[The following is a translation into English by Yousef al-Jamal of the text of the Arabic-language statement issued by the prisoners’ leaders. It provides valuable background to recent developments inside …
On Palestinian Prisoner Day: A Whole Captive Population Longing For Freedom
By Yousef M. Aljamal* NEWSFLASH!! Palestinian prisoners just ended their mass, open-ended hunger strike after they managed to force the Israeli Prison Service to install landlines in prisons which will …
Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s jail: Facts and resources
Prepared with the help of Yousef al-Jamal According to the Ramallah-based prisoners-rights organization Ad-Dameer, as of March 2019, 5,450 Palestinian political prisoners are in Israeli jails and they are scattered …
Our #IStandWithGaza project off to great start!
Earlier this month, our #IStandWithGaza project got off to a great start when we took our “Instant ISWG Photo Booth” to the recent “No to NATO, Yes to Peace” festival …
Abu Artema speaks about Great March of Return at Carnegie Endowment
Every week for the past year, scores of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have taken part in the nonviolent protests called the “Great March of Return.” But how …
The two teenage demonstrators killed by Israel on February 8
by Wafa Aludaini* Last Friday, February 8, Israeli snipers killed Hasan Shalabi, 14, and Hamza Ishtaiwi, 17, as they took part in the “Great March of Return”, a mass nonviolent …
Falk recalls Israel’s “cruelty and excessive violence” during Operation Cast Lead
In the first episode of our special mini-series of podcasts on Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead” assault Gaza ten years ago, the distinguished international jurist Richard Falk discussed the “cruelty and …
Sabaaneh’s busy week in NYC and DC!
On November 13, Mohammad Sabaaneh entered another super-busy phase of his U.S. tour, which by the time he finishes on the evening of Nov. 19 will have seen him do …
Cartoonist Sabaaneh lights up Scotland, England, adds Canada to N. America tour!
(Update early Sept. : Mohammad cannot do the planned gigs in Canada as the Canadian government officials informed him he needed a longer lead-time to get his visa than we …
Gaza & other Palestinian crises need political action, not just “Bandaids”
For the past eleven years of the Israeli siege of Gaza– or actually, for the past 70 years of the Palestinian refugee crisis in Gaza and elsewhere– numerous well-meaning people …