An Israeli court has refused to release a female Palestinian journalist whose prematurely born baby is solely reliant on her mother’s breast milk for nutrition, her family told Middle East Eye.

Rula Hassanein, 29, was detained on 19 March when several Israeli troops raided her home south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

She was accused of incitement on social media, a charge that has frequently been filed against Palestinians since war broke out in Gaza on 7 October.

A military court based at the Ofer prison complex in the West Bank has postponed Hassanein’s trial session for the third time and rejected bail and release requests submitted by her lawyer. The trial is now set for Monday.

  • @machinin
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    577 months ago

    I guess this is one of the 3000 hostages that Hamas is fighting to release?

    Fuck Israel.

    • @Plastic_Ramses
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      47 months ago

      Hamas isn’t fighting to release anything.

      The palestinian people, on the other hand, are another story.

      • @machinin
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        27 months ago

        So what was the last time they demanded the release of hostages for?

        • @Plastic_Ramses
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          27 months ago

          Political posturing.

          Youre fooling yourself if you think hamas actually gives a shit about palestinian people as a whole.

          • @machinin
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            07 months ago

            If you think all their actions are only meant for political posturing, sounds like you’re the fool. Humans and movements like that aren’t so one dimensional. We are much more complicated.

            I’m any case, one more time for good measure, fuck Israel.