Palestinian women prisoners continue struggle, achieve concessions to their demands, lawyer reports

8 June 2017

Palestinian women prisoners said that the Israel Prison Service conceded to their demands following their protests, said lawyer Taghreed Jahshan after meeting with Palestinian women prisoners in HaSharon prison on Thursday, 8 June.

Palestinian activist Amna Hamid spoke in Gaza City at an event in solidarity with the Palestinian women prisoners organized by Mohja al-Quds Foundation, emphasizing the importance of continuous international solidarity with the Palestinian women prisoners. “The prisoners’ demands are clearly legitimate. They are rejecting the repressive policy of the occupation against the prisoners. There is no secret of the inhumane violations of the occupation against the prisoners, especially under interrogation and of medical neglect.” She called for international sanctions on the occupation to support the prisoners’ struggle.

Former prisoner Lena Jerbouni, the longest-held woman Palestinian prisoner before her release in April, said that Palestinian women prisoners were committed to achieve their rights and were under attack during Ramadan, a time that is precious to the prisoners. She described the collective experience of the women prisoners in preparing iftar together, saying that the women “work like bees” to distribute roles and tasks to all prisoners, even the minor girls, in preparing the meal to break the fast.

Raafat Hamdouna of the Palestinian Prisoners’ center for Studies said that Palestinian women who are transferred with or near Israeli criminal prisoners are targeted for abuse, insults and attacks. He also noted that Palestinian women prisoners are held in overcrowded sections and rooms and are often prevented from receiving important materials, including textbooks and other materials for studies, from parents and relatives. In addition, the food they receive is very bad and they must often rely almost entirely on the “canteen” (prison store.) He emphasized the long history of Palestinian women in the national liberation struggle, including in the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. “Palestinian women have been subject to arrest and deportation, house arrest and abuse in prisons. They have fought many struggles, protests and open hunger strikes in order to improve the conditions of their lives and livelihoods, and to confront the policies of repression to which they are subject by the occupation,” Hamdouna said.

Imprisoned Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qeeq to be released in six months

8 June 2017

Imprisoned Palestinian journalist and former long-term hunger striker Mohammed al-Qeeq will be released after six months after an agreement for a sentence of 10 and one-half months completed by his lawyer, said his wife Fayha Shalash on Thursday, 8 June.

Al-Qeeq, 35, was seized by Israeli occupation forces on the evening of 15 January as he returned to his home in Ramallah from a demonstration in Bethlehem demanding the return of the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israel that remain detained by Israeli occupation forces.

He was previously held without charge or trial under administrative detention; in November 2015, he launched a 94-day hunger strike, winning his freedom in May 2016. His case drew worldwide attention to the imprisonment of Palestinian journalists and the Israeli use of “administrative detention” to arbitrarily imprison Palestinians.

When he was seized by occupation forces on 15 January, he was shortly ordered to another six months in administrative detention, then cut to three months. He launched a 33-day hunger strike, which he suspended with an agreement that his administrative detention would not be renewed.

However, in mid-April, shortly before he was slated to be released, he was instead transferred to the military courts and hit with “incitement” charges related to his public speeches at events Bir Zeit University, his alma mater. While he was a student at Bir Zeit, he was president of the student council – and then arrested and imprisoned by Israeli occupation forces for his student activity.

Shalash noted that he recently participated in the Strike of Freedom and Dignity, the collective hunger strike that concluded after over 40 days of struggle.

Former long-term hunger striker Muhammad Allan among 11 Palestinians seized by Israeli occupation forces

8 June 2017

Former Palestinian prisoner and long-term hunger striker, lawyer Muhammad Allan, was seized once more by Israeli occupation forces in a series of pre-dawn raids throughout occupied Palestine.

Allan was seized from his home in the village of Einabus, Nablus and taken to an unknown destination. He was previously released in 2015 after a 66-day hunger strike against his imprisonment without charge or trial under administrative detention that drew worldwide support and solidarity.

He was among at least 11 Palestinians seized overnight by occupation forces, reported Ma’an News.

