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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Qadura Fares

Illustrative: A prison guard is seen in a watchtower at Gilboa prison, in northern Israel, September 6, 2021. (Flash90)
October 22, 2021, 1:43 pm
Islamic Jihad prisoners claim to end hunger strike after reaching deal
Israeli security official says no such negotiations took place, adds that claims about the hunger strike were greatly exaggerated
By Aaron Boxerman and Amy Spiro
Illustrative: A prison guard is seen in a watchtower at Gilboa prison, in northern Israel, September 6, 2021. (Flash90)
October 13, 2021, 9:25 pm
250 Islamic Jihad prisoners in Israel set to launch hunger strike
Palestinian inmates demand reversal of measures taken since six detainees escaped in September
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians attends a rally in solidarity to the escape of the six Palestinian prisoners from the Israeli prison of Gilboa on September 8, 2021, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 9, 2021, 9:36 pm
Tensions ‘ready to explode’: Palestinian jailbreak sparks fears of escalation
Full-scale violence is still far off, but the sensitive prisoner issue could upset volatile situation, warns Fatah official; further demonstrations expected on Friday
By Aaron Boxerman
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
Fatah terror chief Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, is escorted by Israeli police into Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, in January 2012. (Flash90)
February 11, 2021, 11:31 pm
From Israeli prison, Barghouti mulls presidency bid, turning up heat on Abbas
Abbas confidant Hussein al-Sheikh visits popular former terror chief in jail, where he’s serving multiple life terms for murder, in reported attempt to convince him not to run
By Aaron Boxerman
File: Palestinian pass by a cash machine of the Bank of Palestine branch in Gaza City, Dec. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
May 9, 2020, 9:17 am
PA says banks will continue serving prisoners’ families despite Israeli threats
PM Shtayyeh says financial institutions agree to freeze action against accounts of terror operatives after military decree, vows to ‘protect banks from oppression of occupation’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Arafat Irfaiya, charged with the murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher, at the Jerusalem Magistrate's court on February 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 2:41 pm
Palestinian groups steer clear of Ori Ansbacher’s killer over rape allegation
Prisoners Club head says he won’t fund Arafat Irfaiya’s legal defense; senior Fatah member serving time says ‘no one will be able to prevent him getting hurt’ in prison
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Palestinians celebrate after Palestinian prisoners end a hunger strike over their conditions in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 27, 2017. (Flash90)
February 18, 2018, 10:56 pm
PA slams Israeli bill to withhold money it uses to pay prisoners
Ministerial Committee for Legislation wants to deduct welfare payments to terrorists and other security prisoners, and their families, from tax revenues
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with the EU foreign policy chief, at the European Council in Brussels on December 11, 2017. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)
January 10, 2018, 8:42 pm
PM calls on Abbas to condemn West Bank shooting, end terrorist stipends
Netanyahu urges European foreign ministers to push the PA to cease paying salaries to jailed Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
By ToI Staff
American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attends the lobby for Israel-US relations at the Knesset on July 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2018, 8:33 pm
Palestinians reject US envoy’s blame accusation after deadly attack
PA Foreign Ministry says David Friedman’s comments reflect his ‘prejudiced and selective attitude towards the occupation’
By AFP
Joint (Arab) List MK Youssef Jabareen during a committee meeting in the Knesset, December 13, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2017, 3:48 pm
Arab MK slams bill to cut PA funding over ‘martyr’ payments
Joint List lawmaker Youssef Jabareen says if Israel wants to stop families of convicted terrorists receiving money, it should free all Palestinian prisoners
By Raoul Wootliff
Palestinian youth hold placards during a solidarity rally for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, organized by Hamas, in the Shuafat refugee camp, Jerusalem on April 19, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)
June 11, 2017, 8:26 pm
Fatah official rips Israel’s bid to slash PA funding over terrorist payments
Palestinian Prisoner Club chairman Qadura Fares vows stipends will continue despite Israeli ‘piracy’
By Dov Lieber
File: Marwan Barghouti. (Flash90)
May 14, 2017, 10:51 pm
Barghouti urges Palestinian ‘civil disobedience’ on Monday’s Nakba Day
Lawyer for jailed Fatah terrorist says his hunger-striking client has lost 13 kilograms, denies authenticity of video of him sneaking food
By Avi Issacharoff, Jacob Magid and AP
Marwan Barghouti seen in video footage released May 7, 2017, unwrapping a candy bar in his cell while ostensibly leading a hunger strike among Palestinian prisoners. (Screen capture: Israeli Prison Service)
May 9, 2017, 9:16 pm
Pizza Hut runs ad mocking hunger strike leader Barghouti
Restaurant chain apologizes for offense caused amid calls to boycott the chain by Palestinian activists
By Alexander Fulbright
Protesters hold up portraits of Marwan Barghouti in front of a statue of Nelson Mandela in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 3, 2017, during a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
May 9, 2017, 3:20 pm
Video of Barghouti eating hasn’t taken a bite out of his popularity
Israel’s plan to undermine leader of Palestinian hunger strike may backfire, turning imprisoned terrorist into a Nelson Mandela figure
By Avi Issacharoff
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