🇵🇸 Israa Jaabis, a Palestinian woman who suffered severe burns and was charged with attempted murder after her car exploded near an Israeli checkpoint in 2015, has been welcomed home by her family.

Speaking to media after her release late on Saturday night, Jaabis said: “My wounds are visible and my struggles, I don’t need to talk about.”

She described the emotions of yearning to be with family as the price prisoners pay.

She also expressed concerns about other Palestinians she had been imprisoned with who were not released, including young girls who she said cried when she was released “because they’ve been subjected to a lot of things”.

“I’m talking about the small girls. They’ve been through things that nobody should witness,” #IsraaJaabis told journalists.

Source : Al Jazeera
#Palestine #OPT #WestBank #Prison #Prisoners #Oppression #PrisonerSwap
26/11/2023

🇵🇸 Freed Palestinian captive Shorouk Dwayyat welcomed by family

Freed Palestinian prisoner #ShoroukDwayyat was welcomed by her family with tears of joy after she was released on the second day of a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel.

Shorouk was 16 when she was arrested and sentenced to 16 years in an Israeli prison back in 2015.

Shorouq held the longest sentence among the female prisoners, having been sentenced 16 years in prison when she was only 16 years old. She was imprisoned for nine years.

Sources : @PalestineResist Middle East Eye
#Palestine #OPT #WestBank #Prison #Prisoners #Detention #Oppression #PrisonerSwap
26/11/2023

🇵🇸 Francesca Albanese: Western media is living in an alternate reality | The Listening Post

In recent weeks, there has been an alarmingly small number of official voices calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

One exception has been Francesca Albanese - the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories. She joins us for an interview on #terminology, #context and the blindspots of mainstream media.

Feature contributors: Francesca Albanese - UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories

#Palestine #Gaza #Media #Narative #InternationalLaw #MainstreamMedia #UNSR #OPT #FrancescaAlbanese
26/11/2023

🇵🇸 Meet Najwa, not ‘Khamas’ | Palestine Diary

Najwa is a young sweet girl and a Palestinian freedom fighter from Jenin. Her resilience, spirit of resistance, and her awareness of the Palestinian struggle, are unmatched outside Palestine, but there are many Najaws inside occupied Palestine. And that's why Palestine will be free from the River to the Sea.

Jenin Jenin, directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor and director Mohamed Bakri, includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army's "Defensive Wall" operation, during which the city and camp were the scenes of fierce fighting. The operation ended with Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the April 2002 attack on the refugee camp. Jenin Jenin shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and terror has affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants of #Jenin.

Full #documentary here: Jenin Jenin

#Palestine #OPT

🇵🇸 Report : Interrogations, Arrests, and Indictments of Palestinian Citizens of Israel since 7 October - Adalah –

Since 7 October 2023, Palestinian citizens of Israel have faced political persecution and a severe crackdown on their freedom of expression and assembly. The repression of speech is the result of widespread and coordinated efforts between government offices, Israeli institutions, and far-right groups, all targeting Palestinian citizens and those who dare to express dissent against the military’s retaliatory attacks on Gaza.

Adalah's legal team cooperates with the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and its Emergency Committee, as well as with lawyers, popular committees and partner NGOs in many towns and villages to monitor and document rights violations and to represent Palestinian citizens of Israel facing these criminal charges.

 #Palestine #OPT #Oppression #Repression #Apartheid #Judiciary #Adalah

🇵🇸 Interrogations, Arrests, and Indictments of Palestinian Citizens of Israel since 7 October - Adalah –

Since 7 October 2023, Palestinian citizens of Israel have faced political persecution and a severe crackdown on their freedom of expression and assembly. The repression of speech is the result of widespread and coordinated efforts between government offices, Israeli institutions, and far-right groups, all targeting Palestinian citizens and those who dare to express dissent against the military’s retaliatory attacks on Gaza.

Adalah's legal team cooperates with the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel and its Emergency Committee, as well as with lawyers, popular committees and partner NGOs in many towns and villages to monitor and document rights violations and to represent Palestinian citizens of Israel facing these criminal charges.

https://www.adalah.org/uploads/uploads/Criminal_Proceedings_Report_Eng_Nov_13.pdf

#Palestine #Apartheid
#Adalah #Report #Repression #Detention #OPT #Judiciary
November 2023

Israel deports human rights defender documenting Palestinian home demolitions – Mondoweiss – 27/11/2023

Alison Russell was detained by Israeli forces while documenting home demolitions in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. She was deported following a perfunctory hearing where Israeli police accused her of "supporting terrorism."

In the case of human rights defender Alison Russell, the far-fetched charges of “supporting terrorism” or “keyboard terrorism” cover up the real reason for her detention and deportation. In court, the state asserted that “she had many times disrupted the activities of the #IOF troops, whenever she came in contact with them”. Indeed, it is highly disturbing for the troops to have outside observers and witnesses present where acts of oppression take place, which often constitute blatant violations of International Law.

#Palestine #OPT #WestBank #Demolitions #Colonisation

🇵🇸 'They Assaulted All The Girls' - Jailed For Posting a Palestinian Flag | AJ+

Palestinian teenager Zeina Abdo was jailed for posting a Palestinian flag on social media. 🇵🇸  

She says Israel retaliated against Palestinian detainees after Hamas’ attack on October 7th.

Source : Al Jazeera +
#Palestine #OPT #WestBank #Repression #Detention #FemalePrisoner #Prison #Prisoners #Judiciary #Testimonies
30/11/2023

🇵🇸 Freed Palestinian prisoner: 'I was explicitly threatened with rape'

Lama Khater, a #writer released in the sixth batch of Palestinian prisoners as part of the truce agreement, revealed that Israeli forces threatened to rape her and burn her #children. Describing the harrowing conditions, she stated: "Today, male and female prisoners are enduring what can be considered forced #starvation, in complete #isolation."

Khater describes how an Israeli solider told her that his rage would only be satisfied if he killed 50,000 children in Gaza.

Khater confirmed that at least 10 Palestinian females from the Gaza Strip were transferred to jail two days before the truce. She added that these women were arrested by Israeli forces while fleeing from northern to southern #Gaza. According to Khater, Israel seems to target mothers, forcing them to separate from their children.

Source : Middle East Eye
#Palestine #OPT #Detention #Prison #FemalePrisoner #Prisoner #SexualAssault #Testimonies #LamaKhater
30/11/2023