Prisoners

Short Take Israel’s Knesset Passes Three Laws That Vastly Increase Punitive Measures for Palestinian Citizens and Residents

The space for identifying as Palestinian in the Jewish state just got considerably reduced.

Journal Article Remembering Lifta: One Family’s Experience of Repeated Displacements, Imprisonment, and Resilience

A woman recalls her family leaving Lifta in 1948 in search of safety. But there was none to be had.

Feature Story On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Hundreds of Jerusalemite Families Are Anxious about the Fate of Their Captive Children

Thousands of Palestinian prisoners, including children, face excruciating conditions in Israeli prisons.

A screen shot from the film Palestinian University Students Under Suspended Detention
Video Palestinian University Students under Suspended Detention

How Israel systematically targets Palestinian university students in the occupied territories at a pivotal point in their lives

Journal Article Iron Caging the Palestinian Home: Child Home Arrest in Occupied East Jerusalem as Lawfare

A study of how children and their families experience home arrest

Feature Story For Palestinian Jerusalemite Prisoners, Release Does Not Equate to Freedom

Israel exerts heavy-handed controls over released prisoners’ lives.

A screenshot of Ali Qanibi looking out of a window in the video “No Prison Like Home: House Arrest in Occupied Jerusalem.”
Video No Prison like Home: House Arrest in Occupied Jerusalem

Israeli house arrest policies turn homes into prisons for Palestinian children and parents into prison wardens.

Feature Story Israel Bans Palestinian Youths Released in Israel-Hamas Swap Deal from Returning to School

Release from prison is not, it seems, the end of the punishment Israel wishes to inflict on Palestinian Jerusalemite youths.

Photo Album Released Palestinian Prisoners Return Home to Jerusalem

Palestinian women and child prisoners are finally reunited with their families in Jerusalem.