Fasting On Fridays
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No Deal Reached With Hunger-Striking Detainees
The Palestinian Center for Defending the Detainees (PCDD) issued a press release stating that, contrary to certain media reports, no agreement has been reached between the hunger-striking Palestinian detainees and…
Israeli Army Abducts 17 Palestinians
The Palestinian News Network PNN reported that Israeli soldiers abducted 17 Palestinians from various locations across the West Bank on Thursday morning.Israeli Newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported on its website that…
Protesters Close Red Cross Headquarter In Ramallah
Dozens of residents held, on Thursday, a protest in front of the United Nations – Red Cross headquarters in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, demanding the UN to…
Negev Prison Refuses To Admit Jailed MP Due To Health Condition
Detained elected Palestinian Legislator, Mohammad Abu Jheisha, was moved from the Ofer Israeli prison to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert, but the administration there refused to admit…
Israeli Court Orders the Release of Detained Nonviolent Activist
Palestinian nonviolent activist, Bassem Tamimi, 45, from Nabi Saleh village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, spent more than 13 months in Israeli prisons. Earlier on Friday,…
Four Christian Brothers Jailed By Israel For Prisoner Solidarity Activism
Late one night in March, Rami Halabi was working on a laptop at his family’s apartment home in Kufr Aqab, on the road between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the occupied…
Hundreds Protest In Front Of UN Office In Ramallah
Hundreds of Palestinian residents, mainly youths and families of political prisoners, held a massive protest in front of the United Nations office in the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Israel Seeks to Bargain With Hunger-Striking Detainees
Fuad Al Khoffash, Head of the Ahrar Center for Detainee Studies, stated that the Israeli Prison Administration started a new method of what he called “cheap bargaining” this week by…
Israeli Court Rules Against Two Long-Term Palestinian Hunger-Strikers
On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court turned down an appeal to free two Palestinians from administrative detention who have been on hunger strike for nearly 70 days. But in its decision,…
Concern Mounts for the Lives of Prisoners on Protracted Hunger Strikes
This is a joint press release issued on May 6, 2012, by the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel).Ramallah-Jaffa, Bilal Diab and Thaer…
Hunger Strikers Must Leave Beds To See Lawyers
The Israeli Prison Service has confirmed that it is withholding interviews between hunger striking prisoners and their legal representatives as this privilege is conditional on prisoners physically getting up from…
Detainee In Solitary Confinement For 10 Years
Mahmoud Issa is a Palestinian political prisoner who has been in prison since 1993 and in solitary confinement for the last 10 years. He is allowed only half-hour visits from…
Hundreds Protest In Front Of Ramla Prison, 20 Arrested
Israeli policemen arrested, on Thursday evening, more than 20 protesters during a massive protest held in front of the al-Ramla prison in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian detainees. The protesters also…
Thousands of prisoners begin third week of hunger strike
Over two thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centers began their third week of hunger strike on Tuesday, along with seven men and one woman who have been on hunger…
Islamic Jihad: “Truce Will Be Voided Should Any Detainee Die”
The Islamic Jihad movement warned that the Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel will be abandoned if any hunger-striking detainee dies in an Israeli prison or detention camp.Khader Habeeb, a political leader…
PHR-Israel Warns Of Deteriorating Condition of Two Striking Detainees
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave…
Detained Leaders Meet Prison Administration Head
The demands of hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli detention were discussed at a meeting in the Hadarim Prison between senior detained political leaders and the Head of the Israeli Administration, Aharon…
Detained PFLP Leader Moved To Prison Hospital
Palestinian sources reported, Sunday, that detained secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa’adat, was moved to the Ramla prison hospital after a sharp deterioration…
Eighth hunger striking prisoner transferred to hospital; at least 2,000 still on hunger strike
On Saturday, Palestinian prisoner Muhammed Halas was transferred to Ramleh prison medical center after twelve days on hunger strike, joining seven other long-term hunger strikers, including two that have had…
Detainee Thiab: “My Hunger-Strike Is Until Freedom Or Martyrdom”
Palestinian political detainee, Bilal Thiab, sent a letter from his hospital bed at the Ramla Israeli Prison hospital that lacks adequate supplies and equipment, stating that he is persistent and…
58 Days On Hunger-Strike, Ailing Detainee Determined To Continue
