IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Israel’s “Operation Brother’s Keeper” is not working. It is also exploitative, legally questionable, and strategically absurd.
on June 24, 2014
The number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails has surpassed 250 in the wake of the ongoing military search campaign in the West Bank, a Palestinian Authority lawyer said Tuesday.
on June 24, 2014
Israel's military has fast-tracked over 100 administrative detention orders during a mass arrest campaign launched 10 days ago, a Palestinian prisoners group said Monday, nearly doubling the number of Palestinians held without charge.
on June 23, 2014
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday warned doctors in Israel against force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners, saying they could face international prosecution.
on June 23, 2014
The hunger striking prisoners are fighting an uphill battle. (Photo: Jehad Saftawi/IMEU)
on June 12, 2014
Israel gave initial approval this week for a law which would legalize the force feeding of Palestinian hunger strikers, drawing condemnation from human rights groups who say the bill is tantamount to torture.
on June 11, 2014
Israel has placed in administrative detention nine legislators belonging to the Change and Reform list, which won a majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council in elections held in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2006. The detained legislators were all arrested in late 2012 and throughout 2013.
on May 1, 2014
The Berlin-based first European conference on the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails called in its final statement on Monday to internationalize the issue of the prisoners to 'expose the grave violations being practiced against them.' (Photo: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills)
on April 28, 2014
Fact Sheets
According to Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, there were 4881 Palestinian security detainees and prisoners in Israeli prisons as of January 31, 2014. According to Defense for Children International - Palestine, as of January 2014 there were 183 Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel. Of those, 20 were between the ages of 12 and 15.
on March 27, 2014