Shadi, the youngest prisoner in Palestine
In December 2015, Shadi and his friend Ahmad were arrested at a bus stop in Jerusalem because a group of East Jerusalem settlers had called the police on suspicion of the boys being Palestinian. During the ensuing process of arrest,…
Hares boys: an update
On the 28th of January 2016, five teenage boys from Hares were officially sentenced to 15 years imprisonment following an accident in which a settler’s car was involved. The only evidence to convict these 16-year old boys was confessions written…
Kfer Qaddum November 6 2015
A teen injured by a live fire in Kafr Qaddoum On Friday November 6, after midday prayers an 18 year old was shot in the thigh with live ammunition by an Israeli sniper on during the weekly protest . The…
Chronicals of Palestine: Black October
Black chronicles of Palestine, October 2015 Day in day out the news is of the murder and injury of unarmed Palestinians, many of them children, on the streets of the occupied Palestinian towns and villages. A monstrous scenario has been developed…
Two Stories. Two Camps. Balata and Askar
“All three times the Israeli soldiers raided our home, it was on a Wednesday. Now my children, my husband and I get no sleep on Wednesday nights. We are up all night waiting for them to come back.”
Demolition Orders, Water Shortage and Harassment: An Update on Bruqin
“My son is sick. Within one year, they arrested him three times. During one arrest, they shackled him as he shook and cried…. he was terrified.”
Al Arroub Refugee Camp: In Pictures
Situated along the main Hebron-Jerusalem road, across the street from a University, sits the heavily fenced and concrete blockaded main entrance to Al Arroub Palestinian refugee camp. Taysir, a 39 year old former prisoner of the Israeli goverment and resident…
Deir Istiya 2015; A year marked by house raids, kidnappings and military harassment of Palestinians
“They dragged him into the bitter cold with no jacket, no socks and no shoes. I rushed outside and forced a jacket over him and socks and shoes on his feet. That is when I first noticed that my nephew had also been arrested.”
Um Fadi, mother of Ali Shamlawi, makes an emotional plea for her son.
“Two years of my son’s life went by and instead of him dreaming like any other child, instead of dreaming of a future, he is dreaming of getting out of prison.”
A CALL-OUT FOR SOLIDARITY WITH THE HARES BOYS FOR SUNDAY 15TH MARCH 2015
Join the fight against oppression. Stand on the side of justice.
On New Year’s Day Occupation Kidnaps Boy Giving Out Flowers
On the first day of the year 2015 Israeli occupation beat and kidnapped an 18-year-old from Nablus city in broad daylight. The teen had been giving out red roses to Palestinian drivers at Huwara checkpoint.
Qarawat Bani Hassan: Arrests, Army Raids and Land Grab
Harassment and arrests by the army is just a part of the issues residents of Qarawat have to deal with day in day out.
Waleed, 14 and kidnapped by the Israeli army twice already – ‘Azzun
Currently Israel keeps around 200 Palestinian children in its occupation prisons. Many of them are from ‘Azzun.
Palestinians In Israeli Occupation Prisons: Update and Take Action!
Hundreds of Palestinians are being kidnapped and incarcerated every week in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank.
Hares Boys, Growing Up In Occupation Prison
1 June was International Children’s Day. It was also the 444th day the five Hares Boys – all under 18 – have spent in prison.
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