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Mother of Shireen Issawi calls out to the world

On April 17th, Palestinian Prisoners Day, the mother of Samer Issawi released a statement, to be shared across the world. Samer Issawi, as most people know, waged a legendary 277-day hunger strike against his incarceration by the Israeli occupation last year. However, after he was released, the Issawi family did not get to enjoy his freedom for long. Samer’s sister...

Mother of Samer Issawi holding his picture

Samer Issawi has stopped taking vitamin supplements

RAMALLAH, PALESTINE – The president of the legal union of the Palestinian Prisoner Society, lawyer Jawad Boulos, today announced that a session would be held on Thursday March 21 in Ofer Military Court concerning the case of Palestinian political prisoner Samer Issawi, on an uninterrupted hunger strike since 243 days. Boulos explained that the doctors of Kaplan Medical Center had...

Israeli forces detaining children

Israeli forces detain over 30 schoolchildren

HEBRON, PALESTINE – Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning detained tens of young students from the schools of Hebron (Al Khalil) in the Old City, some of them suffering cuts and blunt injuries.   Local sources reported that the occupation forces also held up tens of students from the South region, and arrested others. Among them are: Mohammed Salem al...

Symbolic wedding at Hizma checkpoint

Love in a Time of Apartheid: Israeli Forces Disrupt Wedding

RAMALLAH – The bride, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, the groom, a Palestinian from the West Bank, accompanied by tens of activists approached Hizma checkpoint from its two sides and demanded their right to love and live without racist and separation policies. Using tear-gas and sound bombs, Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint prevented the bride and the groom from meeting...