VFHL Online Film Salon: Guilt Not Required: Palestinian Prisoners, Hostages, and Detainees

Since 1967, Israel has imprisoned as many as one million Palestinians—men, women and children. Many are “administrative detainees,” taken without charge or a fixed release date, and receiving little or no due process and no trial by jury. Original detention orders can be renewed repeatedly. Many remain imprisoned for years, subjected to mental and physical abuse and torture. Might these detainees, arrested for so-called “public security,” more appropriately be called captives, hostages, or abductees? Our panel will discuss Israeli arrest practices, prison conditions, prisoner abuse, the impact on families and communities, and efforts to end the occupation and its unjust system of abduction and incarceration.

Watch the curated videos at your convenience before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&A Discussion with:

* Arab Barghouthi: Palestinian political activist and COO, Axsos Academy
* Hind Shraydeh: Jerusalemite, writer and journalist
* Sahar Francis: Human rights activist

Our moderator will be Steve Tamari - Author, Palestinian American and Professor Emeritus of Middle East and Islamic History at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.