Palestinian political prisoners

Protesters holding posters of Khalida Jarrar and Ahed Tamimi to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Teenager Ahed Tamimi could face years in Israeli prison

Tamara Nassar 2 January 2018

600 Palestinians detained in wave of Israeli arrests. Read more about Teenager Ahed Tamimi could face years in Israeli prison

Two Israeli soldiers violently arresting a Palestinian boy.

Israel arrests community leaders in attempt to quell protests over Jerusalem

Tamara Nassar 16 December 2017

Occupation forces arrest children, injured people from ambulances as crackdown intensifies. Read more about Israel arrests community leaders in attempt to quell protests over Jerusalem

Two Palestinian children walk past a mural of Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who remains jailed in Israeli prisons.

14 Palestinians arrested by Israel every night

Tamara Nassar 11 October 2017

Released women’s leader points to suffering of female prisoners still held by Israel Read more about 14 Palestinians arrested by Israel every night

Close-up of poster being held by women showing Lina al-Jarbouni wearing a garland of flowers around her neck

Torment "never heals" -- Palestine's longest-serving female prisoner

Budour Youssef Hassan 11 May 2017

Lina al-Jarbouni spent 15 years behind Israeli bars. Read more about Torment "never heals" -- Palestine's longest-serving female prisoner

Mohammed Sabaaneh cartoon on Israel's wall compartmentalizing Palestinian life

Mohammad Sabaaneh's dangerous cartoons

Marguerite Dabaie 4 May 2017

Artist has been targeted by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Read more about Mohammad Sabaaneh's dangerous cartoons

Basel Ghattas smiles at camera while sitting down in courtroom

Cruelty spurred me to aid Palestinian prisoners -- ousted lawmaker

Omar Karmi 6 April 2017

Netanyahu “invented a new enemy: Arab citizens of Israel,” says Basel Ghattas. Read more about Cruelty spurred me to aid Palestinian prisoners -- ousted lawmaker

How the sun of Palestine reached a Black Panther in jail

Rebecca Pierce Jerusalem 15 December 2015

A Jerusalem museum celebrates the Palestinian poetry which inspired US political prisoner George Jackson. Read more about How the sun of Palestine reached a Black Panther in jail

Netanyahu responsible for executions of children, rights group says

Maureen Clare Murphy 26 November 2015

Videos and eyewitness testimony reveal use of deadly force when children could easily be apprehended. Read more about Netanyahu responsible for executions of children, rights group says

Human Rights Watch denounces Israeli move to force-feed hunger strikers

Patrick Strickland 31 July 2015

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

Khader Adnan ends hunger strike after Israel agrees to free him

Ali Abunimah 29 June 2015

Hunger striker’s wife speaks of family’s joy that father of six returned from brink of death. Read more about Khader Adnan ends hunger strike after Israel agrees to free him