IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
News & Analysis
At precisely the time when Palestinian children require the most care and attention, Israel’s prison system is continuing to target them in increasing numbers.
on April 22, 2020
News & Analysis
At a time when governments around the world are being pressured to release prisoners amidst the corona pandemic, Israel is doing the opposite. This week, Israel extended the detention of 27-year-old Bushra Al-Tawil.
on March 31, 2020
Stories
The arduous journey Palestinians must endure in order to visit relatives imprisoned by Israel.
on February 17, 2020
News & Analysis
37-year-old Sami Abu Diak was battling cancer behind Israeli prison bars. This morning he passed away in prison, where he spent the last 17 years of his life. He appealed for release in order to get proper medical treatment, but Israel repeatedly refused.
on November 26, 2019
Op-Eds & Analysis
From approving brutal interrogation techniques to writing false medical reports, "as a doctor and founder of Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, I have always been troubled by how Israeli doctors cooperate with and enable Israel’s torture industry."
on October 8, 2019
News & Analysis
Palestinian prisoner Hiba al-Labady was finally granted access to her lawyer after enduring weeks of interrogation-each session often lasting up 17 hours at a time- in an Israeli prison cell.
on October 7, 2019
Infographics
Samir Arbeed is one of thousands of Palestinians locked up in Israeli prisons. Palestinian prisoners have to endure torture, denial of family visits and inadequate medical care.
on October 3, 2019
Q&As
Regarding the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, which is now in its fourth week, the IMEU offers the following expert Q&A with Qadura Fares, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club.
on May 15, 2017
News Roundup
The Israel Prisons Service is considering bringing foreign doctors to help force-feed hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners because the Israel Medical Association has refused to allow its members to participate in such actions...
on May 8, 2017