An Israeli professor speaking at Columbia Univ. reported that Israeli authorities have permitted large pharmaceutical firms to experiment on Palestinian prisoners, and have been testing weapons on Palestinian children. Her study was published in a Canadian academic journal.
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Israel vows to ‘worsen’ conditions for Palestinian prisoners
Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has announced plans to “worsen” conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including rationing water supplies and reducing the number of family visits.
Israeli soldiers take ‘selfie’ with Injured Palestinian prisoners
After handcuffing and beating two brothers, one a teenager, Israeli soldiers took a “selfie” with the injured prisoners, a common practice. Israeli forces conducted 196 search and arrest operations across the West Bank, including nine children, between October 10 and October 23…
This week in Palestine: Prisoners hunger strike ends, Gaza without electricity
May 25 – May 31, 2017: A thousand Palestinians being held in Israeli jails ended their hunger strike after 40 days without food. Palestinians in Gaza only have a few hours of electricity and running water a day and are forced to buy bottled water to meet their daily needs.
Ma’an News: Palestinian prisoners’ committee: 80% of hunger strikers’ demands met by Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike on Saturday following 20 hours of negotiations. A Committee of Palestinian Prisoners Affairs official said that 80 percent of the strike’s demands were met…
Palestinian prisoners launch hunger strike; Israel places leader in solitary confinement
Over 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on April 17. Israel responded by placing Marwan Barghouti, the movement’s leader, in solitary confinement, and said it will not negotiate with the prisoners.
Stunning Victories and Rising Repression: a look back at the global student movement for Palestine in 2025
In 2025, students around the world came together to challenge their schools’ complicity in the Gaza genocide. Despite heavy repression, they won major victories, including divestment and commitments to cut ties with Israeli institutions.
Israel’s ban on NGOs deepens Gaza suffering –Not a ceasefire Day 84
Deaths on New Year’s Day in Gaza – mostly children; the real reason for the NGO ban, and Israel’s lies; 2 Palestinian deaths in West Bank; Israeli takeover of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque; startling headlines from Israeli news
Counting the cost of another year of genocide in Gaza – Not a ceasefire Day 83
Gaza’s population drops by over 10%; Israel’s destruction in 2025, by the numbers; Israel seizes Palestinian homes, turns them into military outposts; headlines that expose Israel; World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel
Gaza health officials report outbreaks of water-borne illnesses, flu – Not a ceasefire Day 82
Hepatitis A, gastroenteritis in Gaza; “Palestinians do not negotiate their own extinction”; Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in West Bank; Israel, US set two-month deadline for Hamas disarmament; Palestinian detainees; Netanyahu whitewashes settler violence on Fox interview; Area B expulsions