Palestinian political prisoner, Tha’er Halahla, entered his 58th day of hunger-strike at the Ramla Prison Hospital, and is still determined to continue his strike while prison doctors warned that his…
PCHR Warns Against the Continuing Obstruction of Detainees’ Visitation at Detention Centers of ISS
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is concerned over the restrictions imposed by the Internal Security Service (ISS) against lawyers’ visits to their clients, who are detained at detention…
Female Detainee Sent To Solitary Confinement
In an illegal attempt to force an end to her hunger-strike, the Israeli Prison Administration has placed detainee Lina al-Jarbouni, 37 years old, into solitary confinement at the Ramla Israeli…
140 Detainees Moved From Majeddo Prison
The International Tadamun (Solidarity) Foundation for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration moved approximately 140 Palestinian hunger-striking detainees from the Majeddo prison to an undisclosed location. Most of…
Number Of Hunger-Striking Detainees Could Reach 3,000
The number of hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel in various prisons, detention camps and interrogation facilities around the country, will likely reach 3,000 persons as waves of detainees…
Court Turns Down Appeal Of Two Hunger-Striking Detainees
An Israeli military courted rejected, Monday, an appeal filed by lawyer Jamil al-Khateeb, on behalf of Bilal Thiab and Thaer Halahla, who are holding an open-ended hunger strike demanding to…
Collectively punishing families through prisoners isolation
Nisreen Murtaja, 35, lives in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza city in the house of her husband’s family. In 1993, Nisreen’s husband, Samir, 41, was arrested from his home in…
On Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Suffering of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Doubles
Today, 17 April 2012, marks the Palestinian Prisoners Day, which has been devoted by the Palestinian people to support the cause of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails. Since 1979,…
Report On The Palestinian Political Prisoners
Marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, the Palestinian Central Census Bureau and the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees issued a joint release revealing that 201 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since 1967…
320 Local And International Groups Campaign For Detainee’s Rights
An International campaign, supported by 320 local and international human rights groups, was launched on Tuesday morning in Gaza city declaring support to the struggle of Palestinian political prisoners held…
Palestinian Detainees Initiate An Open-Ended Hunger Strike
Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel started an open-ended hunger strike on Tuesday, campaigning for an end to all violations carried out against them by the Israeli Prison Administration, and demanding…
Detainee Khader Adnan Released
Sheikh Adnan Khader, a leader of the Islamic Jihad who went on hunger-strike for 66 consecutive days demanding an end to his illegal detention without charges or trial, was released…
Four hunger striking prisoners now in hospital
The Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer announced Saturday that it knows of eight Palestinian detainees currently on open-ended hunger strikes, four of whom have been hospitalized and are being force-fed…
1600 Detainees To Declare Hunger-Strike on April 17
1600 Palestinian political prisoners, held by Israel, declared they will be starting an open-ended hunger strike on April 17th in protest to their illegal detention, and demanding basic rights. Palestinian…
Eleven Palestinian Political Detainees Continue their Hunger Strike
Eleven Palestinian political prisoners continued on Thursday their hunger strike, Palestinian human rights groups reported. According to the report two of the prisoners, Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiyab, have entered…
Three Egyptian Detainees Declare Hunger-Strike
Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Saturday that three Egyptian political prisoners, held by Israel at the Nafha prison, declared an open-ended hunger-strike demanding their release.The PPS identified the three as…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved To Hospital
Head of the Legal Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Jawad Boulos, stated that detainee Omar Abu Shallal, 55, was moved to Ar-Ramla Prison Hospital, after being on hunger-strike…
3 Youths Detained in South Nablus by Israeli Military
The Israeli military detained, on Tuesday, three young men including the son of MP Hamed al-Betawi and a reporter from their homes in south Nablus.Local Palestinian sources stated that the…
Prisoners On Hunger Strike For One Day In “South Jails”
Prisoners have begun a hunger strike, on Tuesday, in the “South Jails” for one day, and continue to protest against the conditions imposed on political prisoners in Israeli jails.The prisoners…
Barghouthi Forced Back Into Solitary Confinement
Elected Palestinian Legislator and senior Fateh leader, Marwan Barghouthi, was forced back into solitary confinement, and his lawyer, Elias Sabbagh, has been prevented from seeing him for more than one…