In Madama, Ahmad Nizar Ziyadah and Aseed Abdel-Nasser Qit were seized by occupation forces. Qit is a university student currently completing his final exams prior to graduation. In Anabta near Jenin, Omar Sari Ibrahim, 18, a student at an-Najah University, was seized by occupation forces, while Ahmad Abdel-Hadi Qishta was seized in Qalqilya.

In the Bethlehem village of Tuqu, occupation forces seized Muhannad Hajahjah, while they seized Iyad Abu al-Awra in al-Khader village. At least three Palestinian children were seized in Jerusalem and accused of “throwing stones” toward Israeli occupation police, and at least one Palestinian was seized in al-Khalil.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the arrest of Muhammad Allan and the continued targeting of former Palestinian prisoners. We demand the immediate release of all Palestinians seized by Israeli occupation forces.

Imprisoned Sanabel Radio journalists call for support against “incitement” charges targeting Palestinian media

8 June 2017

*Protest for Sanabel journalists. Photo: Asra Media Office*

The five imprisoned Palestinian journalists of Sanabel Radio – Ahmad Daraweesh, Montasser Nassar, Mohammed Imran Sous, Nidal Amro and Hamed Nammoura – released a letter from Ofer prison in which they state that the Israeli occupation military prosecution is seeking to imprison them for three years on allegations of “incitement” for their public repoting of news and information about Israeli attacks on Palestinians.

They declared that they were subject to repeated and extensive interrogation on their broadcasts and programs, their broadcasting of revolutionary and historic Palestinian music and their use of the word “martyr” for Palestinians killed by the occupation forces, noting that these things are considered “incitement.” The prisoners said that these charges and demanded sentences prove the intent to hurt Palestinian journalists and media organizations and “raise the alarm for what is coming against journalists and media organizations in Palestine.”

“If the prosecutors are able to impose this prison sentence on these charges, this will serve as a gateway for the future arrest and prosecution of journalists, restricting their freedom. The indictments and jails will be ready,” they warned. They emphasized that they will not accept such a sentence and will not serve as a means of legitimizing new or intensified Zionist persecution of Palestinian journalists.

Their radio station in Dura near al-Khalil was raided in a violent storming by Israeli occupation forces on 31 August 2016, confiscating their equipment and shutting down the station. They are among dozens of Palestinian journalists imprisoned by the Israeli occupation, including Hasan Safadi, the Arabic media coordinator of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, whose imprisonment without charge or trial was extended today for another six months.

15 June, Thessaloniki: Demonstration Against Summit with the War Criminal Netanyahu

8 June 2017

Thursday, 15 June
7:00 pm
Venizelos Statue
Thessaloniki, Greece

Call for DEMONSTRATION against the War Criminal Netanyahu in Greece
No to the reactionary alliance between Greece, Israel and Cyprus!
No to NATO and its military bases in the Mediterranean and the world!
No to the European Union and its colonialist policies!
No to imperialist intervention in the region!
Yes to solidarity with the people of Palestine and the rights of refugees and immigrants

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and
Supporters of the PFLP in Thessaloniki

Timor-Leste Association of Ex-Political Prisoners and Klibur Solidariedade send congratulations and solidarity to Palestinian Political Prisoners

7 June 2017

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network received the following statement from former political prisoners in Timor-Leste, who expressed their solidarity with Palestinian prisoners’ struggle for justice and liberation, including the recent hunger strike of Freedom and Dignity of over 40 days. We republish the statement below from the Timor-Leste Association of Ex-Political Prisoners and Solidarity Association and express our solidarity with the people of Timor-Leste and with all the political prisoners and former prisoners around the world. The mutual solidarity from Palestine, to Ireland, to the Basque Country, to the Philippines, to Turkey and Kurdistan, to Timor-Leste, among political prisoners and former prisoners is critical to building true international connections and solidarity between liberation movements and strugglers for justice.

