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Topic: Ofer prison

May 2, 2013
10:55 pm

Palestinians demonstrate in support of hunger strikers in Israeli prisons, April 9, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Court orders two Palestinian hunger strikers freed early

Islamic Jihad members from northern Samaria to be released next week after 90-day fast

By Lazar Berman

April 28, 2013
7:52 pm

Police searching for escaped Palestinian detainee

Arrested for illegally staying in Israel, prisoner ran off from entrance of Ofer prison

By Asher Zeiger

April 24, 2013
3:10 pm

Rescue personnel at the scene where Asher Palmer and his son were killed by rocks thrown at their vehicle on Route 60 near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank on Friday, September 23, 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Two life terms for Palestinian stone-thrower who killed 2

Wa’al al-Araji hurled a rock at an Israeli car, causing it to crash and killing the driver and his infant son in 2011

By Stuart Winer and Gavriel Fiske

April 22, 2013
3:35 am

Protesters demonstrating against G4S in front of their offices in England. (photo credit: CC BY Stephen Sizer/Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Flickr)

Facing backlash, British security firm to partially divest

G4S, which employs 6,000 people in Israel, says it will not renew contracts to provide security systems for West Bank sites

By Joshua Davidovich

April 17, 2013
2:54 pm

Inmates at Ofer penitentiary, August 20, 2008 (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

In an Israeli jail, Fatah and Hamas reach modus vivendi

At Ofer prison, inmates from the rival movements cooperate in a way that would seem impossible on the outside

By Elhanan Miller

April 17, 2013
2:13 pm

Palestinian protesters during a demonstration outside Ofer Prison near Ramallah, on May 2, 2012, in solidarity with prisoners held in Israeli jails. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

3,000 Palestinian inmates refuse meals

Prisoners’ Day: Protesters clash with security forces near Ramallah as detainees launch one-day hunger strike

By Gavriel Fiske

April 2, 2013
11:29 pm

Rescue personnel at the scene where Asher Palmer and his son were killed by rocks thrown at their vehicle on Route 60 near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank on Friday, September 23, 2011. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Court finds stone-thrower guilty of murder

Palestinian Wa’al al-Araji hurled rock at an Israeli car causing it to crash, killing the driver and his infant son in 2011

By Stuart Winer

March 7, 2013
1:51 pm

Palestinian protesters running away from tear gas shot by Israeli security forces during clashes next to Ofer prison, near Ramallah, on February 22, 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinian injured in clash with IDF dies

Mohammed Asfour sustained a head wound during demonstration in solidarity with prisoners held in Israeli jails

By Aaron Kalman and AP

February 25, 2013
2:08 pm

Palestinian women demonstrate in Jerusalem for the release of hunger-striking prisoners (photo credit: Flash90)

Most Palestinian hunger strikers break fast

Some 1,100 prisoners at Megiddo Prison refused Monday morning meal, but were expected to resume eating later in the day

By Asher Zeiger and Times of Israel staff

February 25, 2013
8:48 am

Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Abbas accuses Israel of killing Palestinian kids as low-level violence flares

Thousands attend funeral of Arafat Jaradat, who died in Israeli jail on Saturday; milder protests than expected in West Bank; US issues travel warning

By Times of Israel staff and AP

February 24, 2013
2:25 am

An Israeli soldier fires a smoke grenade at Palestinian protesters during West Bank clashes (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Settlers deny firing live ammo that injured Palestinians

Security forces placed on high alert for third day in a row in preparation for more West Bank protests

By Ron Friedman and Yifa Yaakov and AP

February 23, 2013
3:30 pm

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in the West Bank, Friday; the violence continued on Saturday, with one Palestinian demonstrator reportedly wounded near Nablus. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinians report three badly injured in West Bank clashes

Two protesters said to be shot by live fire amid violence between settlers and Palestinians at Qusra; IDF says bullets fired by settlers, not troops

By AP and Times of Israel staff

February 22, 2013
10:01 pm

Palestinian protesters dispersed by Israeli security forces during clashes next to Ofer prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 22 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Security forces remain on high alert, expect more riots

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank; PA official warns of retribution if hunger striking prisoners die

By Yoel Goldman and Philip Podolsky

February 22, 2013
12:14 pm

Israeli security forces clash with Palestinian protesters on the Temple Mount after Friday prayers on Feb. 22 (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

Security forces storm Temple Mount, disperse protesters

After prayers in Old City, Palestinians throw stones at police, who enter compound and use stun grenades to disperse them; PA official warns of retribution if prisoners die

By Yoel Goldman and Stuart Winer

February 21, 2013
7:28 pm

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad participates in a sit-in tent in support of prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 20, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Prisoner protests mark PA effort to start a ‘popular intifada’

Stalled on the Hamas reconciliation front and with no money, the PA needs public mobilization to generate a semblance of unity and deter a more violent shift

By Elhanan Miller

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