Shalabi To Be Exiled To Gaza Sunday
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported that female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, is being exiled to the Gaza Strip, and that the Red Cross is bringing her family…
61 Detainees Injured In Nafha
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Sunday that 61 Palestinian political prisoners, held at the Nafha Israeli detention camp in the Negev Desert, were injured after the army attacked them…
Israel expels Palestinian hunger-striker Hana Shalabi to Gaza
After 43 days on hunger strike, Palestinian political prisoner Hana Shalabi has agreed to end her hunger strike after Israeli officials agreed to release her from prison. But her release…
Political Detainee Injured After Being Attacked By Soldiers
Palestinian political prisoner, Abbas as-Sayyid, was injured after Israeli soldiers of the Nachshon Brigade attacked him in front of his prison cell at the Gilboa’ Israeli prison.As-Sayyid was beaten to…
Prisoner Group Files Appeal In The Case of Ash-Shalabi
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) filed an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the release of female detainee Hana’ ash-Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for 40 days.Ash-Shalabi…
Female Detainee On Hunger Strike Since Tuesday
Lawyer of the Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Firas Sabbah, stated that he managed, last Thursday, to visit detainee Amani al-Khandaqji, at the Israeli Asqalan prison, and that…
Soldiers Attack Detainees, Conduct Forced DNA Tests
The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees reported Saturday that Palestinian political prisoners in Nafha, Megiddo , Gilboa’, and Ramon Israeli prisons, returned their meals on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning, in…
Army Detains A Child At Roadblock Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday evening, a 12-year-old Palestinian child at a roadblock close to an illegal Israeli settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.The Palestinian News…
Prisoner’s Society: Hana Shalabi in Serious Condition in Hospital
Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi is in a serious health condition, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society told media Thursday morning.Advocate Jawad Pauls, director of the legal department of the society said, after…
Israeli Court Upholds Appeal To End Discrimination In “Feast Meals”
For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli District Court upheld an appeal filed on behalf a Palestinian political prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Jenin demanding…
Shalabi Moved To Hospital After Sharp Health Deterioration
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated on Monday evening that hunger-striking detainee Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, who has been on hunger strike since 34 days, was moved to Meir Israeli Hospital,…
23 Detainees Holding Hunger-Strike
The Ad-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association reported, Monday, that there are 23 detainees who are currently on hunger-strike protesting the illegal policies of Administrative Detention used by Israel…
Soldiers Broke Into Detention Camps 6 Times Last Week
Palestinian Researcher specialized in detainees’ affair, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israeli soldiers broke into prisons and detention centers six times last week, attacked and violated the rights of the Palestinian…
Palestinian Detainees To Hold Hunger Strike
The Media Office of the Waed Society for Detainees and Ex-Detainees reported that Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps intend to declare, in April, one of the largest…
11 Detainees Wounded, One seriously, In Asqalan Prison
Israeli soldiers broke, on Monday at dawn, into Asqalan prison, and attacked dozens of Palestinian political prisoners, wounding eleven, one seriously. The soldiers tried to force several detainees to submit…
Cameraman Sentenced To 18 Months, 1300 USD
The Ofer Israeli Military Court sentenced on Thursday Palestinian cameraman, from Bil’in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, to eighteen months imprisonment and 1300 USD fine.The Friends…
Despite Her Deteriorating Condition, Ash-Shalabi Continues Her Hunger-strike
Palestinian political detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, 30, is ongoing with her hunger-strike for the 22nd day in a row, rejecting her illegal administrative detention, and demanding her immediate and unconditional release.…
Army Kidnapped 200 Residents In Hebron Since The Beginning Of 2012
Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Hebron branch of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped more than 200 residents in the Hebron district, in the southern part…
Israeli authorities deny appeal by hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner
A day after reducing the sentence of Palestinian political prisoner Hana Shalabi from six months to four months, Israeli authorities denied a request by the Palestinian Prisoner support group Addameer…
