Political Filth: BREAKING: Abby Martin and Mike Prysner Detained In Occupied Palestine.

Monday, August 29, 2016

BREAKING: Abby Martin and Mike Prysner Detained In Occupied Palestine.

Militarized tower looms over a market in Hebron #Palestine, where settlers invaded & IDF divided city into apartheid pic.twitter.com/gbGSjRfM4x

— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) August 28, 2016

Founder of Media Roots, BOD Project Censored, former host of Breaking the Set, current host and Creator EmpireFiles, and all around bad ass activist, Abby Martin and Co-Producer & co-writer of EmpireFiles Mike Prysner were recently detained by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for what according to Abby was “simply because we were Americans Driving with Palestinians.” Abby has been in the West bank of occupied Palestine for going on four days now, shooting footage and conducting interviews for an upcoming episode of EmpireFiles. Although they have been relatively silent on social media, they have tweeted some of their experiences, beginning with a teenage settler from Chicago who said that “All Arabs should be shot in the head”.

The first settler (from Chicago) we talked to in Hebron City, Palestine said that "all Arabs should be shot in the head" He was about 12 y/o

— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) August 28, 2016

The very first settler (from Chicago) who came up to us in Hebron said "all Arabs should be shot in the head" then a soldier high-fived him

— Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) August 29, 2016

There is no information yet about the exact cause of the detainment, Abby’s last tweet just 4 hours ago. We will keep you posted as new information come in. Grateful to Abby and Mike and the rest of the Empire Files crew who are risking their lives to bring us this much needed look inside of the Israeli Occupied Palestinian territories.

Middle fingers to the militarized gates to apartheid Hebron City, #Palestine pic.twitter.com/AFr58qdSwx

— Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) August 28, 2016

Abby has been speaking out against the Israel / Palestine conflict for at least the last few years, I believe that this is her first time visiting Palestine in person.