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a lot has happened since mid-june

i’ve been low on energy, so its been a while since i last posted. i send out a few more emails to personal email list of mine (since that’s kinda easier to do), but turns out almost no one got … Continue reading

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while thousands are watching euro 2012, one national football player is dying because he is palestinian

i haven’t had the energy to write before, but at last, let me tell you about mahmoud sarsak, who has not eaten in 89 days***, and two other palestinian prisoners on life-threatening hunger strike. mahmoud sarsak is a player in … Continue reading

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images of solidarity actions in support of the prisoners’ hunger strike

if we are to save lives, much MUCH MORE of this is needed ———————————- source: electronic intifada In photos: widespread solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoners 6 May 2012 An estimated 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners are on an open-ended hunger … Continue reading

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“israeli high court” rejected appeal of two dying hunger strikers

27 year old Bilal Thiab and 33 year old Thaer Halahleh have survived their 69th day of hunger strike. according to Physicians for Human Rights, they are at immediate risk of death, yet both are repeatedly being denied their right … Continue reading

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