4 d. ago 'Palestine Action' protester 'fractured police officer's spine and attacked her with sledgehammer' as group smashed their way into Bristol weapons factory, court told

Samuel Corner, 23, was allegedly among a group of activists who crashed through a gate at the Israeli-linked firm Elbit Systems UK in Patchway with an old prison van on August 5, last year.

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5 d. ago 98 Palestinians died in Israeli detention since 2023 in a ‘systematic policy of killing’

A report from Physicians for Human Rights in Israel says unprecedented number of Palestinians have died in custody since 2023 war began - describing torture and medical neglect

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5 d. ago Palestinian deaths in Israeli prisons have surged. A guard describes rampant abuse

Last year the head of Israel’s prison system boasted that he had degraded prison conditions to the legal minimum

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1 week ago Israeli embassy writes to US senators defending detention of Palestinian American teen

The document describes Israel’s case against Mohammed Ibrahim but omits key details about his treatmentThe Israeli embassy in Washington has been circulating a letter on Capitol Hill defending its nine-month detention of a 16-year-old US citizen in military prison as pressure mounts from senators and civil society groups who have called for his release.The document, obtained by the Guardian, describes Israel’s allegations against Mohammed Ibrahim and the medical treatment he has allegedly received in prison. It does not mention his dramatic weight loss or the fact that his family has had virtually no contact with him since his arrest in February. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel receives another hostage’s body as Palestinian deaths reported in Gaza

Israel has continued to intermittently strike the Gaza Strip

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2 w. ago ‘Beating, torturing, killing’: freed Palestinian author on life in Israeli jails

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsideA celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exile to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsideA celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israeli strike kills Palestinian in latest violation of Gaza ceasefire

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks since ceasefire began climbs to 236

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3 w. ago Jared Kushner is back – and so are big questions about his financial ties | Mohamad Bazzi

Kushner’s investment firm is backed by three Arab petrostates critical to the Gaza agreement. And the deals keep comingIn Donald Trump’s first term, his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was omnipresent. He worked on criminal justice reform, Covid-19 vaccine development and modernizing technology across federal agencies. His portfolio extended to foreign policy, as he brokered a new North American trade agreement and negotiated peace deals in the Middle East. But when Trump returned to the White House in January, Kushner stayed out of the limelight and declined to take a formal role in the administration.A few weeks ago, Kushner re-emerged as a central player behind Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, which so far has achieved a ceasefire, an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory. Kushner took a victory lap, as Trump and others in the US administration gave him significant credit for helping negotiate ...

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3 w. ago Freed Palestinian prisoners recount beatings and abuse in Israeli jails

Testimonies from former detainees spotlight worsening conditions since October 7 2023 attack

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3 w. ago Palestine Action activist accused of breaking into RAF base led anti

A pro-Palestine activist accused of vandalising an RAF base with Palestine Action spoke to anti-Israel protesters gathered outside his jail using a prison telephone.

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4 w. ago Two years in an Israeli jail without charge. He came home to find his family dead and life destroyed

Palestinians coming back to Gaza after being held without charge in Israeli prisons tell Nedal Hamdouna and Bel Trew how their families have been decimated and claim abuse at the hands of IDF soldiers

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4 w. ago Two years in an Israeli jail without charge. He came home to find his family dead and home destroyed

Palestinians coming back to Gaza after being held without charge in Israeli prisons describe to Nedal Hamdouna and Bel Trew how their families have been decimated and claim abuse at the hands of IDF soldiers

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