Tag: Prisoner Deal
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Photos: Gaza children hold march and candlelight vigil to free Ahmad Sa’adat
19th October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Dozens of Palestinian children marched in Gaza Friday evening before holding a candlelight vigil outside the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). The event was the first in a global week of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and other Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Sa’adat, an…
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International Women’s Peace Service meet with prisoner released in Shalit deal
26 December 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service The 18th of December was a day of reunion and celebration for many in Palestine. Following a tense wait, several delays and tear-gas attacks by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on their waiting families, 550 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails to be reunited with their families…
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“Like the Wild West:” Ex-prisoner lives with bounty on his head
by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement West Bank “I see my situation as a cowboy film, like the wild west” says Hani Jaber, showing ISM a poster, written in Arabic saying: ‘Wanted: if anyone has any information about the whereabouts of the killer Hani Jaber, please call us on this number…
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In Exile: Families relate stories of prisoner exiles
by Alistair George 10 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Although Palestinian prisoners endure harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, including and physical and psychological torture, their families are also severely punished through the policies of the Israeli authorities. The prisoner release deal brokered between Hamas and the Israeli authorities saw the release of…
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An interview with Amer Ahmad Al-Qwasmah, former prisoner
by Alistair George 23 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Amer Ahmad Al-Qwasmah, 45, was released on 18 October 2011 as part of the prisoner exchange deal that saw 477 Palestinian prisoners (with 550 to be released at a further time, thought to be in December) in exchange for Gilad Shalit, the Israeli…
