Press Releases

20 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Beginning this week local organizers in Al Khalil (Hebron) and supporters have organized a series of events to commemorate the Baruch Goldstein Massacre and demand the re-opening of Shuhada Street, once the ...

21 February 2012 | Samidoun Organizational endorsements are welcome for this statement. Please click here or email april17@palestinianprisoners.org to endorse. “I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual, but for the sake of thousands of ...

13 February 2012 | Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network “My husband is dying inside an Israeli jail. The world should make sure I am able to see him,” she said. “And it should pressure the Israeli government to release him ...

10 February 2012 | Palestinian BDS National Committee Commemorating Land Day, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) invites people of conscience around the world to unite for a BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March 2012 in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for ...

12 February 2012 | Samidoun- Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Khader Adnan, Palestinian political prisoner being held under administrative detention, is now entering his 57th day of hunger strike and facing a severe health crisis.  Despite the fact that Khader Adnan ...

12 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A newly released report submitted to the United Nations by international organizations working in Al Khalil documents a sharp increase in serious human rights violations against Palestinian civilians, particularly youth and ...

9 February 2012 | Tanweer Enlightenment Forum The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and ...

15 January 2012 | Youth Against Settlements This year, Palestinian activists in Hebron are planning a week of activities to commemorate the Baruch Goldstein Massacre and demand the opening of Shuhada Street. The planned activities in Hebron are as follows: ...

6 February 2012 | Samidoun – Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Khader Adnan, an imprisoned Palestinian activist held under administrative detention, has engaged in an open-ended hunger strike since December 17, 2012. Now at fifty days into his hunger strike, he ...

by Sarah Marusek and Amith Gupta 2 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement The recent Arab uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa have proven that the Arab people are no longer willing to tolerate oppression and tyranny. They send ...