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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has spoken to senior Egyptian officials to brief them on the up-to-date condition of Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli jails. He asked the unnamed...
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The Israeli government decided formally on Wednesday to stop transferring tax revenues collected by Israeli custom officers on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. The move is a punishment for...
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On Monday a Palestinian human rights centre criticised the new Israeli military law that upholds the re-arrest of Palestinian former prisoners freed through a prisoner swap agreed between the...
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The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, issued a statement on Tuesday evening expressing deep concern about the "deteriorating situation" of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger-strike in Israeli prisons. Ban Ki-Moon...
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In a press statement issued yesterday, the Arab League has announced that it holds Israel fully responsible for the lives of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger-strike and demanded their...
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An Israeli Magistrate Court, in Jerusalem, sentenced Samer Al Issawi, who has been on a hunger-strike for 214 consecutive days, to eight months in prison retroactive from July 7,...
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The Palestinian Authority Minister for Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, has said that the Israeli General Security Service (GSS) and the legal adviser to the Israeli occupation authorities are leading...
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The General Secretary of the Arab League, Nabeel Al-Arabi, called on Tuesday for an end to Israel's violations against Palestinian prisoners, labelling them "violations of all human rights principles...
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A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 230 days has refused an offer from the Israeli authorities to deport him immediately to the Gaza Strip. Speaking...
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By arresting Amre abu-Haniyyah, 21, the number of re-arrested former Palestinian prisoners released by the Palestinian-Israeli prisoner swap agreed last October, has reached 15, a specialist researcher said on...
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The Palestinian Authority's Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqei, has refused to cooperate with the Israelis in the deportation of two prisoners currently on hunger strike inside Israel. Israel...
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The Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine sent on Tuesday its "heartfelt congratulations" to the freed Palestinian hunger striker from occupied Jerusalem, Samer Al-Issawi. In a statement published on its...
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January 25, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
Samer Al-Issawi has been on hunger strike for almost 220 days, and he is still determined to continue, making his protest the longest in history. As much as he...