Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 19:06
This week on the EI podcast, Mahmoud Sarsak ends his epic hunger strike; a report from Moe Ali Nayel in Beirut about the situation in Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp after the Lebanese army killed a teen; and more.
Submitted by Michael Deas on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 16:50
The father of Palestinian national footballer Mahmoud Sarsak, who is set to be released by Israel on 10 July following a three month hunger strike, has said that it is “unbearable” that Israel will host the tournament “while it routinely arrests, tortures, imprisons and kills Palestinians, including football players, without consequence”
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 18:11
Mahmoud Sarsak the Palestinian national footballer player who gathered worldwide attention with a three-month hunger strike that brought him to the brink of death, is to be freed by Israel on 10 July, his lawyer says.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 06/16/2012 - 14:32
Top European footballers, including Seville striker Frédéric Kanouté, call on Israel to free Mahmoud Sarsak as international concern mounts for the young Palestinian footballer’s life.
Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 16:16
In this week’s podcast, an update on the case of hunger striking Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak; Israeli Knesset members incite racist attacks against African asylum-seerkers; and much more.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 15:51
Eric Cantona, FIFA join international pressure on Israel to free Mahmoud Sarsak as the footballer’s life remains in grave danger and his hunger strike continues.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 20:30
FIFPro, the association representing professional footballers in dozens of countries, called on Israel immediately to release Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian football player who has been on hunger strike since March to protest his detention for three years without charge or trial by Israel.
Submitted by Shahd Abusalama on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 02:51
The author writes this article while sitting in the darkness during the a Gaza power cut and, with the inspiration of Mahmoud Darwish’s words, remembers the Palestinian political detainees, especially Dirar Abu Sisi and Mahmoud Sarsak.
