On the 23rd anniversary of Ahmad Sa’adat’s arrest, we reflect on his unyielding commitment to Palestinian freedom and his call for unity in the face of ongoing oppression. In the title quote, Abla Sa’adat describes her husband’s resilience and sumud (steadfastness), qualities that she also shares.  “We must return to resistance, as it is the only option […]

Thirty-nine Palestinian women and children are expected to be released from Israeli jails on Friday during a pause in fighting. After seven weeks of war, the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas began on Friday morning. Under this truce, 39 Palestinian women and children were released on Friday.Here is what’s known about those released and those who might be […]

Since the 7th of October, the number of Palestinian political prisoners has increased significantly. Among the political prisoners are 200 children and more than 2000 administrative detainees who are being detained indefinitely with no charge or trial. The reported conditions of the prisoners are of torture and overall inhuman treatment. It has been reported that […]

The message of Palestinian prisoners to the world is that they are political prisoners who seek freedom and that there is an Israeli demonization campaign against them. Palestinians across the globe mark April 17 of each year as Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, a day that was introduced by the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the legislative body […]

Israeli prisons where Palestinian prisoners are held lack the minimum standards of human dignity. A video of an Israeli interrogator violently interrogating then 13-year-old Palestinian child prisoner Ahmad Al-Manasra went viral in November 2015. In the video, Al-Manasra repeatedly told his Israeli interrogator that he couldn’t remember as his interrogator screamed at him, accusing him of not […]

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The Israeli occupation releases Palestinian prisoner Ruba Assi, a student at Birzeit University, after imprisonment for 21 months. On Sunday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities released the Palestinian prisoner Ruba Assi, 22 years, from the town of Beit Liqia, west of Ramallah, at Al-Jalama Checkpoint, north of Jenin. Assi was detained in the Israeli “Damon” […]

Several hunger strikes have been carried out by Palestinian and Irish prisoners to protest administrative detention, along with cruel and inhuman treatment, and torture. The recent capture of six escaped Palestinian political prisoners from Israel’s Gilboa prison meant their freedom was tragically short-lived. But the escape itself, reportedly through a tunnel dug with a rusty spoon, helped […]

Long story short, we fought them with our fists. The jailers called for help from the police, but we managed to escape the prison and enter an orchard about 200 meters from the prison. When we got out, they were shooting at us. Hamza Younis is a boxer and a former Palestinian prisoner who was […]