HOW THE SOCIAL MEDIA BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

Originally posted on Desertpeace:
The online activism proved “the power of a different kind of media, one that uses corporate media’s silence to create a different kind of noise,” said Peter Hart, the activism director for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), a media watchdog group. Hart authored a piece for the FAIR blog that chastised the corporate…

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Khader Adnan ‘stable’ after surgery

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Khader Adnan is in a stable condition after undergoing surgery on his intestine after his 66 day hunger strike, a lawyer for the Palestinian detainees’ center said Tuesday. Raed Mahamid said after visiting Adnan in Zeev hospital in northern Israeli town Safed that his condition is […]

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Khader to undergo urgent surgery

[ PIC 28/02/2012 – 09:51 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Islamic Jihad detained leader Sheikh Khader Adnan is to undergo an urgent surgery in Zif medical center in Safad on Tuesday, his relatives said. They told PIC reporter that doctors in the hospital told them that Khader was suffering intestinal obstruction as a result of his […]

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Hunger striker Khader Adnan rushed for surgery

Published Monday, February 27, 2012 Al Akhbar Palestinian Khader Adnan was rushed into surgery on Monday evening despite giving up his 66-day hunger strike last week. Prisoners’ rights group Addameer, which has been dealing with Adnan’s case, tweeted on Monday evening that Adnan had been taken into surgery but added that it was not clear […]

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#KhaderAdnan – Dignity Triumphs over Tyranny

DISSIDENT VOICE FEB 27 2012 by Jamal Kanj / February 27th, 2012 On February 21, Sheikh Khader Adnan broke his 66-day hunger strike following a promise by Israeli authorities not to renew his administrative detention and to release him on April 17. The 33-year-old Master’s student in economics who works as a baker in the […]

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#KhaderAdnan – Adnan driven by higher logic

My husband has helped expose the plight of Palestinians held under administrative detention by Israel By Randa Musa, Guardian News & Media Ltd Published: 00:00 February 27, 2012   Image Credit: Illustration: Dana A. Shams ©Gulf News Khader Adnan has been an activist for many years. He is no shadowy figure but an outspoken local […]

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Action Alert #HanaShalabi – The price of a Palestinian prisoner and Hana Al-Shalabi – continuing the fight

My Appeal to this world – from Hana Shalabi Rana Hamadeh | Feb 26, 2012 Zaytouni weblog Khader Adnan ended his 66-day hunger strike last Tuesday, wherein he protested against his administrative detention – that is, arrest without charge or evidence for an indefinite period of time. The final deal reached essentially just shortened his […]

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Khader Adnan Begins His Slow Recovery While Israeli Court Issues a Decision to Remove His Shackles

  Addameer February 25 2012 Joint Press Release, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Ramallah, 23 February 2012—Following the cessation of his 66-day hunger strike on the evening of 21 February 2012, a Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel)-affiliated doctor and Addameer lawyer Samer Sam’an visited Khader Adnan today, 23 […]

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Egyptian intelligence brokered deal to release Khader Adnan, says Israeli paper

Egypt Independent Sat, 25/02/2012 – 14:13 Photographed by AFP Egypt’s intelligence service brokered the deal with Israel for the release of Khader Adnan, whose 67-day hunger strike due to being detained without charge ended four days ago, the English website of the Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Friday. On Tuesday, the Israeli Justice Ministry said […]

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Palestinian woman in Israeli jail continues hunger strike for ninth day

A Palestinian prisoner looks out of the jail truck, set to be released as part of the first stage of an Israeli-Palestinian prisoner exchange, as it arrives at Ketzion jail, October 16, 2011. PRESS TV Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:36AM GMT A Palestinian female prisoner protesting her illegal detention by Israeli forces continues her hunger […]

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#KhaderAdnan: A selfless Palestinian hero – by Daoud Kuttab

by Daoud Kuttab PNN FEBR 23 2012 It might have been a small gesture, but it spoke volumes. After Khader Adnan, the Palestinian administrative detainee in his 66th day of hunger strike, agreed to end his strike he refused to eat until all fellow hunger striking Palestinians are informed about such decision. Speaking on Voice […]

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My husband Khadar Adnan, has shed a light on Israel’s disregard for human rights

Through his own suffering, Khadar has helped expose the plight of Palestinians held under ‘administrative detention’ by Israel Randa Musa |guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 February 2012 13.30 GMT   Maali Adnan holds a picture of her hunger-striking father, Khadar Adnan, a member of Islamic Jihad. Photograph: Mohammed Ballas/AP The name of my husband, Khadar Adnan, has […]

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Israeli court to release hunger striker #KhaderAdnan next April

[ PIC 22/02/2012 – 10:22 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli higher court in occupied Jerusalem decided to release Islamic Jihad official Khader Adnan who has been on hunger strike for 66 days in protest at his detention. Informed sources told the Palestinian information center that the court canceled the administrative detention and replaced it […]

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Victory of Hunger Striker #KhaderAdnan Partial

(Illustration: Nidal El-khairy) By: Faris Taleb, Fadi Abu Saada Published Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Al Akhbar English The Palestinian prisoners’ movement will never forget Khader Adnan. Its history will record that his “battle of the empty intestines,” as Palestinians refer to prisoners’ open hunger strike, lasted the longest. Adnan was able to do what hasn’t […]

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Hunger strikes end and celebrations begin in Gaza for #KhaderAdnan

IMEU, Feb 22, 2012 This post and the photos included are available for republication with credits. While the people of Gaza have been undergoing an unprecedented electricity and fuel crisis that has significantly affected their living conditions and livelihoods, solidarity with administrative detainee Khader Adnan did not cease and a number of civilians began an […]

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