A cancer-stricken Palestinian political detainee in an Israeli prison has tested positive for coronavirus, local reports said on Sunday. Detainee Kamal Abu Wa’ar, who is held in Israel’s Gilboa prison, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Palestinian Authority’s […]
A Palestinian prisoner held in Israel jails has died of “medical negligence”, a local NGO said on Monday. Saadi Al-Gharably, 75, died at Assaf Harofeh medical center after his health deteriorated, the Handala Center for […]
Three Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are currently on hunger strike in protest against their administrative detention without charge or trial, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Three Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are […]
Dear Readers, Support The Palestine Chronicle today and receive a signed copy of Ramzy Baroud’s latest book, “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons”. The book was described […]
At least 10 Palestinians were detained today by Israeli forces during raids into multiple West bank districts, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Five Palestinians, including two brothers, were detained in Nahalin and Aida […]
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said on Thursday that 95% of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons have suffered torture, Anadolu Agency reports. This came in a statement released by PPS ahead of the International Day in Support […]
Israeli forces today detained at least eleven Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, including two teenagers, according to The Palestinian news agency WAFA. Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk addressed the international legal […]
The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers is, once more, shedding light on US-Israeli collaboration […]
Israeli forces detained at least seven Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank on Saturday night and Sunday morning. In the Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Jouz, two brothers were detained after their homes were […]
A Palestinian young man was detained today as he was attending the trial of his brother, who is currently under Israeli detention, at the Israeli military court of Salem, northwest of Jenin in the occupied […]
Israeli forces detained today 28 Palestinians from various districts of the West Bank, but most of them occupied East Jerusalem, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Israeli police detained 21 Palestinians after raiding and ransacking […]
Palestinian Authority’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh yesterday discussed the issue of Palestinian prisoners being held by the occupation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representative in Jerusalem. Shtayyeh reiterated the importance of […]
A Palestinian prisoner is engaged in an open-ended hunger strike against the administrative detention policy. Sami Janazreh, currently held in solitary confinement at the Israeli Ayla Prison, Sunday entered his 14th day of hunger strike […]
Israeli forces Friday overnight detained a Palestinian mother and her teen daughter from Ya’bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Over 15 Israeli military […]
Mohammed Khalil al-Halabi was born on April 2, 1978, in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. In 2006, Mohammed became the Director of World Vision in Gaza, a US charity organization that, for […]
Israeli Prison Service today transferred a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner to solitary confinement, according to a statement released by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS said that the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) placed Sami Janazreh, who […]
The Israeli army detained at least 22 Palestinians during raids at their homes in the West Bank, including three minors, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). The army detained 14 people from the northern […]
Israeli occupation forces this morning demolished the family home of Palestinian prisoner Qassem Shibli, in the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. Shibli is accused of carrying out an attack […]
Angry Palestinians threw Molotov cocktails and opened fire at branches of Cairo Amman Banks in Jericho and Jenin after the bank accounts of prisoners inside Israeli jails were closed, Quds Press reported on Friday. Several Palestinian groups […]
Israeli Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Wednesday that he would oppose any prisoner swap deal with the Islamic resistance movement Hamas “at all costs”. Speaking to Israel’s Ynet news site, Smotrich expressed that there are other ways to […]
A Palestinian prisoner was taken to hospital yesterday after he was subjected to harsh interrogation following his arrest by Israeli occupation forces, the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee has revealed. Ramzy Baroud: These Chains Will Be Broken […]
The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas announced on Friday that the chances of reaching a prisoner swap deal with Israel are increasing and that the exchange could take place after the formation of the new Israeli […]
Palestinian artists putting final touches on a mural in Gaza City, exhibiting solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who have contracted the coronavirus inside Israeli prisons. There are nearly 5,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. To learn […]
(These Chains Will Be Broken: Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons, by Ramzy Baroud, Clarity Press, 2020) FOR MY OPINIONS,” wrote Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci, “I am willing to lose my life, not […]
Join our editors Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo as they discuss the topics of the week in the latest episode of Palestine Chronicle TV: Machiavellian Chaos in Israel; Nour Jaber Barghouti Dies in an Israeli […]
A Palestinian prisoner serving an 8-year sentence for resisting the occupation has died in an Israeli jail this morning, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). PPS said in a statement that Nour Jaber Barghouti, […]
Double Jeopardy for Refugees/Migrants Recently reflecting on the plight of refugees fleeing war zones in the Middle East and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Central America I was struck by the analogy to ‘Double Jeopardy.’ As […]
Israeli forces raided early this morning two towns in southern West Bank and detained at least five Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Israeli soldiers raided and searched homes in the town of […]
In 2016, a group of scholars and an Italian judge started a three-year research project on Israel’s law and practice of administrative detention in the West Bank. The main objective of the project was to critically […]
In commemoration of 2020 Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Palestinian journalist and editor of the Palestine Chronicle Ramzy Baroud discusses his new book, “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons“, […]
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