With more than a half million people in Gaza on the brink of famine, U.S. based Veterans For Peace and several allies have launched a 40-day Fast for Gaza.
Veterans Launch 40-Day Fast to Protest Israel’s Starvation of Gaza
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Students around the US on hunger strikes to protest Israel’s killing & starvation of Gazans
American college students have been protesting Israel’s aid blockade and ongoing slaughter against Gazans; one hunger striker has been hospitalized. Five reports:
In Gaza, 600+ malnutrition deaths, miscarriages due to Israeli blockade – War on Gaza Day 592
At least 87 Palestinians killed & 290 wounded by Israeli strikes on Gaza in past 24 hours; some aid in Gaza, none distributed yet; Palestinian civilians killed while digging a well; US student protests, hunger strikes; “Diplomatic Tsunami” from Europe; much more.
Khader Adnan’s death & Israel’s decades of despotic military orders
The death of hunger striker Khader Adnan underscores Israel’s cruel, often illegal treatment of Palestinian prisoners, the overuse of administrative detention, & the decades of tyrannical military orders that keep Palestinians subjugated and miserable.
Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan dies in prison
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who’s been arrested 14 times and spent over 8 years in Israeli prisons, died today after an 87-day hunger strike – his 5th – in protest of his illegal administrative detention by Israel. Israel refused to allow his family to visit him even as his condition deteriorated. He was one of ~600 Palestinians held without charge or trial. The NYT didn’t report on the strike until he died.
Palestinian hunger strikes: growing resistance against growing Israeli crimes
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.
Palestinian prisoner reaches deal with Israel to end his detention, concludes hunger strike
Hisham Abu Hawash ends his 141-day hunger strike with a deal to release him on March 26. More details will follow when available.
Imprisoned Without Charge or Trial – Free hunger strikers now!
Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has vowed to remain on a hunger strike until he is told what charges Israel has against him. He has reached 140 days and is very ill. Please Please join over 13,000 justice-seekers around the world: sign and share this urgent petition before he dies.
A chronicle of Israeli actions against Palestinians in 2021
Israel has outdone itself in 2021 – destroying large swaths of Gaza, shooting to kill Palestinian protesters, endangering Palestinian children, and more. Here is a rundown of the year’s violence, covered by numerous IAK posts – with hopes that together, we can work to bring justice and peace in 2022.
Altercation between Israeli and Palestinian legislators offers a snapshot of the larger issue
An ultra-nationalist Israeli lawmaker’s behavior on Tuesday is a microcosm of the conduct and attitude of Israel as a whole: bullying, self-absorbed, faux-victimized, evasive.