All Israeli prisons are in a state of high alert in anticipation of a potential health emergency for Palestinian hunger striker Bilal Kayed, on his 67th day of hunger strike in Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. Kayed is at risk of a severe health crisis at any time and experiences constant pain, blurred vision and severe […]

Scuffles have broken out between Israeli forces and Palestinians protesting in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners in the occupied West Bank, leaving several demonstrators injured. The confrontations took place on Thursday in the town of Beitunia near the Israeli Ofer military jail, where several Palestinian inmates are on hunger strike. Israeli forces opened fire and […]

Israeli forces have detained 560 children from occupied East Jerusalem since the beginning of 2016, 110 are still being held in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs revealed yesterday. Of those still in detention, four are girls and 10 are boys who are being held in juvenile detention centres, committee head Issa Qaraqe […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian detainee who has been on a hunger strike for two months to press for his release is determined to continue despite deteriorating health, his family and an advocacy group said. Bilal Kayed, 34, began the fast June 14, after Israel ordered him held for six months without charges, […]

Bilal Kayed is about to enter his 60th day of hunger strike. As he moves into his third month without food, shackled hand and foot to a hospital bed and surrounded by prison guards in Barzilai hospital, the latest outrage has been issued from the Israeli occupation: a court date set for his appeal from […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a bill into law on Wednesday permitting the imprisonment of children under the age of 14 if the child committed acts of “terrorism,” according to a statement released by the Knesset.The legislation, labeled the “Youth Bill,” would allow Israeli authorities to imprison a child if convicted of […]

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons were observing a hunger strike Friday, in a new wave of protest that Palestinian officials said was expected to grow. Some of the strikers accused Israeli jailers of “harassment” while others refused food in solidarity with prisoner Bilal Kayed, who has been fasting for […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Ten new Palestinian prisoners on Sunday joined a mass open hunger strike in solidarity with prisoner Bilal Kayid, according to Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, a day after reports emerged that Kayid’s health had sharply deteriorated after almost 50 days without food. Qaraqe told the official […]

Dozens of New Yorkers gathered on Friday, 10 June to rally and march in support of Palestinian community leader, former Palestinian prisoner, and torture survivor Rasmea Odeh. Odeh will return to court on Monday, 13 June for a closed status hearing following her victory in the Court of Appeals, which rejected Judge Gershwin Drain’s exclusion of […]

On 13 June, Rasmea Odeh – former Palestinian political prisoner, torture survivor, and Palestinian community leader – will have a status hearing in chambers in Detroit before Judge Gershwin Drain. This hearing is the first after Odeh and her lawyers won a victory in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, sending her case back to […]