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Abbas: There will be no quiet if hunger strikers come to harm

As Palestinian president intimates unrest, Israeli prison officials say that all men in stable condition; two haven’t eaten for 73 days

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Palestinian hunger striker breaks fast

Former soccer player Mahmoud Sarsak taking nourishment after nearly 80-day strike; Israel agrees to review case

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Yitzhak Rabin assassin to be released from solitary confinement

After 17 years, Yigal Amir to join other inmates in a more open area of the prison

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Six youths escape migrant detention facility, 2 apprehended

Teens broke the bars of their cells and jumped off the roof

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Israel a ‘prisoners’ paradise,’ says American cable series

MSNBC’s ‘Lockup: World Tour’ visits the Jewish State and passes an encouraging verdict

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Arab hackers leave ‘message to all Jewses’ on Chief Rabbinate’s website

‘Gaza Hacker Team’ calls for release of hunger-striking Palestinians in Israeli prisons

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Actor convicted of rape, sexual assault gets early release

Women’s groups protest freeing of Hanan Goldblatt after four years behind bars

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Palestinian prisoners party in their cell block

Video shows inmates celebrating engagement of convicted terrorist Samar Abu Kwick

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‘Zygier hanged himself with bed sheet in bathroom’

Jailed spy was not on suicide watch, Maariv report claims; former Australian FM says agent’s offense was likely more serious than passing info to Aussie spooks

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State won’t press charges over Mossad spy Zygier death

Justice Ministry says there’s not enough evidence to show a causal link between prison negligence and suicide of jailed agent in his cell

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353 detained African migrants go on hunger strike

Strikers at Saharonim facility want refugee status; ‘We’re physically weak, but we’re strong and united,’ says one

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Police working to end African migrants’ hunger strike

Some detainees have been jailed without trial for over two years; government leaves 1,400 refugee requests unanswered

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This is a celebration of Palestinian terror, say bereaved families

Terror victims’ loved ones demand ministerial hearing on decision to free first 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday

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Supreme Court rules leniency for transgender prisoner

Convict who robbed a gas station will have a third of his sentence lopped off due to his need to be kept in solitary

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Kingpin Yitzhak Abergil returns to Israel from US jail

Convicted crime lord to spend another 3 years in Israeli prison as part of 2012 plea bargain with US prosecutors

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Prison keys, uniform, cartridge found in shooter’s cell

US-born Samuel Sheinbein was killed on Sunday after opening fire and injuring five guards

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Prison warden dismissed for mistakenly freeing inmate

Commander at Ofer prison ‘punished’ by being transferred to post at Holot facility in southern Israel

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Jailed Palestinian terrorist starts hunger strike

High-profile inmates, including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat, may fast in solidarity with Hamas leader Ibrahim Hamed

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African migrants protest detention facility conditions

Detainees at Holot compound say there aren’t enough beds, forcing some to sleep on the floor

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Israel hospitalizes 40 hunger-striking Palestinians

240 fast as prisoner protest enters second month; inmates’ spokesman says their condition is ‘reasonable’

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