Tag: Prisoner
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“I wish Dad was here celebrating Eid with me”
by Shahd Abusalama 6 November 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes The day before the start of Al-Adha Eid is the day of Arafa. It is said that a believer who fasts on this day expiates the past year’s sins and the sins of the coming year. As it is considered to be a day…
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Gaza Ministry welcomes West Bank ex-detainees
25 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Monday 24 October, Gaza’s Ministry of Detainees welcomed 163 prisoners from the West Bank who were freed in the exchange between the government of Israel and Hamas. The Ministry promised to have permanent housing for each ex-detainee within one month, as well as offering them free…
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Palestinian youth welcome former detainees to Gaza in “Prisoners Uprising”
22 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Fifty Palestinian youth marched from Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross compound to the Commodore Gaza and Al-Quds International Hotels, celebrating the release of 477 political prisoners Tuesday and welcoming those exiled to Gaza, who are currently housed in the hotels. The demonstration ended in the…
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Palestinian hunger strike continues despite Israeli prisoner swap
14 October 2011 | The Real News Network Thousands are demanding better treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the release of prominent activists
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In Photos: Ad Dhahariya and Shuwika plant resistance
11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 1 PM a demonstration went from the solidarity tent assembled for the prisoners strike in Ad Dhahariya to the nearby village of Shuwika to plant trees. The demonstration was a solidarity action with the prisoners and also a protest against recent settler assaults in Shuweika…
