Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Zahran has been released after spending 113 days on hunger strike in Israeli jails, the head of the Palestinian Commission of Prisoners and ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, Qadri Abu Bakr, announced yesterday. Abu Bakr said: […]
A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israel’s so-called “firing zones” in the West Bank. “Israel has impounded the only vehicle available to […]
The Israeli Bar Association, on Sunday, voted to reappoint Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel as the chairwoman of its Military Tribunals Committee, before being pressured to rescind the appointment 24 hours later. The decision to remove […]
The Israeli authorities today extended the detention of Alaa Abu Jazar, whose 17-year-long sentence was supposed to end today, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said that the Israeli authorities informed the Abu […]
On Sunday, Israeli forces ordered, for the second time, the demolition of the family house of Ahmad Jamal Qunbu, a Palestinian prisoner from the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Qunbu’s father told […]
Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Zahran, 42, is in serious health condition after 111 days of hunger strike, according to the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees. The Commission reported today that Zahran is suffering from low […]
Israeli authorities yesterday released Palestinian Authority (PA) member Hani Tawfiq Abu Hatab after 17 and a half years in prison. In Limbo: #Palestinians Held in Israeli #Solitary Confinement Face Medical Neglect https://t.co/5KheVL71gd via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/hQUnQAPPBC […]
Israeli prison forces on Tuesday night stormed section 4 of the Megiddo jail and brutalized Palestinian prisoners. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the forces’ raid on section 4 lasted for several hours before they […]
An Israeli court in Jerusalem on Tuesday fined a Palestinian prisoner one million shekels (approximately $286,000), according to Quds Press. The Palestinian prisoner was identified as Murad Al-Rajabi, from Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood. Palestinian prisoners lost […]
The only vehicle available to medics, who provide assistance to nearly 1,500 Palestinians living inside the so-called Israeli military firing zone in the West Bank has been confiscated by Israeli authorities on January 2, reported […]
The Israeli military court of Ofer rejected the appeal submitted for the release of Palestinian Prisoner Ahmad Zahran, who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 107 consecutive days, demanding an end to his incarceration […]
Friends, it is finally here. “THESE CHAINS WILL BE BROKEN: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons” is the story of Palestine written by its foremost heroes and heroines, the true organic intellectuals […]
It’s almost sunset. I stand at my living room window trying to catch a last glimpse of the red horizon as the sun absorbs the last flicker of sunlight. It’s oddly quiet. I think to […]
“They will run and not grow weary,” is a quote from the Bible (Isaiah, 40:41) that adorns the homepage of Kairos Palestine. This important document, which parallels a similar initiative emanating from South Africa during the […]
Israeli forces raided this afternoon the Atouf area, near the Jordan Valley city of Tubas and dismantled tents and animal barns, according to Atouf village council Abdullah Bisharat. Israeli Forces Seize Residential Tents, Animal Barns […]
A formal criminal investigation into war crimes allegations in Palestine is a “momentous step forward in the quest for accountability,” a UN human rights expert said Tuesday of the ICC’s decision, reports Anadolu Agency. Israel Prevents […]
A joint report released by the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer), the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, and the Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs has documented the dire conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The […]
Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Zahran has entered the 99th day in his open hunger strike to protest administrative detention, under which Israeli authorities can hold detainees for months or years without charge or trial. The Palestinian Prisoners’ […]
“All attempts at trying to limit UNRWA’s mandate or defund it or attack it have failed, and we hope that the international community will continue to come to the rescue.” These were the words of […]
At least five Palestinians were injured today by rubber-coated bullets during protests at the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, during the weekly “Great March of Return” protests, according to medical sources. Israeli soldiers […]
The Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC), a Palestinian organization that is dedicated to the preservation of Hebron’s cultural heritage, claimed a legal victory on Thursday, following a decision by the Israeli Central Court, agreeing to evict […]
Israeli forces today detained at least seven Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS). One of the detainees, 36, suffers from head and spine injuries as a […]
Israel is considering preventing the entry of officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the chief prosecutor’s decision to investigate its possible war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, local media reported. […]
Israeli forces detained 31 Palestinians, including a university professor, in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoners’ Society (PPS). PPS confirmed in a press release that Israeli forces detained Ahmad Qatamesh, […]
10-year-old Miral Abu Amsha is suffering from leukemia. Due to the hermetic Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, the little girl was not allowed to be joined by her parents when she left Gaza seeking […]
Palestinian prisoner General Fuad Al-Shobaki has slammed members of PLO’s Central and Executive Committees as well as members of Fatah’s Military and Revolutionary Councils for ignoring the issue of prisoners being held in Israeli jails, […]
The Israeli forces opened fire at two Palestinian young men near the border fence in the east of the Gaza Strip, wounding one of them, on Monday morning. The Israeli occupation army arrested a Palestinian […]
Christians in the Gaza Strip will be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas, Israeli authorities said on Sunday, reversing a previous decision, Reuters reports. On December 12, Israel’s military liaison […]
As of today, Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Ahmad Zahran has been on 90 days hunger strike, demanding an end to his incarceration without charge or trial and based on secret evidence, according to the […]
Israeli forces today placed a 15-year-old injured minor under detention at the Ofer Detention Center, west of Ramallah. The Prisoners’ Affairs Commission said in a statement that Hamza al-Hreimi, 15, was injured in the thigh […]
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