Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Pizza Hut after the food company’s Israel branch shared a picture on social media mocking the leader of a mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons. The franchise’s official Facebook page on Monday posted an image released earlier by Israeli prison authorities, allegedly showing[…]
As some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners entered the 11th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike, Israeli Prison Service (IPS) forces on Thursday attacked two hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in southern Israel’s Ashkelon prison, according to the Media Committee for Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike — a joint committee[…]
A number of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in solitary confinement began refusing water on Wednesday, as more than 1,500 Palestinians entered the 10th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike. According to the Media Committee for Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike — a joint committee formed by the[…]
South Africans are called to join a national one day symbolic 24 hour fast and day of action on the 15th of May in solidarity with thousands of Palestinians who are on a mass hunger strike. South Africa’s pro-Palestine movement have launched a nationwide action to support 1500 Palestinian political prisoners who[…]
As a mass hunger strike underway in Israeli prisons entered its seventh day on Sunday, dozens more Palestinian prisoners have declared their participation, while Israeli prison authorities continued to punish those forgoing food by placing them in solitary confinement cells. The media committee established to support what has come to[…]
The Israel Prison Service (IPS) has suspended family visitation rights to Palestinian prisoners, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Ma’an on Tuesday, continuing its crackdown on prisoners as the large-scale “Freedom and Dignity” prisoner hunger strike entered its second day. A source from the ICRC told Ma’an[…]
As Palestinian prisoners in Israel end their second day of a hunger strike, social activists have urged the international community to support the fight for political freedom, not just in Palestine, but around the world. Approximately 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners launched a mass hunger strike yesterday to fight against the[…]
Topshop, the fashion chain, has pulled a playsuit in a monochrome scarf print after it was accused of “cultural appropriation” for using a pattern similar to the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. The keffiyeh has been a symbol of Palestinian nationalism that was made famous in the 1960s by the late Palestinian[…]
A 23-year-old Palestinian was critically injured with live fire during clashes Wednesday before dawn in the al-Duheisha refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank Bethlehem district, as Israeli forces conducted a detention raid in the camp. Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces raided several houses in the camp,[…]
After Fatah-affiliated Palestinians held in Israeli prisons organized a mass hunger strike to take place on Palestinian Prisoners Day later this month, scores of Palestinian prisoners from across the political spectrum have pledged their involvement in the strike. The strike, led by head of the party’s central committee Marwan Barghouti,[…]
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