Two Women, One Child, Kidnapped During Visitation At Ramon Prison
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Sunday that Israeli soldiers kidnapped two women and one child while visiting family members held at the Ramon Israeli Prison.The PPS said that Dayala…
Army Prevents Medical Committee From Visiting Hunger-Striking Detainee
The Israeli Prison Administration prevented, Saturday, a medical committee from visiting hunger-striking detainee, Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalabi, 30, who has been on hunger-strike for the eighteenth consecutive day protesting humiliation and…
Palestinains March In Solidarity With Detainee Hana Shalabi
Dozens of Palestinian marched on Friday at Borqeen village, to express solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, Hana Ash-Shalabi who has been on hunger strike for 16 days.The procession began after…
Shalabi Determined To Continue Her Hunger-Strike
Detainee Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, who has been hunger-striking since more than two weeks now, stated that she is determined to continue her strike in order to highlight the plight of all…
Report: “Israel Kidnapped 380 Palestinians In February”
Palestinian researcher, specialized in Detainees’ Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that Israel heightened the rate of its illegal arrests of the Palestinians in the occupied territories in February, and kidnapped more…
Qaraqe’ Announces International Campaign Against Administrative Detention
Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, announced today that his ministry is organizing an international campaign against Israeli administrative detention orders, and the ill-treatment of Palestinian political prisoners held in…
Israel To Release Dozens Of Detainees
The International Solidarity for Human Rights reported that the Israeli Prison Administration decided to release dozens of Palestinian political prisoners under certain set conditions; detainees sentenced to more than four…
Palestinian Sentenced To 4 Years For “Affiliation With Hamas”
An Israeli court sentenced, on Wednesday, a Palestinian from occupied East Jerusalem to five years imprisoned for what the prosecution called “affiliation with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas”.The Israeli Radio…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved Back To Security Detainees Facility
The Israeli Prison Administration moved, on Tuesday, hunger-striking female detainee, Hana’ Ash-Shalabi, to the security prisoners branch of the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison, after she was previously moved to the section…
School Children Organize Solidarity Protest with Detainee Shalabi
As Palestinian Political Detainee Hana Ash-Shalabi entered her twelfth day of open-ended hunger strike on Monday, school children and teachers organized a solidarity protest. Israeli authorities moved Ash-Shalabi on Sunday…
Palestinian Who Was Repeatedly Rammed By Settler Vehicle Sentenced To 12.5 Years
The Israeli Ofer Military Court sentenced on Sunday resident Waseem Maswada, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to twelve and a half years as he faced “attempted murder”…
Detainee Shalabi Enters Her Eleventh Day Of Hunger Strike
Female detainee, Hana Ash-Shalabi, entered her eleventh day of open-ended hunger strike at her cell at the Ha-Sharon Israeli prison, protesting her illegal detention and the administrative detention order served…
Female Detainee Declares Hunger Strike
Palestinian Researcher, specialized in Detainees Affairs, Riyadh Al-Ashqar, stated that female detainee Hana’ Yahia Ash-Shalaby, 28, declared hunger strike after Israel transferred her into Administrative Detention without charges for six…
Troops kidnap A Former Detainee, His Wife And Daughter
Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, former political prisoner, Majdi Al-Ajouly, in addition to his wife and underage daughter, in Foqeen village, near the…
Under-reported Palestinian Political Prisoners: An Urgent Matter For Peace
The situation of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails gets very little coverage in the mainstream media, in contrast to political prisoners in other parts of the Middle East…
Israeli Prison’s Authority Move 120 Prisoners To Unknown Location
One day after the deal between the Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan who ended his hunger-strike after 66 days, the Israeli prisons’ administration transferred approximately 120 prisoners from Negev Desert Prison…
66-day hunger strike ends after Israel agrees to free Khader Adnan
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike on Tuesday after meeting with Israeli officials who pledged to release him in April. Khader had been near death,…
Journalists light 66 candles in solidarity with the imprisoned Khader Adnan
On Monday evening, in the field of Martyr Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, a number of Palestinian journalists lit 66 candles to represent the number of days spent by the prisoner…
Court To Look Into Adnan’s Appeal Tuesday
