Palestinian Authority

"We will not be silenced": Stop the Wall youth activist speaks on repression and resistance

Eoin O'Ceallaigh
17 May 2012
Hassan Kharajeh, a youth coordinator with Stop the Wall, on the role played by youth in the hunger strike demonstrations, and why they have Israel scared.

Why the Palestinian Authority is afraid of the "intifada in Israeli jails"

Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 20:30
Palestinian Authority police once again showed their true colors by repressing a protest of Mahmoud Abbas’s empty gesture toward the families of hunger striking political prisoners.

Palestinian Authority silent as Israel consolidates fuel monopoly

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
11 May 2012
Israel’s monopoly over distribution of fuel to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has yet to be challenged by the Palestinian Authority.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 10 May 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 19:12

This week on The Electronic Intifada podcast: Up-to-date coverage of the ongoing hunger strike protests by thousands of Palestinian prisoners; Linah Alsaafin and Asa Winstanley report from the West Bank on prisoner solidarity actions; and much more.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast: 3 May, 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 19:21

News headlines from our top stories of the week, plus an interview with Anna Baltzer on the recent divestment initiative vote by the United Methodist Church.

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.

Dozens of journalists, activists arrested as PA cracks down on dissent

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
1 May 2012
The Palestinian Authority’s arrest of journalists and activists critical of its policies are threatening freedom of expression in the West Bank, according to local human rights groups.

Palestine football star seriously ill from four-week hunger strike

Rami Almeghari
Rafah
20 April 2012
Imprisoned by Israel, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has never been tried for any recognizable offense, and his detention has been continuously renewed every six months. He is one of many prisoners depriving himself of food to demand liberty and justice.

The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir

Sarah Irving
19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians.

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.

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