The BBC cites bizarre criteria in defense of its refusal to cover protests in Israeli jails. Read more about BBC's cruel excuses for ignoring Palestinian hunger strikes
Israel has subjected hunger striker’s parents and siblings to arrests and house demolitions. Read more about "My family is living through hell:" Samer Issawi speaks from jail
Liberal website The Huffington Post last week published an attack on an indigenous rights activist who is on hunger strike in Canada, labeling her “the hungry chief mugging for the cameras on an island in the Ottawa River.”
Writing on the Canadian edition of the site, anti-Palestinian blogger Yoni Goldstein openly attacked Theresa Spence as a “problem” responsible for indigenous people’s woes in Canada and said he had “no sympathy” for her. Read more about Pro-Israel blogger attacks Canada First Nation chief, but Palestinians express solidarity with Idle No More
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about The Month in Pictures: December 2012
Activist, blogger and BDS organizer Tony Greenstein in Brighton, UK, discusses the Sodastream boycott and the growing BDS movement. Read more about Podcast: Sodastream "part of the occupation," says UK-based boycott activist Tony Greenstein
Act now to save our brave hunger striker’s life. Read more about "Keep your head high:" a comrade's greeting to Samer Issawi
Israel arrests sister of hunger striker as rights group warns of prisoners’ deteriorating health. Read more about Israel “will never undermine our steadfastness”: hunger strikers speak out from prison
Shireen Issawi speaks of the shock of seeing her brother in court. Read more about "My brother is dying": an urgent appeal from family of hunger striker Samer Issawi
Sahar Francis of Addameer, the Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy organization, says that the Israeli army’s recent raids on human rights groups in the West Bank is because of Palestinian civil society advocacy for human rights and BDS. Read more about Podcast: Israel wants to criminalize human rights defenders, says head of Palestinian group raided by army
Palestinian political prisoners were put back on the agenda in 2012. Read more about Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike "until freedom or death"