27 April 2012
International solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners who are on an open-ended hunger strike is growing. The hunger strikers will receive support from solidarity activists in England and Scotland. Demonstrations are scheduled for Friday 27 April and Saturday 28 April. Read more about Take action, join the demonstrations for Palestinian hunger strikers
26 April 2012
In our first podcast: Updates on the collective Palestinian hunger strikes in Israeli jails, stories of land confiscation and home evictions from around the West Bank, news from the BDS movement, and Ali Abunimah discusses three important videos we published this week. Read more about Podcast: This week in EI headlines - 26 April 2012
London 25 April 2012
Hundreds of protesters in Glasgow, Scotland, converged on the BBC’s headquarters demanding an end to the media blackout of the ongoing hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners. Read more about BBC challenged for ignoring plight of Palestinian prisoners
25 April 2012
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for support of the hunger striking prisoners. Read more about Mass hunger strike grows despite Israel's best efforts to repress it
25 April 2012
What is it like to be on hunger strike? Loai Odeh is a former prisoner and hunger-striker. This is my translation of the diaries of he wrote about his experience. Read more about "The first day is the hardest": Ex-prisoner Loai Odeh's hunger strike diary
22 April 2012
After Khader Adnan and Hana al-Shalabi have struck a blow for freedom with their willpower, more heroes have arisen behind bars. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla have been on hunger strike since 29 February — 55 days so far. Read more about Palestinian detainees' empty stomachs are stronger than their jailers
Rafah 20 April 2012
Imprisoned by Israel, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has never been tried for any recognizable offense, and his detention has been continuously renewed every six months. He is one of many prisoners depriving himself of food to demand liberty and justice. Read more about Palestine football star seriously ill from four-week hunger strike
Ramallah 17 April 2012
The Palestinian Authority announced that Palestinian Prisoners’ Day would mark the start of a massive new wave of hunger strikes. But factionalism threatens the success of this movement, says Addameer’s Mourad Jadallah in an interview with The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Interview: "counterrevolution" threatens mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners
17 April 2012
Palestinian prisoners launch a mass hunger strike on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day - the day of the expected release of former hunger striker Khader Adnan. Amnesty International joins the events with a global Twitter campaign. Read more about Amnesty joins global actions on Palestinian Prisoners' Day with Twitter campaign
Gaza Strip 8 April 2012
A week after her banishment to Gaza, Hana al-Shalabi spoke exclusively to The Electronic Intifada about the meaning of her 43-day-long hunger strike in Israeli detention. Read more about Ex-hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi wants "mystery" of Gaza banishment deal "clarified"