This week, two young Palestinians, Aws Muhammad Yousif Salameh, 17, and Saad Nasser Hassan Abd al-Fattah, 20, were shot dead during a military operation by Israel in the occupied lands, while Khalida Jarrar, a prominent human rights activist was sentenced to 6 months administrative detention. Acts of repression like these have dashed hopes by activists that the heroic hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners might have led to some letup to Israeli repression. To make matters worse, the Palestinian Authority is increasingly clamping down on independent Palestinian journalists and recently detained Jihad Bakarat for ‘taking photos’.
This week, two young Palestinians, Aws Muhammad Yousif Salameh, 17, and Saad Nasser Hassan Abd al-Fattah, 20, were shot dead during a military operation by Israel in the occupied lands, while Khalida Jarrar, a prominent human rights activist was sentenced to 6 months administrative detention. Acts of repression like these have dashed hopes by activists that the heroic hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners might have led to some letup to Israeli repression. To make matters worse, the Palestinian Authority is increasingly clamping down on independent Palestinian journalists and recently detained Jihad Bakarat for ‘taking photos’.
