Palestinian Authority

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.

Palestine celebrates life of Juliano Mer-Khamis one year after unsolved murder

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
10 April 2012
The life and work of Juliano Mer-Khamis, founder of the West Bank’s Freedom Theater, were celebrated one year after his unsolved murder.

Three children burn to death as candles replace lights in besieged Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Deir al-Balah
10 April 2012
A family in the central Gaza Strip has suffered an unimaginable tragedy because of a candle lit during one of Gaza’s frequent power outages.

PA regime fears our work, says Palestinian journalist arrested for article about youth activist groups

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 16:53

Another Palestinian journalist was arrested by the Palestinian Authority yesterday. Like Yousef al-Shayeb who was arrested last week, Tariq Khamis was arrested for writing things that the PA does not want the public to know.

Khamis, who writes for Zaman Press, told The Electronic Intifada today that the reason for his arrest was more to do with an article about Palestinian youth groups he had written than anything he had written on Facebook.

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

New book shows how the PA enriched an elite and normalized occupation

Mayssun Sukarieh
28 March 2012
Globalized Palestine: The National Sell-Out of a Homeland explores the rise of a new Palestinian elite that works together with international organizations against the will of the majority of its compatriots.

Gaza ambulances stop responding to calls as fuel reserves hit zero

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
25 March 2012
As a fuel shortage has worsened across the coastal territory, the ambulance service has been forced to stop responding to all calls except the most critical cases. With fuel reserves at zero, medical officials are warning that in case of another large-scale military attack by Israel, the ambulance service would be unable to cope.

Imperfect revolution: Palestine's 15 March movement one year on

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
23 March 2012
One year after the 15 March movement’s call for national unity, what has the youth-led mobilization achieved?

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