Update from Physicians for Human Rights - Israel on the Palestinian prisoners' hunger-strike
In the week that a deal to secure the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is announced, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel release an update on the ongoing hunger strike of more than 300 Palestinian prisoners against declining prison conditions in Israel.
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that strives to promote a more fair and inclusive society in which the right to health is applied equally for all.
Image: Activestills.org - A woman carries a picture of her imprisoned son during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger-strike.
Ofer military prison, Betunia, 11.10.2011.
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Israeli human rights group issues message of solidarity with Egyptian, Tunisian struggles
Against a backdrop of growing apprehension among Israeli authorities over events in Egypt, Physicians for Hu
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Use and Lose: Israel’s Palestinian collaborators
The story of Nadim Injaz, which hit the headlines on 17 August after he broke into the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv and demanded political asylum, is just one of thousands of tragedies of Palestinians who collaborated with the Israeli security forces.
Since the foundation of the State of Israel, Israeli security agents have recruited tens of thousands of Palestinians to a network of informants and collaborators that was established in Israel, and after 1967 also in the Occupied
Ran Cohen is Director of the Department for Migrants, Refugees and Undocumented People at Physicians for Human Rights-Israel. He also blogs, in Hebrew, at http://nimby.co.il, Not(es) In My Back Yard.
Further reading: Cohen, Hillel. Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948–1967.
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Arrested activist case still under partial gag order
Strong suspicion of torture as Ameer Makhoul meets his lawyers; embargo on disclosing details of interrogation methods or detention conditions continues
Israeli citizen and human rights defender Ameer Makhoul was permitted to see his lawyers after 17 May when the
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http://www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=16…
http://www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=18…
http://www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=18…
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Medics report on the clashes in East Jerusalem
As clashes continue on the West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian medical groups report on injuries
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Israeli soldiers accused of shooting a wounded man
Israeli watchdog B’Tselem raises suspicions regarding the death of a Palestinian in Hebron last month
On 12 February 2010 Faez Ahmad Sa’id Faraj, 41, a Palestinian shoe-factory owner and father of nine from Hebron in the occupied West Bank, was shot by Israeli soldiers in the city and died short
Further reading:
B’Tselem: http://www.btselem.org/english/firearms/20100212_fayez…
Haaretz: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153972.html
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Solidarity in a universe whose sole aim is segregation
History and current events suggest that many scenarios are possible for our region but stagnation or a preservation of the status quo is not one of them.
After despairing of negotiations and of US intervention on their behalf, the Palestinians have turned to the UN and it would seem that the hopes and fears of many are now focused on September.
Hadas Ziv is Director of the Public Outreach Department of Physicians For Human Rights - Israel and former Executive Director of the organisation.
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