Hebron, Occupied West Bank –  In al-Fuwwar refugee camp south of Hebron, Palestinians trickled into a tent set up more than 70 days ago by camp residents when Sami al-Janazreh, 43, launched a hunger strike against his detention and mistreatment in Israeli prison. Visitors discussed the [hunger] strike inside the makeshift tent whose walls are […]

As these words were being written, three Palestinian prisoners were on hunger strike in protest against their imprisonment without trial, a practice cloaked by the anodyne sounding term “administrative detention”. Sami Janazra was on his 69th day and his health has sharply deteriorated, Adeeb Mafarja was on his 38th day, and Fuad Assi was on […]

RAMALLAH: Israel’s Supreme Court rejected Tuesday an appeal to free a Palestinian jailed without charge and on hunger strike for more than two months, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said. “The occupation authorities confirmed their decision to keep Sami Janazra, who has been on hunger strike for 69 days to protest against his detention,” said Jawad […]

The situation on the ground for Palestinian children is rapidly deteriorating, so CODEPINK has joined our allies at the American Friends Service Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace, and more for a new campaign called No Way to Treat A Child. At the end of February, there were 440 Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. This is […]

The Palestinian Health Ministry has cautioned about a deterioration in the condition of Sami Janazra, a Palestinian man in administrative detention who has been on a hunger strike for 68 days. Janazra, of Al Fawwar refugee camp, has been at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva for about a week, where he has refused medical treatment […]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner Sami Janazra, from Fawar refugee camp in al-Khalil, entered on Monday his 68th day of hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention.  Janazra’s family warned of his serious health deterioration as he started suffering frequent fainting and became unable to move or to walk. The family called for activating […]

Majd Yousef Atwan, 22, a young Palestinian woman from Al-Khader village, Bethlehem, and a recent beauty school graduate, was sentenced by an Israeli Ofer military court to 45 days imprisonment and a 3,000 NIS ($794) fine for posting on Facebook, which the Israeli military occupation deemed “incitement.” Atwan is one of approximately 150 Palestinians detained […]

Israeli forces stormed the central West Bank town of Birzeit north of Ramallah overnight on Sunday, targeting two female students and detaining at least 24 other Palestinians during raids across the occupied Palestinian territory. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained a female engineering student, Alaa Assaf, from Birzeit University. Israeli forces stormed the Assaf […]

Palestinian prisoner Sami Janazrah has been on hunger strike for 67 days. Janazrah, 43 and the father of three, is a Palestinian refugee living in Al-Fuwwar refugee camp. He has been held in Israeli administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – since 15 November 2015, and launched his hunger strike to demand his […]

After refusing food for more than nine weeks, Palestinian hunger strike Sami Janazreh has reportedly now stopped drinking water in protest against his ongoing detention without charge and abusive treatment by Israel. After weeks of refusing sustenance, Janazreh has lost 55 pounds and his health has sharply deteriorated. He has had intermittent seizures, and is […]