14 May 2012
Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh has agreed to end his hunger strike after 77 full days, on 15 May, EI blogger Linah Alsaafin tweeted after speaking with his father a short time ago. Read more about After 77 days, Thaer Halahleh to end hunger strike as Israel agrees to release, father tells EI blogger
14 May 2012
This week in BDS news around the world: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish building materials corporation demanding divestment from Israeli business contracts; a call for 24 hours of hunger in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish corporation demanding divestment from Israeli contracts
Jerusalem 14 May 2012
More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners are weeks into an open-ended hunger strike in protest against worsening conditions in Israeli jails. Read more about Israel puts "every possible obstacle" in way of respecting hunger strikers' rights, say doctors
14 May 2012
On his 77th day of hunger strike, Israel continues to subject Bilal Diab to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, blackmail and other unethical medical practices. Meanwhile reports of a “deal” must be treated with utmost caution. Read more about Israel subjects Bilal Diab to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment on 77th day of hunger strike
13 May 2012
10 million Palestinians worldwide. At 9 am GMT, 12 pm Palestine time, every Palestinian and their supporters are invited to step outside their stores, homes, schools, workplaces for ten minutes on the 28th day of the Palestinian prisoners’ mass hunger strike. Read more about International Action Day for Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike on 14 May
12 May 2012
On his 75th day of hunger strike, Thaer Halahleh sends a heartbreaking message to his 2 year old daughter Lamar: “Lamar my love: I know that you are not to be blamed and that you don’t yet understand why your father is going through this battle of the hunger strike for the 75th day, but when you grow up you will understand that the battle of freedom is the battle of going back to you.” Read more about Thaer Halahleh's letter to his daughter: "My Beloved Lamar...Forgive me"
12 May 2012
Yesterday marked Deported Palestinians’ Day, commemorating the anniversary of the siege of the Church of the Nativity 10 years ago. Read more about "I have never lived a settled life": Church of the Nativity deportees mark 10 years of exile
11 May 2012
Palestinian Authority police once again showed their true colors by repressing a protest of Mahmoud Abbas’s empty gesture toward the families of hunger striking political prisoners. Read more about Why the Palestinian Authority is afraid of the "intifada in Israeli jails"
the Galilee 11 May 2012
A complaint has been lodged with the Israeli ministry of justice after the violent arrest of 17 demonstrators at a hunger strike solidarity protest near Ramle prison. Read more about Israeli police brutally arrest hunger strike demonstrators, threaten them with rape
10 May 2012
This week on The Electronic Intifada podcast: Up-to-date coverage of the ongoing hunger strike protests by thousands of Palestinian prisoners; Linah Alsaafin and Asa Winstanley report from the West Bank on prisoner solidarity actions; and much more. Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 10 May 2012