These Chains Will Be Broken

with Ramzy Baroud, 14 July 2019

Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, author, columnist and Editor of Palestine Chronicle. He is a former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian prisoners' experiences in Israeli jails have rarely been told. Western media portrays them as 'terrorists' while well-meaning third-party human rights advocates paint them as hapless victims. They are neither. The resilience and grit of Palestinians enables them to rise above Israel's cruelty and be emblems of power for their people. Palestinian prisoners resist Israeli colonialism, apartheid and military occupation. Rather than being viewed as unfortunate victims, their steadfastness exemplifies the ongoing fight of the Palestinian people as a whole.