Prisoners

220 more Palestinian detainees join mass ‘Freedom and Dignity’ strike

BETHLEHEM, PALESTINOW.COM -- Palestinian leaders have warned the media to “remain cautious” regarding reports of alleged negotiations between Israeli officials and Palestinians towards reaching an agreement to end a mass prison strike that entered its...

Samer Issawi transferred to hospital in critical condition

RAMALLAH, PALESTINOW.COM -- The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred Wednesday evening the hunger-striking prisoner Samer Issawi to Tel HaShomer Hospital after his serious health deterioration. Issawi has joined the Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike declared on...

Bilal Diyab enters his 16 days of hunger strike

AL-QUDS, PALESTINOW.COM -- The Palestinian detainee Bilal Diyab, 32 from Kafr Raei town south of Jenin city, has been on an open hunger strike for the past 16 days. Like our page on Facebook Follow us...

IOF assaults five Palestinian hunger strikers in Zionist prisons

RAMALLAH, PALESTINOW.COM -- The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ Affairs has reported, Tuesday, that Israeli soldiers have assaulted five detainees, holding hunger strike, and continued to deny their lawyers the right to visits with them. The commission...

300 Palestinian children still in Israeli prisons

RAMALLAH, PALESTINOW.COM -- Nearly 300 Palestinian children are currently held in Israeli jails including 14 minor girls, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) revealed on Tuesday. The PPS said, in its new report marking the International Child...

Al-Aqsa preacher: We must give greater support for Palestinian prisoners

AL-QUDS, PALESTINOW.COM -- Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher, Sheikh Yousuf Abu Sneineh, called in his Friday sermon on the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim people to stand for the Palestinian prisoners in their hunger strike which has been...