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Sheikh Raed Salah is being held in solitary confinement by Israel and denied family visits.
Israel started reopening economically on Sunday as the country's coronavirus vaccination drive has reached almost half the population.
Palestinian elections 2021: Reconciling competing motives
Comment: These elections finally present Abbas with the ultimate challenge: Balancing his standing with the US, while delivering Palestinians the fresh leadership they so desire, writes Khalil E. Jahshan.
Comment: Israel has determined separate and unequal regimes for Israelis and Palestinians, and enshrined them in laws that assert the control of ...
Israel to defend troops following ICC war crimes ruling
The ICC's ruling opens the way to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the 2014 Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza.
Palestinian father-of-six dies in Israeli prison
Maher Deed Saasa, 45, from the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, died in an Israeli prison on Wednesday.
2020 'worst year for Palestinian prisoners', official says
Rights groups had warned earlier this year that Israeli prisons were a 'ready environment' for the spread of Covid-19.
Macron urged to pressure Sisi during Paris visit
Egyptian President Sisi is due to visit Paris to meet his French counterpart Macron on Sunday, amid protests by rights groups over a continued ...
Israel has detained 400 Palestinian children this year
Israeli forces have arrested at least 400 Palestinians since the start of this year.
Palestinian prisoner undeterred after 83 days of hunger strike
Having refused food for over 80 days, Maher al-Akhras is continuing his hunger strike against his administrative detention.
Palestinian detainee's health 'deteriorating' amid hunger strike
Maher Akhras is deteriorating inside an Israeli prison after going on a hunger strike.
After early virus success, Israel heads for partial lockdown
Israel passed the milestone of 1,000 novel coronavirus deaths this weekend.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails test positive for Covid-19
Two Palestinian prisoners in Ofer were tested positive with the coronavirus according to the Palestinian Prisoner ...
Desperate and trapped, Gaza's youth turn to suicide
Amid growing desperation, Gaza is in the grip of a suicide crisis.
Majority of Palestinians in Israeli prisons face torture: PPS
UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture marks an important time in history.
Palestinians face uncertainty amid crashing economy and Israeli annexation
Two pressing issues dominate the conversation among Palestinians - a struggling economy and Israel's anticipated annexation.
Fears grow for Egypt's political prisoners as Covid-19 surges
Fears grow for political prisoners in Egypt's jails as Covid-19 spreads amid deplorable conditions.
Covid-19: A dual punishment for Palestinian and Arab prisoners
Comment: An open letter from more than 150 personalities from the Arab world, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners ...
Will annexation derail efforts for Hamas-Israel prisoner swap?
A narrow window remains for progress in prisoner exchange talks as Israel's impending annexation of the West Bank threatens to scupper the deal.
Outrage after Egypt puts BDS co-founder on terror list
Amnesty International says Palestinian-Egyptian human rights activist Ramy Shaath is a prisoner of conscience after being forcibly ...
Amnesty reports chilling details of Egypt press crackdown
Marking World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International found Egypt's government has continued to escalate its crackdown on journalism.
Palestinian dies of 'medical negligence' in Israeli prison
The twenty-three year old Palestinian prisoner died of medical negligence after fainting in the Naqab prison bathroom.
The Middle East at war with coronavirus
Tunisian engineers a web-based platform that scans lung X-rays for Covid-19, Qatari charities are feeding migrant workers in lockdown and other ...
UN chief urges protection of Palestinians in Israeli jails
Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to protect Palestinian prisoners as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
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