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The Paradoxical Role of Israeli Prisons in the Palestinian Resistance Movement

If Israeli prisons function as tools to regulate the native population, they simultaneously serve as sites for Palestinian political and social mobilization.

Apr 20, 2017
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by Oscar Jarzmik

The Palestinian Committee for Prisoner’s Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, and the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics released a joint statement on Saturday, April 15, 2017, just two days ahead of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day. According to the statement, Israeli authorities have detained approximately one million Palestinians sinc…

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