#PalHunger | Israel should free Ameer Makhoul on second anniversary of arrest ~ @aicnews

AIC NEWS | Sunday, 06 May 2012 18:48 Multiple organisations More than 25 organisations around the world have combined to urge Israel to free imprisoned human rights defender Ameer Makhoul on the second anniversary of his arrest. Ameer has been in prison since May 2010. On 1 May 2012, Ameer was transferred from Gilboa prison […]

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#PalHunger | University student hit in the eye with an Israeli bullet at protest

[ PIC 06/05/2012 - 10:05 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A 21-year-old Palestinian student was hit in his right eye with a bullet fired by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) while quelling a peaceful pro-prisoners rally near Ofer jail south of Ramallah on Saturday. Local sources told the PIC reporter that Mousa Al-Shi’ani was hospitalized in moderate […]

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Jewish settlers sneak into Aqsa mosque

[ PIC 06/05/2012 - 11:51 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Jewish settlers sneaked into the Aqsa mosque on Sunday morning and offered rituals on the eve of calls for breaking into the holy site. Head of the information department at the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage Mahmoud Abu Ata said in a press release […]

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#PalHunger | Islamic Jihad: Any hunger-striker death will start next intifada

Maan News Agency | May 6, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad leader Mohammad Al-Hindi warned Sunday that the death of any hunger-striking prisoner will start the third intifada, referencing the popular uprisings against Israeli occupation. The Jihad official said the “battle of the empty stomachs” — in which more than 2,000 jailed Palestinians […]

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#PalHunger | Mother of hunger striker Thaer Halahle taken to hospital unconscious

[PIC 06/05/2012 - 10:16 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The mother of hunger striker Thaer Halahle, who has been on hunger strike for 65 days, was taken to Al-Khalil government hospital on Saturday after she fainted. Halahle’s brother, Mahmoud, said that their mother Fatima, 55, was adamant on maintaining hunger strike in solidarity with her son, […]

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#PalHunger | IPS isolates hunger striking detainee

[ PIC 06/05/2012 - 11:17 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service (IPS) has isolated a hunger striker detainee in the Negev jail in line with its penal measures against those prisoners. Sources close to the detainee Muntaser Shadid told the PIC on Saturday that the IPS isolated Shadid on Friday along with other […]

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#PalHunger | URGENT | Joint Statement Addameer & Physicians for Human Rights-Israel | May 6, 2012

Concern Mounts for the Lives of Prisoners on Protracted Hunger Strikes, as Bilal Diab, Thaer Halahleh and Hassan Safadi are Subjected to Medical Negligence Joint Press Release, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Ramallah-Jaffa, 6 May 2012 Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at risk of death as they […]

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#PalHunger | 5 hunger strikers in solidarity with prisoners transferred to hospital in Gaza

[ PIC 06/05/2012 - 03:10 PM ] GAZA (PIC)– Local sources stated that four people in Gaza City were taken to the hospital on Saturday 5th May after fainting due to their hunger strike in solidarity with the hunger striking prisoners. The sources told PIC reporter that ambulance crews transferred Amal Abu Sbeitan (40 years), […]

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IOF soldiers arrest three students including son of MP & confiscated PC’s and cellphones

[PIC 06/05/2012 - 11:41 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested three Palestinian university students from the Najah university in Nablus including the son of MP Omar Abdul Razek. Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers arrested Mohammed Abdul Razek, the son of detained Hamas MP and former finance minister, […]

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#PalHunger | Duqmaq: The incarceration conditions of isolated prisoners are very harsh

[ PIC 06/05/2012 - 10:49 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Lawyer of Mandela foundation Buthaina Duqmaq said the Palestinian prisoners in solitary cells have been on hunger strike because they are deprived of the most basic human rights in Israeli jails. Duqmaq told a news conference in Ramallah city that some isolated prisonersz like Mahmoud Issa […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | May 6, 2012

LIVE BLOG ▶ 3000 PALESTINIANS ON HUNGER STRIKE | #PalHunger continuous updated آخر الأخبار والتحديثات May 6, 2012 | 23367 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1789 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates Continuous updates.. #PalHunger – 3000 Palestinians […]

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#PalHunger | Seven Protesters Injured on Ofer Military Checkpoint

Al Qassam | 06-05-2012,08:34  Al Qassam website (Agencies) – At least seven Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli forces as they suppressed a solidarity demonstration that launched from Ramallah towards Ofer Military checkpoint, to support Palestinians prisoners on their hunger strike battle. Dozens of protesters, who participated in the demonstration that was organized in […]

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#PalHunger | Grafitti in Haifa! – Photography

May 6, 2012 Breaking: #PalGraffiti is back to strike #Haifa streets now! Photos coming up in the next tweets— Maath Musleh (@MaathMusleh) May 06, 2012 PHOTO (1): #PalGraffiti in #Haifa NOW "Freedom to the hunger striking prisoners" http://t.co/x49svsLJ— Maath Musleh (@MaathMusleh) May 06, 2012 PHOTO (2): #PalGraffiti in #Haifa NOW "Freedom to the Free Prisoners" […]

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