Lawyer of detainee, Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike since 65 days, stated that the Israeli Supreme Court decided to hold a session to look into Adnan’s case…
Detainees In Ramon Punished For Protesting Abuse
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported Friday that Palestinian political detainees held at the Ramon Israeli prison, are being punished for protesting abuse against their families, who are being ordered…
Adnan Still On Hunger-Strike At Galilee Hospital
Sahar Francis Lawyer of the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Ad-Dameer, visited on Friday, detainee Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike since more than 62 days and…
Thousands Protest In Support Of The Political Prisoners
Thousands of protestors rallied in the Gaza strip and the West Bank on Friday in support of Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan who was jailed by Israel, and is ongoing…
Journalist Released After Eight Years In Israeli Prisons
Journalist Ya’qoub al-Hotary was released, on Friday, from an Israeli detention facility after spending eight years in different Israeli detention centers for his journalistic and political activities.The Ma’an News Agency…
Dozens of Palestinians declare Hunger Strike as Fasting prisoner Khader Adnan is on day 60
Dozens of Palestinians declared hunger strike in support of the Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike for 60 days, and has vowed to continue as long…
Khader Adnan, 59 days on hunger strike, starving for freedom
The Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for 59 days demanding his immediate release. Khader Adnan refused food one day after being kidnapped by the Israeli military…
Court Confirms Sentencing Of Ailing Hunger-Striking Detainee
An Israeli Military Court rejected on Monday evening the appeal that was filed by the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) against a military order confining ailing detainee, Adnan Khader, who has…
Protests for hunger-striking prisoner attacked by Israeli troops; 16 injured
As 33-year old Khader Adnan continues his 56-day hunger strike in an Israeli prison, a group of supporters held a rally on Saturday afternoon outside the prison, but were attacked…
Judge Orders Professor To Remain In Prison Without Charge
The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah…
Ten More Detainees Join Hunger Strike
Ten more Palestinian detainees at the Ofer Israeli prison, decided to join the open-ended hunger strike of Sheikh Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 50 days, and…
Palestinian prisoner near death on hunger strike; joined by dozens of students in solidarity
Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan reached the 49th day of his hunger strike against prison conditions on Saturday. This includes five days of refusing liquids as well – although Israeli prison…
Army Kidnapped 320 Palestinians in January
Israeli soldiers arrested more than 320 Palestinians in numerous parts of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and occupied East Jerusalem during the month of January, a Palestinian researcher stated.Researcher…
Hunger-Striking Detainee Moved to Hospital
The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported on Tuesday evening that detainee Khader Adnan was moved to a hospital near Bnei Brak, after a sharp deterioration in his health after 47…
Detainee on Hunger Strike For 47 Days, To Stop Liquids
Palestinian detainee, Adnan Khader, head of the Islamic Jihad Movement in the West Bank, declared he will be stepping-up his hunger strike that started 47 days ago, by refraining from…
Minister of Detainees Calls for Boycott of Military Courts
Palestinian Minister of Detainees in the West Bank, Issa Qaraqe’, called for the boycotting of all Israeli military courts for their repeated rulings that confine thousands of detainees under administrative…
Speaker Of Palestine Parliament Receives Six Months Administrative Detention
The Israeli Military Court at the Ofer Israeli prison, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, decided to imprison the elected head of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr.…
Al-Ashqar: “26 Elected Legislators Currently Imprisoned By Israel”
A Palestinian researcher, who specializes in detainees’ affairs, Riyadh al-Ashqar, reported that the number of elected Palestinian legislators currently imprisoned by Israel has risen to 26 following the abduction on…
Palestinian Sentenced to Five Life Terms for Murder of Israeli Settler Family
A Palestinian teen charged with the murder of nearly an entire Israeli family, including a baby, in the illegal settlement of Itamar in March 2011 , was sentenced on Monday…
Former Detainee Dies Of Health Condition Suffered While In prison
Zakariyya Daoud, a former Palestinian political prisoner, who got seriously ill while in Israeli prisons, and was only released on August 22, 2011, died of cancer on Monday, he was…
Report: “4500 Palestinians Still Imprisoned By Israel”
Abdul-Nasser Farawna, a former political detainee and a Palestinian researcher specialized in detainees affairs, published a report revealing that as the world marks 2012, and despite the fact that Israel…