Palestinian detainee’s mother dies 2 weeks before son’s release | الله يرحمها

Maan News Agency | June 20, 2013   NABLUS (Ma’an) — A mother of a Palestinian detainee passed away Thursday without seeing her son for 10 years, locals told Ma’an. Basima Hashash, 67, passed away in the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank district of Nablus, just two weeks before her son Atallah […]

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Dura family appeals for release of dying son from Israeli jail

[ PIC 12/06/2013 – 10:02 PM ] From Khalid Amayreh in Dura, occupied Palestine The family of Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud Abu Saleh has appealed to human rights organizations and the world community at large to pressure Israel to release their son from Israeli jails on humanitarian grounds. Abu Saleh is suffering from a terminal […]

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The mother of captive al-Nouri calls for uniting Palestinian efforts

[ PIC 22/04/2013 – 08:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The mother of prisoner Jamal Al-Nouri called on the Palestinian people in Gaza, the West Bank and in the Diaspora to unite their efforts to end the prisoners’ suffering. She condemned, during a sit-in outside the Red Cross headquarters in the Gaza strip on Monday, the […]

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Occupation refuses to release Palestinian prisoner’s mother

Al Qassam website- 13-04-2013,09:22 Ramallah- Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court postponed on Thursday consideration of the release of citizen Intisar Haj for Friday, while it released the female captive Suhaila Omar. Local sources reported that the court might extend the detention of captive Intisar Haj once again, under the pretext of investigation, without taking into account her […]

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Israel imposes house arrest and 30,000 NIS bail on prisoner’s elderly and ill mother

[ PIC 29/03/2013 – 10:30 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli Occupation Forces continued to impose house arrest on an elderly patient from Jenin after her arrest while visiting her son on 11 February. The Israeli military court imposed house arrest on Hajja Fethiye Khanfar, 58, at a house in Rahat city in 1948-occupied territories, […]

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#PalHunger | Israel blocks travel of Issawi’s mother

[ PIC 26/03/2013 – 11:39 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) blocked the travel of detained hunger striker Samer Al-Issawi’s mother for the second time. The detainee’s sister Shireen said that her mother was on her way to Tunisia to take part in a conference for supporting prisoners. She said that the […]

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#PalHunger | Sharawne’s mother arrives in Gaza

[ PIC 21/03/2013 – 02:34 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The mother of released hunger striker Ayman Al-Sharawne and two of his brothers arrived in Gaza via Rafah crossing on Thursday. Sharawne arrived in the Gaza Strip last Sunday after signing a deal with the Israeli prison service by which he ended his 250 days hunger […]

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Issawi’s mother to Obama: Save my son’s life

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi Layla Issawi holds a picture of her son, Samer, alongside European politicians of the Council for European Palestinian Relations (L to R) Niccolo Rinaldi from Italy, Jim Hume and Sandra White from Scotland, on 2 March 2013. (Photo: AFP – Ahmad Gharabli) […]

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A prisoner’s Mother Wishes To Be With Her During Her Surgery

Qassam Webesite | March 5, 2013 Al Qassam website – He was returning back from his university in the city of Bethlehem, on his way to the home with his companion Mohammed Taqatqah, they were surprised by the presence of occupation forces who erected a barrier at the entrance, and searched their car, then handcuffed […]

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Mother of Bilin protestor Bassem Abu Rahma (Pheel) killed by Israel files court petition

Maan News Agency | March 4, 2013   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The mother of Bassem Abu Rahmah, who was killed in 2009 during a non-violent protest in Bilin, filed a petition to Israel’s High Court on Sunday to demand justice for the death of her son, B’Tselem said. The petition was filed jointly with Bilin […]

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#PalHunger | Mother of Sharawna on hunger strike till her son is released

#FreeSamer | Global action to save the life of Hunger striker Samer Issawi [ PIC 23/02/2013 – 09:44 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The mother of Palestinian hunger striker Ayman Sharawna on Friday said she would not end her hunger strike unless her son is released. The mother of Sharawna, who is in Aliya hospital, told […]

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#PalHunger | Mother of Sharawne goes on hunger strike

[ PIC 18/02/2013 – 01:27 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The mother of detained hunger striker Ayman Sharawne has gone on open-ended hunger strike since Sunday in solidarity with her son. Jihad and Abdulrahman, the two brothers of Ayman, have also gone on hunger strike in addition to two other activists, Ismail Sharawne and Musab Shawar, […]

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#PalHunger | Mother of prisoner Ayman Sharawna launches solidarity hunger strike

Maan News Agency | Febr 17, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The mother of Ayman Sharawna has begun an open-ended hunger strike to show solidarity with her son, a prisoners group said Sunday. Addameer said that Sharawna’s brother has also announced strike action to demonstrate solidarity with Ayman, who was released under the 2011 prisoner swap […]

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Israeli detains mother of prisoner Rami Khanfar after detaining her 7 and 8 yr old daughters

[ PIC 05/02/2013 – 09:35 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli forces arrested Fathia Khanfar, 56, mother of prisoner Rami Youssef, upon her arrival to Negev prison to visit her son, while they released at dawn Monday the captive’s two daughters. The lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) stated that the two girls arrived to […]

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IOF detains mother of prisoner for few hours

[ PIC 30/01/2013 – 11:24 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) released the mother of a Palestinian prisoner on Tuesday night after detaining her for a few hours. Family members told the PIC that Jamila Obaid, from Arrabe village to the south of Jenin, was held captive during a visit to her […]

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