The message, originally published here, follows below:

Activists in Timor-Leste have long felt a strong connection and sought to offer solidarity to the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, peace and human dignity. Human rights and student groups have organized seminars, rallies, candlelight vigils and solidarity statements to support peace and justice in Palestine. After receiving an international call to celebrate the success of a 40-day hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners, Timorese human rights activists contacted the Timor-Leste Association of Ex-Political Prisoners. Together, they drafted the following statement, which they released on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

Tetun Komunikadu Imprensa below

Press Release

The Timor-Leste Association of Ex-Political Prisoners and Klibur Solidariedade (Solidarity Association) send congratulations and solidarity to Palestinian Political Prisoners

Date: 6 June 2017

Contact: Jacinto Alves (Tetun, Portugés, English), Assepol, ira.sequira@gmail.com,

Celestino Gusmão (Tetun, Indonesian), maubere81@gmail.com,

Pamela Sexton (English, Tetun), pamelabeth.sexton@gmail.com

Nug Katjasungkana (Indonesian, Tetun, English), nengahmetra@gmail.com

We congratulate the 1,500 Palestinian Political Prisoners (men, women and children) who, through their 40-day collective hunger strike, have secured basic rights which had been systematically denied them by Israel. We celebrate the courage and commitment of your collective action; we celebrate your success.

As we celebrate, we also declare our solidarity and call attention to the long and continuing struggle for freedom, equality, self-determination and basic human rights of the Palestinian people. Our national history teaches us that when faced with occupation, oppression, and injustice, there is no choice but to resist. “To resist is to win.”

Many of us are ex-political prisoners, jailed by Indonesia because we refused to simply accept an illegal occupation of our land. During Indonesia’s brutal occupation, we stood up to military violence and human rights abuses; we stood up against an international order oriented to U.S. corporate interests and militarism. We stood up for the dignity of ourselves, our families and our communities. We stood up for our vision of peace and justice, now and in the future. We encourage political prisoners and wish to tell you that many times, our struggle for a noble cause demands sacrifice and determination. We must believe that the truth will win and will bring happiness to many people. All of your sacrifices will be acknowledged; tudo vale a pena (‘everything is worth the effort’).

Today, as we celebrate with you, we also stand against the widespread detention of Palestinians for defending their basic rights. According to the NGO Palestinian Prisoner’s Club, there are now 6500 Palestinian political prisoners, including 300 children. We stand against the continuing role of the US as a major supporter of militarism and occupation. We stand for against the denial of Palestinian’s basic rights by Israel. We stand for Palestinian’s rights to clear water, safe shelter, food, and basic social services, equality before the law. “A luta continua.” The struggle continues.

The Timor-Leste Association of Ex-Political Prisoners first formed during Indonesia’s illegal occupation, during which systematic arbitrary detention of East Timorese civilians was routine security practice.

Klibur Solidadariedade was formed was formed by Timorese and international solidarity activists in 2009, on the 10^th anniversary of Timor-Leste’s historic referendum on independence.
Komunikadu Imprensa

Asosiação dos Ex-Prizioneiros Políticos no Klibur Solidariedade Timor-Leste fó parabéns no solidariedade ba Prizioneiru Polítiku Palestina

Data: 6 fulan-juñu tinan 2017

Ami hato’o parabéns ba prizioneiru polítiku palestinianu (mane, feto no labarik sira) ne’ebé – liuhosi greve han koletivu durante loron 40 – manán atinje 80% husi ezijénsia sira-nian ba direitus umanus báziku ne’ebé Israel viola sistematikamente. Ami selebra prizioneiru polítiku sira-nia asaun koletiva ne’ebé hatudu barani no aten-barani; Ami selebra imi-nia manán.

Tempu hanesan selebra, ami mós deklara solidariedade no bolu atensaun ba imi-nia luta ba liberdade, igualdade, autodeterminasaun no direitus umanus ne’ebé povu palestina buka durante tinan barak ona. Ami-nia istória nasionál hanorin katak bainhira ema hasoru okupasaun, esplorasaun no injustisa, tenke reziste. “Resistir e vencer.”

