended hunger strike, which began 50 days ago in demand of being treated as a…
Israeli forces, early Tuesday, abducted four young men, including a journalist, from Nablus and Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank.Local sources reported that an Israeli special force…
The Head of the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee Issa Qaraqe’ said that the Israeli Authorities have force-fed hunger striking detainee, journalist Mohammad al-Qeeq, via intravenous infusion.Qaraqe stated al-Qeeq is the…
Israeli authorities, on Monday, issued administrative detention orders against 34 Palestinian detainees, said the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS).Fourteen of the detainees received administrative detention orders for the first time, according…
The Commission of Detainees’ Affairs warned, on Monday, of the Israeli Medical Committee’s decision to force-feed Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who is currently on hunger strike.Al-Qeeq has waged a hunger…
Three Palestinian detainees continue their open-ended hunger strikes, staged in differing duration, according to a report released by the PLO’s Committee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees, on Sunday.The prisoner, Kifah Hattab,…
The Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq has fallen into a coma, after entering his 48th day of hunger strike, family sources revealed.According to the Palestinian News Center (PIC), Al-Qeeq’s wife said…