Tagged: hunger strike

NEW MUSIC VIDEO – ‘HUNGRY’ by Doc Jazz – for Palestinian hunger strikers

Considering the urgency of the campaign for Samer Issawi and the other Palestinian hunger strikers, the song ‘HUNGRY’ would not be complete without a video in order to be able to disseminate the message and the song on Youtube.   Well, here is the good news: the music video is out ! Considering that it’s the 199th day of Samer...

NEW song in support of Samer Issawi : HUNGRY

In support of Samer Issawi, hunger striking Palestinian prisoner in Israeli detention, Doc Jazz has released a new song: HUNGRY. It is also dedicated to others currently on hunger strike: Ayman Sharawneh, Jaffar Ezzedine and Tariq Kaadan.   The song is in Doc Jazz’s unique style of hip-hop, which blends Palestinian folkloric themes in with jazz-funk inspired beats and melodies....

Call for action: free Akram, Samer and Hassan!

Call for action: free Akram, Samer and Hassan!

This year the Palestinian struggle is marked by the actions of courageous Palestinian individuals in Israeli detention, who are protesting against their imprisonment without due process by awe-inspiring hunger strikes. Despite the world’s mass media’s attempts to keep attention to the issue limited, the actions of human rights organizations, social media activists and other individuals all over the world have...

Tweeting for Khader: major kudos and a point of criticism

The past week has been an amazing week for Twitter activism for the Palestinian cause. In fact, the achievements could be described as historic. For 6 days in a row, hashtags related to Khader Adnan’s hunger strike managed to make it to the world trending list 7 times in total. The success of these online demonstrations must be attributed mostly...