Palestinian freedom fighters news: One in a coma for 11 days, two begin 20 years behind bars, former hunger striker infected with coronavirus at an Israeli hospital, administrative detainees continue to boycott Israeli courts

A critically ill Palestinian freedom fighter held in Israel is in a coma for the 11th day and two others have started their 20th year behind bars, as a former hunger striker was diagnosed with coronavirus infection, and some 500 Palestinian administrat…

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Hollywood stars rally behind Emma Watson’s Palestine support

Published by Al-Araby More than 40 personalities from the world of cinema, including Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo and Viggo Mortensen voiced their support for British actress Emma Watson, after she was criticised by Israeli officials for issuing a statement in solidarity with Palestine last week. “We join Emma Watson in support of the simple statement that ‘solidarity is a verb’, including meaningful solidarity with Palestinians struggling for their human rights

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Spotlighting the Palestinian National Movement in Lebanon

Published by Al-Araby Upon reading Erling Lorentzen Sogge’s ethnographic study, The Palestinian National Movement in Lebanon: A Political History of the ‘Ayn al-Hilwe Camp (I.B. Tauris, 2021), it is possible to see how the refugee camp mirrors, in many ways, the plight of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, where the people are in constant conflict between the Palestinian Authority’s state-building and authoritarianism, and the legitimate right to anti-colonial struggle.

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Starving for freedom: The role of Palestinian hunger strikes

Published by Al-Araby Last week, after 141 days without food, Hisham Abu Hawash, a Palestinian construction worker from the West Bank, ended his hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment by the Israeli regime. Abu Hawash had been arrested by Israeli forces in October 2020 and was placed under administrative detention, a mechanism commonly used to incarcerate Palestinians for indefinite periods of time without a charge or a trial. Under

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