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30 October 2012
Emad Burnat’s house was declared a “closed military zone” by Israel — but that didn’t stop him from making a great film. Read more about Israel's viciousness against Bilin captured in "Five Broken Cameras" documentary
New York City 24 October 2012
Noor Elashi anticipates this week’s decision by the US Supreme Court whether or not to hear the Holy Land Foundation case, in which her father is a defendant. Read more about "Let us not be brought down": Last legal recourse for Holy Land Five
19 September 2012
Freedom Theatre co-founder Zakaria Zubeidi refuses to consume food and water or speak after a Palestinian Authority judge approved the extension of his detention without trial or charge. Read more about Freedom Theatre’s Zakaria Zubeidi on “death fast” in PA detention
Jenin area 14 September 2012
Bilal Diab on his 77-day hunger strike in protest of administrative detention in Israeli prison. Read more about Winning the battle of empty stomachs: hunger striker Bilal Diab interviewed
Gaza Strip 14 September 2012
Dirar Abu Sisi, the deputy engineer of the only power plant in the Gaza Strip, is in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison after being kidnapped from Ukraine. Read more about Gaza engineer kidnapped from Ukraine goes on hunger strike over solitary confinement
Jerusalem 20 August 2012
Samer Issawi faces essentially a life sentence after his arrest in a Jerusalem-area village, which Israel says is outside the city municipality and therefore violates a prisoner swap agreement that won Isaswi’s release last year. Read more about Jerusalemite faces decades in prison after visiting nearby village
8 August 2012
Israeli boycott activist Ronnie Barkan on the role of Israeli and international solidarity activists in the Palestine liberation struggle. Read more about "I can't dictate methods of Palestinian struggle": Israeli boycott activist interviewed
Jenin refugee camp 18 June 2012
Artistic Director Nabil al-Raee is the latest in a string of people affiliated with the Freedom Theatre in Jenin who have been arrested over the past year. Read more about Israel uses Jenin murder probe as pretext to arrest, harass Freedom Theatre staff
Ramallah 5 June 2012
Since the end of the mass hunger strike in the early hours of 15 May, rumors of Israel reneging on the agreement have solidified into facts. Read more about Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes continue as Israel violates agreements
Berkeley 18 May 2012
Sahar Francis, director of Addameer, analyzes the hunger strike agreement signed by Palestinian political prisoners. Read more about "We must sustain hunger strike solidarity," says leading prisoner rights campaigner