Jenin, West Bank —
Ali al-Samoudi gingerly walks down the steps toward his home.
The 59-year-old Palestinian journalist is gaunt, with closely cropped gray hair and a matching beard. Each cautious step he takes reveals the physical toll of all he has endured that has aged him beyond his years.
We’ve worked with Samoudi for years, and this is the first time we’ve seen him in person in over a year. We can barely recognize him.
Samoudi was released last week from Israeli prison, where he was held for a year. He was never charged with a crime, held instead under administrative detention orders, which allow the Israeli military to imprison Palestinians without trial…