Mike Pompeo, a Tea Party congressman from Kansas, wants to expand a vast surveillance apparatus. Read more about Trump's pro-torture, pro-Israel CIA chief 

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has approved a new bill designed to increase the suffering of Palestinian prisoners.  Read more about Human Rights Watch denounces Israeli move to force-feed hunger strikers 

Durham County had joined the boycott of South African goods during the 1980s apartheid era, and current campaigners were able to “use that as precedent for them taking action on G4S.” Read more about Listen: North Carolina county drops Israeli occupation profiteer G4S  

Israeli ruling provided a “novel” excuse for inflicting pain on detainees, according to a 2001 CIA memo.  Read more about CIA cites Israeli court ruling to "justify" torture program 

Hunger strikers “are doing this for us, the Palestinian people,” says the son of a prisoner in an Israeli jail. Israel is planning to begin force-feeding hunger strikers. Read more about Israel preparing for "industrial-scale" torture of Palestinian hunger strikers 

Solidarity actions are launched between prisoners in California’s Pelican Bay and Palestinians in Israeli jails. Read more about Prisoner solidarity from Palestine to Pelican Bay