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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Palestinian Prisoners Club

Palestinian radio presenter Maysam Barghouti sits at Radio Ajyal, a station based in Ramallah, Feb. 9, 2024. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
February 22, 2024, 1:00 pm
With contact barred, families of Palestinian prisoners go on air to send messages
Since October 7 massacre, Palestinian prisoners detained on terror-related charges have been denied visitation and phone rights
By AFP and ToI Staff
Protesters gather with a Palestinian flag outside the hospital in Be'er Yaakov where a hunger-striking security prisoner, Khalil Awawdeh, pictured in the placards, detained by Israel as an alleged terrorist, is in deteriorating health, August 13, 2022. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
August 16, 2022, 2:45 am
Israel rejects appeal to free Palestinian hunger striker it alleges is a terrorist
Khalil Awawdeh has refused food for 165 days to protest his detention without trial; Islamic Jihad had demanded his release in ceasefire talks
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Dalal Awawdeh poses with a poster of her husband Khalil Awawdeh, who is a prisoner in Israel, at the family house, in the West Bank village of Idna, Hebron, Aug. 9, 2022. (Nasser Nasser/AP)
August 11, 2022, 4:31 pm
Condition of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner deteriorates to ‘life-threatening’
Palestinian Islamic Jihad warns that Israel will ‘bear full responsibility’ if Khalil Awawdeh dies; wife says he has been moved to a hospital
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A scene from Mohamed Diab's 'Amira' movie. (Screenshot: Youtube)
December 12, 2021, 3:56 am
Jordan pulls sperm-smuggling movie ‘Amira’ from Oscars after Palestinian criticism
Film centers on girl whose biological father turns out to be Israeli jailer, not inmate; Hamas terror group calls it ‘service to the Zionist enemy’
By AFP
Cells are seen at Ketziot Prison following rioting by Palestinian security prisoners, on September 8, 2021. (Courtesy)
September 17, 2021, 3:45 am
1,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israel call off planned hunger strike
After intending to protest detention conditions imposed following jailbreak from Gilboa Prison, group says demands have been met; Israel Prisons Service refuses to comment
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Cells are seen at Ketziot Prison following rioting by Palestinian security prisoners, on September 8, 2021. (Courtesy)
September 14, 2021, 10:46 pm
1,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israel to launch hunger strike
Palestinian Authority says action to be taken in response to ‘very bad’ detention conditions imposed following jailbreak from Gilboa Prison last week
By Agencies and ToI Staff
FILE: Palestinians take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in Gaza City, on April 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
April 18, 2021, 12:09 am
Fatah prisoners tell Abbas: Delay Palestinian elections to fix Fatah’s crisis
PA leader’s fragmented faction to present three slates of candidates in the coming vote, leading some to fear a repeat of its 2006 loss to Hamas
By Aaron Boxerman
Prison guards wearing protective clothing transport a prisoner suspected of having the coronavirus, at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 17, 2021, 6:31 pm
Israel to start vaccinating prisoners this week, including Palestinians
Decision comes despite directive by public security minister — widely panned as illegal — to refrain from inoculating inmates
By ToI Staff
Prison guards wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, seen as they transport a prisoner suspected of having the coronavirus at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on March 30, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 11, 2021, 6:14 pm
Gantz calls for prisoners to be vaccinated, calling ban illegal and unhelpful
Move comes with Public Security Minister Ohana refusing to inoculate inmates age 60-plus despite AG saying decision isn’t his to make
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Hadarim Prison in the Sharon area, central Israel, on July 23, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 10, 2021, 12:11 pm
Human rights groups petition High Court to force Israel to vaccinate inmates
Public security minister says prisoners will only be inoculated when more Israelis get vaccinated; Israel Medical Association: Country has an ‘ethical obligation’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian prisoners stand in a cell, pending their release from Ketziot prison in southern Israel, on October 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit/File)
December 26, 2020, 7:58 pm
Minister orders prisons: Don’t start vaccinating Palestinian inmates yet
Amir Ohana says prisoners will be inoculated when more Israelis have been vaccinated, after Palestinian official claims they’ll be receiving shots in coming days
By ToI Staff
Palestinian detainee Maher al-Akhras arrives at his home in the West Bank village of Seylat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin city, following his release by Israeli authorities on November 26, 2020. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
November 26, 2020, 9:04 pm
Palestinian security prisoner freed by Israel after ending 103-day hunger-strike
Maher al-Akhras had protested being held in administrative detention without charges on suspicion of terror links; stopped fast in return for freedom
By AFP and ToI Staff
Amir Naji, an 18-year-old Palestinian released by Israel from prison, waves a Palestinian flag while clad in a surgical mask and latex gloves due to the coronavirus pandemic as he is received by his family at a checkpoint near the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on April 14, 2020 (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
April 26, 2020, 9:18 am
Palestinians fear virus risk from Israeli jails
Advocates call for the release of at-risk prisoners amid concerns the infection could spread through the prison system
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sidqi al-Maqt, arrested for spying for Syria, raises his arms as he speaks to reporters, March 27, 2015 (Screen capture: Channel 2)
November 29, 2019, 6:57 am
Russia said negotiating release of Druze prisoner who spied on IDF for Syria
Palestinian Prisoners Club says Sidqi al-Maqt rejected offer from Moscow military attaché to be freed to Damascus, wants to go home to Israeli Golan
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian security prisoners in Ofer Prison, north of Jerusalem, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)
November 26, 2019, 2:41 pm
Palestinians accuse Israel of negligence after prisoner dies of cancer
Protesters dedicate ‘day of rage’ activities to Sami Abu Diak, who was serving 3 life sentences for involvement in the killing of 3 alleged Palestinians collaborators
By AP and ToI Staff
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