Barak husi ami mak eis-prizioneiru polítiku, dadur husi Indonézia tanba ami la simu de’it okupasaun ilegál iha ami-nia rai doben. Durante okupasaun Indonézia, ami hasoru violénsia militár no abuzu direitus umanus; ami hasoru orden internasionál ida-ne’ebé orientadu ba interese kompañia Estadus Unidus Amérika no militerizmu. Ami defende ema nia dignidade – ami nian, ami-nia familia no komunidade nian. Ami defende ami-nia vizaun ba dame no justisa, agora no iha futuru. Ami enkoraja prizioneiru polítiku sira no hato’o katak dala barak, luta ba objetivu ne’ebé mulia (laran nakonu domin) ezije ita halo sakrifísiu ho determinasaun. Ita tenke fiar katak lia-loos sei manán no sei habelar felisidade ba ema barak. Sakrifísiu hotu sei hetan rekoñesimentu; “tudo vale a pena”.

Ohin-loron, ami selebra ho imi no ami mós hasoru violasaun direitus umanus ema Palestina nian husi Estadu Israel. Tuir ONG Klube Prizioneiru Palestina, iha prizioneiru polítiku palestinianu na’in-6,500 ne’ebé inklui labarik na’in-300. Ita hasoru violasaun sistemátika ida-ne’e, no mós hasoru papél Estadus Unidus Amérika ho ninia suporta maka’as ba militerizmu no okupasaun. Ami defende direitus umanus báziku ema Palestina nian, inklui direitu ba bee moos, uma, ai-han no servisu sosiál báziku sira no igualdade iha lei nia oin. “A luta continua.”

17 June, Paris: Protest for the liberation of Georges Abdallah!

7 June 2017

Saturday, 17 June
3 pm
Place du Colonel Fabien
Paris, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/644596595747209/

19 June is the international day of revolutionary prisoners.

An occasion that is very important for us to express our solidarity with Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Arab revolutionary Communist, struggler for the national liberation movement of Palestine, jailed in the French state prisons for 33 years. He was condemned to a life sentence for complicity in acts of resistance claimed by the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Fraction (LARF) while his country of Lebanon was invaded by Zionist forces.

He has been eligible for release since 1999. Despite two orders for release by a sentencing tribunal, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah remains imprisoned in France at the impetus of the US government. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah is a political prisoner who has no regrets for the struggle he has always led and which he pursues today, for freedom, justice and the emancipation of oppressed peoples. This struggle is fully part of the current struggle. It is the just and legitimate struggle of those who oppose the capitalist offensive and its wars of plunder. It is the struggle of all of those who confront repressive state violence which attempts to gag them, in the streets, the working-class neighborhood, or is the political and trade union context.

This fight of a lifetime is also ours! He is part of our struggle and we are with his struggle! That is why we call upon all who stand with the Palestinian resistance to fight capitalism, imperialism, Zionism, colonialism and the Arab reactionary regimes, to join us on Saturday, 17 June, to affirm the demand for his release.

Gather at 3 pm, Place du Colonel Fabien (Metro Colonel Fabien)

Unified Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

Le 19 juin est la journée internationale des prisonniers révolutionnaires.

Une occasion de plus pour exprimer notre solidarité à Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, militant communiste révolutionnaire arabe, combattant pour la lutte de libération nationale de la Palestine et incarcéré dans les geôles de l’État français depuis 33 ans. Condamné à perpétuité pour complicité dans des actes de résistance revendiqués par les Fractions armées révolutionnaires libanaises, alors que son pays, le Liban, était envahi par les troupes sionistes, il est libérable depuis 1999. Malgré deux libérations prononcées par le tribunal d’application des peines, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah est maintenu en prison en France, sur injonction du gouvernement étatsunien.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah est un prisonnier politique qui n’a ni regrets ni remords pour le combat qu’il a toujours mené et qu’il poursuit aujourd’hui pour la justice, la liberté et l’émancipation des peuples opprimés. Ce combat s’inscrit pleinement sur le terreau des luttes actuelles. C’est le combat des révoltes justes et légitimes de celles et ceux qui s’opposent à l’offensive capitaliste et à ses guerres de pillage. C’est le combat de tous ceux qui font face à la violence répressive d’Etat, qui s’abat sur eux pour tenter de les bâillonner, que ce soit dans la rue, dans les quartiers populaires ou pour les militants politiques et syndicaux. Ce combat de toute une vie est aussi le nôtre !

