Mat Nashed

As Pales­tini­ans mark Pris­on­er’s Day, Is­rael con­tin­ues to hold and mis­treat thou­sands of Pales­tin­ian cap­tives.

Mobs of Is­raeli set­tlers at­tacked West Bank Pales­tin­ian vil­lages re­cent­ly, rais­ing peo­ple’s fears for their safe­ty.

As cease­fire talks with Hamas drag on, thou­sands of Is­raelis are call­ing for Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Ne­tanyahu to go.

Su­dan’s war­ring par­ties are us­ing food as a weapon and tar­get­ing lo­cal ac­tivists for feed­ing their com­mu­ni­ties.

Ex­perts say that a halt in oil pro­duc­tion could es­ca­late al­ready acute lev­els of vi­o­lence and in­se­cu­ri­ty in South Su­dan.

Ar­rest­ed and held un­law­ful­ly, thou­sands of Pales­tini­ans are suf­fer­ing abuse at the hands of Is­raeli cap­tors.

The Su­danese army is show­ing signs of life on the bat­tle­field yet ex­perts are un­sure whether it can sus­tain it.

As Pales­tini­ans pre­pare for Ra­madan, many fear that Is­raeli au­thor­i­ties and far-right Is­raelis could pro­voke un­rest.

Some have been jailed for re­fus­ing to serve in the armed forces while oth­ers face threats and ha­rass­ment.