Prisoners

Feature Story Ahmad Manasra Released, His Childhood Lost to Torture behind Israeli Bars

Youth whose abysmal treatment in Israeli prisons captured world attention is released after a decade.

Feature Story Will Palestinians Released in Prisoner Exchanges Ever Be Truly Free of Israel’s Grasp?

Prisoners from Jerusalem and their families face ongoing violence and suppression, despite being freed in Israel-Hamas prisoner swaps. 

Feature Story Despite Israel’s Stringent Limitations on Access to al-Aqsa Mosque, Tens of Thousands of Muslims Prayed There This Week

Ramadan 2025, Week 1: Report from the ground

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.