Ramzy Baroud's new book is These Chains Will Be Broken. He observes that almost all Palestinians are imprisoned in one way or another. Before this: the bullies are at it again, this time in a massive effort to shut down the International Criminal Court.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have experienced life in Israelâs prisons since 1967, as did many more in previous decades during the course of the ongoing Israeli military occupation. Yet rarely has the story of their experiences in Israeli jails been told by the prisoners themselves. Typically the Western media portrays them as "terrorists" while well-meaning third-party human rights advocates paint them as hapless victims. They are neither. This book permits the reader to access the reality of Palestinian imprisonment as told by Palestinian prisoners themselves â stories of appalling suffering and determination to reclaim their freedom.
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This Week in Palestine 6-21-2020
Ramzy Baroud on the Palestinian imprisonment crisis