Over 1 million Palestinians have been held in Israeli prisons over the years. Thousands have been held in “administrative detention,” which means imprisonment without a trial or even charges. More & more, Palestinian prisoners are protesting this barely-legal practice through hunger strikes. Frail, emaciated Palestinians make Israel very nervous.
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‘You Accuse Us of Being Terrorists. What Do You Expect of Us, When You Come to the Village to Kill?’
A visit to a West Bank ‘terrorist village,’ where the family of Uday Salah is in mourning. The teen was shot to death by an Israeli sniper during a nighttime army raid, after the killing of an Israeli officer, allegedly by someone in the town.
Palestinian Detainee Dies in Israeli Jails, Another Victim of Medical Negligence
Mousa Haron Abu Mehamid, from Bethlehem, was arrested for being in East Jerusalem without a permit. Since 1967, 231 Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli prisons, including dozens who have died due to medical negligence.
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian, days before his daughter’s wedding
Salah Sawafta was exiting the local mosque after dawn prayers when he was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers who had invaded the town.
Israeli forces raid, shut down Defense for Children & 5 other agencies in West Bank
As a continuation of its targeting of 6 major Palestinian human rights organizations, Israeli forces ransacked their offices, confiscated materials, and welded shut their office doors…
Israeli apartheid policies are constricting Palestinian rights across the board
Israeli apartheid: the branding of an entire population as a security threat and the withholding of desperately needed medical care is a form of racism that results in a larger disease burden and unnecessary deaths in the restricted Palestinian population, and also collectively punishes entire families and threatens the basic rights, health, and dignity of individuals.
How Israel loyalists keep US officials in line: Ambassador nominee is taken down
A detailed report on how Israel advocates have worked to oppose a distinguished nominee from becoming Ambassador to Brazil because of comments she had made over two decades ago about the Israel lobby…
The latest victims in Israel’s ongoing slaughter of Palestinians
Israeli violence continues to take Palestinian lives with impunity. Here are five of the most recent victims.
Israel has no mercy on Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, whose mental health is worsening
Beginning at age 13, Ahmad Manasra has endured years of harsh interrogations, abuse, & solitary confinement; mental health experts say his life is in danger – but Israel refuses to release him. Ahmad has served 6 years for a crime in which he did not participate.
Israel convicts World Vision official despite evidence he’s innocent
Israel found Mohammed El Halabi guilty of diverting $50 million from World Vision, ignoring compelling facts that proved the charges against him were not just false, but ridiculous.









