As the controversy over the deaths of Palestinians in Israeli jails continues to stoke unrest, the prison service invited journalists to visit the only Israeli prison in the West Bank. This is what I saw.
by Benjamin Pogrund 12 comments
As the controversy over the deaths of Palestinians in Israeli jails continues to stoke unrest, the prison service invited journalists to visit the only Israeli prison in the West Bank. This is what I saw.
by Benjamin Pogrund 12 comments
Samer Issawi's successful hunger strike has not only gained him an early release but has put the plight of Palestinians in Israeli prisons back in the headlines.
by Jack Khoury 19 comments
Samer Issawi was released from prison in the Shalit deal and arrested again 10 months ago after violating parole; he will serve another 8 months in prison and have to remain near his East Jerusalem neighborhood afterward.
by Barak Ravid 6 comments
From a former Military Intelligence chief's warning that Iran's nuclear program will soon cross Netanyahu's iconic 'red line,' to Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi's agreement to halt his hunger strike in exchange for a shorter sentence, Haaretz brings you the top 8 headlines you might have missed.
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Security prisoner Samer Issawi, released from Israeli prison in Gilad Shalit prisoner swap deal and re-arrested last August, is in eighth month of hunger strike.
by Jack Khoury 1 comments
To show their support for Mohammad Sabaneh, a Palestinian political cartoonist who has been in Israeli custody since February, 75 Israeli artists are exhibiting their work in an Israeli magazine.
by Lauren Gelfond Feldinger 1 comments
The issue of prisoners has garnered much attention among Palestinians in the past two weeks following the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a Palestinian security prisoner, from cancer, while still in detention.
by Gili Cohen 3 comments
Palestinians in Gaza establish a replica of an Israeli prison to commemorate the struggle of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons; the exhibit is open to visitors by Waed, a prisoner's association loyal to Hamas.
by Reuters 16 comments
From Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan confirming his upcoming trip to the Gaza Strip, to a photo of an ultra-Orthodox man wrapped in plastic gone viral, Haaretz brings you the top headlines from Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish World.
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In public appeal, group including Amos Oz and A.B. Yehoshua says it sympathizes with Samer Issawi's cause, worry his death 'will add another facet of tragedy and desperation' to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
by Chaim Levinson 27 comments
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