hunger strike

"Graffiti was my education": interview with Palestinian designer Hafez Omar

Daryl Meador
Nablus
8 March 2013

Brown is the color of Israeli jails, says artist behind image of solidarity with Palestinian hunger strikers.

Veteran prisoner Maher Younis goes on hunger strike

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 08:48
Maher Younis has been in prison for 31 years; in a message from Gilboa jail, his fellow detainees are demanding his release.

The Month in Pictures: February 2013

4 March 2013

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Israel arrests Palestinian activists "to finish colonization project"

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
1 March 2013

Jamal Juma’ from the group Stop the Wall believes that every Palestinian known as an activist is a target for Israel.

Photos: Settlers mock Palestinian hunger strikers and Israeli soldiers dress up as Palestinian fighters

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 03:34

As Palestinian hunger strikers struggle for freedom, Israeli settlers mocked them in a Purim parade in occupied Hebron.

Young Palestinian father dies after Israeli interrogation in G4S-equipped prison

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 14:59
Human rights defender Hassan Karajah under interrogation by same investigators responsible for Arafat Jaradat’s death in custody yesterday.

Podcast: Shocking Instagram photos show Palestinian children are targets, says Ali Abunimah

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 18:35
Ali Abunimah on the Israeli soldier Instagram photos that have caused shock around the world, and the level of impunity within the Israeli army.

After victorious hunger strike, Palestinian football star returns to Gaza for life of activism

Rami Almeghari
Rafah
21 February 2013

Mahmoud Sarsak hopes to live a normal life but cannot forget his time inside Israeli jail.

Samer Issawi vows to continue hunger strike following Jerusalem court sentence today

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 19:09
Hunger striker sentenced by Jerusalem court for eight months but faces a further twenty years under military court order.

For Samer Issawi: a poem by Susan Abulhawa

Susan Abulhawa
19 February 2013

Tribute to hunger-striking Palestinian political prisoner by celebrated author of Mornings in Jenin

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