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14-year old Ahmed Manasra (center) leaving the District Court in Jerusalem after his sentencing hearing on November 7, 2016. The court sentenced Manasra to 12 years in jail for the alleged attempted murder of two Israelis; this sentence was later reduced to nine and a half years. (Photo: AFP)

Manasra’s lawyers and family have stepped up their campaign to demand his freedom, after years of harsh interrogations and abuse coupled with prolonged stints in solitary confinement which led to a severe deterioration of his mental health. 

Neta Golan

An Israeli court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli anti-apartheid activist Neta Golan, after she refused to appear in court in solidarity with a months-long boycott of Israeli courts by Palestinian administrative detainees. Since January 1st, 500 Palestinian administrative detainees, who are being held in Israeli prison without charge or trial, have engaged in a collective and comprehensive boycott of Israeli military courts.

Israeli authorities examine the tunnel used by six Palestinian prisoners to escape the Israeli Gilboa Prison on Monday, September 6th, 2021. (Photo: Social media)

For Palestinians the escape of six prisoners from an Israeli prison Monday has symbolized one of their greatest collective “wins” in a long time, as an estimated 20% of the Palestinian population, and 40% of the Palestinian male population, has been imprisoned by Israel at some point in their lives. Palestinians across the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem, and Israel took to the streets to celebrate on Monday, with people passing out sweets to strangers on the street as they held photos of the escaped prisoners.