Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi

In recent years, Israeli authorities have been arresting and holding hundreds of Palestinians it accuses of fanning the flames of violence in the occupied West Bank and Israel. This incitement, they say, comes in various forms: Facebook posts, media articles, even songs and poetry - and in recent months, ...

Imad Barghouthi. Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghothi has been released from Israeli prison after serving six months for alleged “incitement” on social media. The professor at al-Quds University in Abu Dis was sentenced last month. During his trial, prosecutors reportedly entered into evidence the ...

An astrophysics professor from the West Bank has been sentenced to seven months in prison for 'incitement' on social media. Professor Imad Barghouthi was handed down the sentence at Ofer military court on Sunday for his Facebook posts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Palestinian politics.

Six months after his arrest, Professor Imad Barghouthi has been sentenced to seven months in Israeli prison on charges of “incitement” on social media. His sentence will include time already served, slating him for release in late November. Israeli forces arrested Barghouthi, a professor of astrophysics at ...

Major literary figures are among more than 150 writers urging Israel to release Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, who has been under house arrest since January for a poem she wrote. They include such renowned international novelists, playwrights and poets as Alice Walker, Edwidge Danticat, Eve Ensler, ...

Israel periodically raids and bombs Palestinian universities. Students and instructors are arrested for their speech and activism — most recently the astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi, of Al-Quds University, who was charged with incitement for a Facebook post after having already spent three months in prison.

Israeli military prosecutors meanwhile charged a Palestinian astrophysicist and university professor with incitement on Sunday, more than a month after his arrest. The charges apparently relate to statements he made on Facebook and television against the Israeli occupation. Imad Barghouthi's case has ...

Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi, a professor at Al-Quds University, is currently being held in Israeli administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial. His three-month sentence is indefinitely renewable on the basis of “secret evidence” to which he and his lawyer are denied access.