Two Palestinian minors from occupied East Jerusalem were released, on Thursday, after serving three years in Israeli detention. Israeli authorities released Ahmad Raed al-Zaatari and Shadi Anwar Farrah, both 15 years of age, after serving a three-year prison sentence. View image on Twitter Rafat Darawsheh @rafatdarawsheh الطفلان الاسيران شادي واحمد يتذوقان طعم الكنافة بعد ٣ […]

Israel detained 908 Palestinian children since the beginning of 2018, according to Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS). PPS said in a statement yesterday that of the 908 Palestinian children detained since January to the end of October, 270 are still held in detention in various Israeli prisons. Children are usually detained in the middle of the […]

Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan has been freed after 11 months in Israeli jails. Adnan had undertaken a hunger strike for two months in protest against his administrative detention. This ended when an Israeli court sentenced him on the grounds that he is affiliated to a banned organisation in reference to Islamic Jihad. The 40-year-old has […]

Israel has imprisoned Khalida Jarrar because her intelligence and respect for international law threaten its occupation regime. When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer Khalida Jarrar on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in her research. For months, Jarrar had been leading a Palestinian effort to take Israel to the International Criminal […]

More than 350 Palestinian children are behind Israeli bars, where human rights groups say they endure mistreatment. Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Omar al-Rimawi has not been home since he was arrested by Israeli troops more than two years ago, but his photos line the walls of the halls and rooms of his home. Although just […]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian medics say three boys aged 12 to 14 have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southeastern Gaza Strip. Ashraf al-Kidra of the Health Ministry says ambulance crews are bringing the bodies to a hospital from the perimeter fence dividing Gaza and Israel. The Israeli army said […]

On his 58th day of hunger strike, Sheikh Khader Adnan once again prevailed over Israeli attempts to break his steadfastness and strength. At the Salem military court, Adnan was sentenced to one year in prison from the date of his arrest, 11 December 2017, and a fine of 1,000 NIS ($270 USD). This means that Adnan will be released […]

Khader Adnan, who started an open hunger strike in Israeli jails 57 days ago, on Sunday decided to stop drinking water. Israel’s Salem court has postponed Adnan’s trial until 29 October, and despite his bad health condition, Adnan is held in solitary confinement and denied family and lawyer visits. Adnan, 43, is suffering from serious […]

Palestinian parliamentarian, feminist and leftist leader Khalida Jarrar was once more ordered to imprisonment without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation. The renewal came for the fourth time on Thursday, 25 October; Jarrar has already been jailed without charge or trial for 16 months. The new detention order once again renews her imprisonment for four more […]