Asa Winstanley

Four brothers jailed by Israel for prisoner solidarity activism

Asa Winstanley
Kufr Aqab
6 May 2012

You have three already, leave this one!” pleaded Samira Halabi when Israeli soldiers raided her West Bank home and arrested her remaining free son.

Palestinians assert right to return on Israeli "Independence Day"

Asa Winstanley
the Galilee
1 May 2012

Thousands of Palestinians marched to destroyed villages and called for the return of Palestinian refugees.

Interview: "counterrevolution" threatens mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
17 April 2012

The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada.

Court victory for Raed Salah deals blow to UK "anti-terror" policy

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
9 April 2012

Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah’s court victory in his deportation case has implications for both the UK government’s relationships with pro-Israel groups and its anti-terrorism legislation.

Palestinian Authority jails journalist for publishing exposé on foreign ministry

Asa Winstanley
Ramallah
30 March 2012

The Palestinian Authority imprisoned journalist Yousef al-Shayab Wednesday because of something he wrote, and because he insists on protecting his sources, say his colleagues

Factual errors undermine new book on Hamas

Asa Winstanley
16 March 2012

A new book on the Palestinian political party Hamas fails to accurately analyze the policies of the Islamic resistance movement.

Interview with Addameer's Mourad Jadallah: hunger strikes reignite prisoner movement

Asa Winstanley
London
1 March 2012

Mourad Jadallah discusses the case of Khader Adnan, the hunger striking Palestinian political prisoner who made administrative detention an international issue.

Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes "on the retreat" in UK

Asa Winstanley
London
22 February 2012

Because of the efforts by Palestine solidarity activists to expose the colonization project of the Jewish National Fund, 2012 could perhaps be the organization’s last year holding charity status in the UK.

Raed Salah deportation case disintegrates in UK court, but verdict still to follow

Asa Winstanley
London
15 February 2012

The judge heading the panel assessing whether Palestinian civil rights leader Sheikh Raed Salah can be deported from the UK has cast serious doubt on the British government’s case. A final verdict is expected in the next two weeks.

Book identifies pressure points for boycott actions

Asa Winstanley
17 February 2012

A new handbook for BDS activists around the world offers tactical and practical suggestions for strengthening global boycott actions.

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