Samidoun
Trade unions in Spain demand total cut in ties with Israel

Thousands have rallied across Spain as trade unions call for an immediate end to all political, economic, and cultural relations with Israel

Pro-Palestine activists are under attack in Europe

Studies by human rights organizations confirm what activists have warned: in Europe, and especially in Germany, fundamental rights are under attack with regard to Palestine.

Palestinian activist in Belgium faces deportation

Samidoun activist Mohammed Khatib was summoned to a hearing at the Belgian asylum office, in the context of a procedure to revoke his refugee status

German people’s movements march in solidarity with Palestine

As thousands took to the streets in Germany, people’s movements condemned the government’s crackdown on solidarity with Palestine. They also spoke out against the Olaf Scholz government’s complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza

Alemania prohíbe el duelo público y la solidaridad con Palestina

La criminalización de la solidaridad con Palestina en Alemania ha adquirido dimensiones totalmente nuevas desde el 7 de octubre

Germany bans public grieving and solidarity with Palestine

Germany’s criminalization of solidarity with Palestine has taken on entirely new dimensions since October 7

Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike (2) Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against increased violence by Israeli prison authorities 

Nine Palestinian administrative detainees are on a separate indefinite hunger strike to demand their release and better treatment of fellow prisoners

Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike (1) 14 Palestinian administrative detainees are on hunger strike

The detainees are demanding their immediate release from prison and an end to mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli occupation authorities. Some of them have been on hunger strike for more than two weeks

Ahmed Manasra Israeli court extends Ahmed Manasra’s solitary confinement for four more months

Manasra (20) has spent over seven years in prison and has been in solitary confinement for over a year now. It is feared that his mental health is likely to deteriorate further after Thursday’s verdict 

Palestinian administrative detainees on hunger strike Palestinian prisoners go on indefinite hunger strike against Israeli administrative detention policy 

30 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli jails started their hunger strike on September 25, with more expected to join in the coming days  

Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh On hunger strike for 162 days, Khalil Awawdeh’s health deteriorates in Israeli prison  

Israel has refused to release Awawdeh despite it being a central condition of the ceasefire agreement that ended the three-day-long Israeli aggression in the besieged Gaza strip last week, in which 47 Palestinians were killed

Israeli raid of Birzeit University met with sharp condemnation

Israeli forces did not specify the reason for storming the university campus apart from saying that its forces shot a “wanted Palestinian”. Three out of five students abducted by the Israeli security forces from the university were later released.