Israeli military court system

Israel's relentless persecution of the Issawi family

Patrick O. Strickland Issawiyeh 2 May 2014

Shireen Issawi held in solitary confinement in Israeli interrogation center. Read more about Israel's relentless persecution of the Issawi family

Asa Winstanley 17 January 2014

A recent report by Addameer details Israel’s system of oppression against Palestinian protesters and organizers. Read more about Israel outlaws peaceful protest, says rights group

Ali Abunimah 1 January 2014

Prisoners were held in outdoor cages in freezing cold and rain, part of systematic abuses by Israel documented in recent reports. Read more about Israel put Palestinian children in outdoor cages during winter storm

Patrick O. Strickland Ramallah 18 November 2013

Even Israeli military court judge isn’t convinced that Ahmad Qatamesh should be behind bars. Read more about Israel detains Palestinian leftist without trial

Maureen Clare Murphy 26 October 2013

A pillar in Chicago’s Palestinian community faces jail time and deportation over a conviction by an Israeli military court more than four decades ago. Read more about Palestinian arrested in Chicago because of her community activism, groups say

Ali Abunimah 28 September 2013

Signed by high profile artists and politicians, the letter aims to draw attention to the plight of Palestinian children systematically abused in detention by Israeli occupation forces. Read more about Stop shackling, abusing Palestinian children, UK artists and lawmakers tell Israel

Maureen Clare Murphy 21 February 2013

Hunger striker sentenced by Jerusalem court for eight months but faces a further twenty years under military court order. Read more about Samer Issawi vows to continue hunger strike following Jerusalem court sentence today

Ali Abunimah 4 February 2013

Maath Musleh Jerusalem 20 August 2012

Samer Issawi faces essentially a life sentence after his arrest in a Jerusalem-area village, which Israel says is outside the city municipality and therefore violates a prisoner swap agreement that won Isaswi’s release last year. Read more about Jerusalemite faces decades in prison after visiting nearby village

Ali Abunimah 22 April 2012

In an unusual move, an Israeli military judge ordered the release of Palestinian videographer, Bilal Tamimi, after a video presented in court proved he was attacked by an Israeli occupation soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Read more about Israel military judge orders release of Palestinian after viewing video of assault by occupation soldier