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On May 15, Palestinians commemorate their dispossession, displacement, and thousands of dead as a result of the drive by Zionist militias to create
a Jewish state, the state of Israel.
Palestinians imprisoned by Israel are on hunger strike to protest the conditions under which they are being held, including the policy of administrative detention,
being held without charge for months or even years. Two of the hunger strikers have gone without food for 77 days.
Monday morning, amidst reports of a possible deal being brokered, we spoke with Addameer's director,
Physician for Human Rights-Israel's founder/President, and a MENA researcher with Human Rights Watch.
Listen in here:
Israeli Prison Service undercover agent arresting demonstrator in Bil'in, April 2005 (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
Undercover soldiers hurled stones in the "general direction" of IDF soldiers as part of their activity to counter weekly demonstrations in the Palestinian village
of Bil'in, the commander of the Israeli Prison Service's elite "Masada" unit revealed during his recent testimony in the trial of MK Mohammed Barakeh (Hadash).
Each day since April 17, scores of Palestinian prisoners have joined a hunger strike that officials say now counts more than 1,500 participants. And on Thursday, the
Palestinian Authority’s minister of detainees said that if Israel did not yield to their demands for improved prison conditions, the remaining 3,200 would soon join in.
Who are Palestine's Christians? What sparked the Christian exodus from the Holy Land? And how are those who remain faring today? We offer an IMEU fact sheet to explore
these and other questions through the eyes of Christians themselves.
The Institute for Middle East Understanding offers journalists and editors quick access to information about Palestine and the Palestinians, as well as expert sources — both in the U.S. and in the Middle East. Read our Background Briefings. Contact us for story assistance. Sign up for e-briefings.