Il est de nos luttes, nous sommes de son combat ! C’est pourquoi nous appelons tous ceux qui comme nous, sont aux côtés des peuples en lutte, au côté de la résistance Palestinienne, qui combattent le capitalisme, l’impérialisme, le sionisme, le colonialisme et les États réactionnaires arabes, à se joindre à nous samedi 17 juin pour affirmer l’exigence de sa libération.

Rendez-vous à 15h
Place du Colonel Fabien (métro Colonel Fabien)

Campagne unitaire pour la libération de Georges Ibrahim Abdallah
Contact : campagne.unitaire.gabdallah@gmail.com

17 June, Manchester: Protest for Palestine – boycott apartheid Israel!

7 June 2017

Saturday, 17 June
12 pm
Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1935863256690736/

The victory of the Palestinian prisoners after 40 days of hunger strike and Trump’s decision to hold off from moving the US embassy to Jerusalem show that Israel’s plans can be stopped by protest and resistance. Prisoner Ahmed Sa’adat wrote from jail:

“It came through the support of Arab popular forces throughout the Arab world, and through the support of all of the forces of freedom in the world, including popular movements and organizations, solidarity committees, parliamentarians, social justice movements confronting imperialism and globalization, and the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. To all of those who participated in the actions of solidarity with our strike to bring it to its honorable conclusion, we send all of our greetings and appreciation, especially to the families of the martyrs, the wounded and the prisoners.”

Zionist apartheid is on the back foot but the occupation remains. Palestinians in Gaza suffer constant blackouts and water shortages; settlements and settler violence in the West Bank are intensifying; protesters are still being arrested and jailed, even if the hunger strike has won an improvement in their conditions; 8 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in May. We have to step up our solidarity work on the streets of Britain. Join us in protest and build the movement in Manchester.

Victory to Palestine!
Free the prisoners!
Boycott Israel!
Break Britain’s links – boycott Barclays, M&S and G4S!

Manchester Boycott Israel Group – Victory to Palestine!

15 June, Tarbes: Evening of Solidarity to Free Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

7 June 2017

Thursday, 15 June
6:30 pm
Bourse du Travail
Tarbes, France
More information: http://liberonsgeorges.samizdat.net/mobilisation/soiree-de-solidarite-georges-ibrahim-abdallah/

Organized by the Collectif 65 de Soutien Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and the Collectif Liberons Georges 33

Screening of the film by Samir Abdallah, “Apres la guerre c’est toujours la guerre” and a discussion

Le Collectif 65 (Tarbes/Lannemezan) créé en janvier 2017, en partenariat avec le Collectif Libérons Georges 33 (Bordeaux), organisent une soirée de solidarité pour Georges Ibrahim Abdallah à la Bourse du Travail de Tarbes, jeudi 15 juin, à 18h30 avec la projection du film de Samir Abdallah « Après la guerre, c’est toujours la guerre » suivie d’un débat.

9 June, NYC: Protest to support Palestinian women prisoners and stop HP

7 June 2017

Friday, 9 June
5:30 pm
Best Buy Union Square
52 E. 14th St, NYC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/124407971472122/

Palestinian women prisoners in Israeli jails launched protest actions on Monday, June 5 as they began to return meals and refuse to stand up for roll call. They are responding to an announced plan to move a number of women prisoners from HaSharon prison to Ramle prison.

In addition, the women prisoners denounced rising prices in the “canteen” (prison store) system, run by a for-profit Israeli corporation, as well as the introduction of handicrafts materials like embroidery thread and needles via the canteen. In the past, these materials have always been provided to the prisoners as gifts from their families. Now, women prisoners are being denied access to gifted handicraft supplies and forced to purchase theminstead.

Women prisoners are also protesting ongoing humiliating and invasive strip-searches before transfers and visits, as well as abusive name-calling by Zionist prison guards and jailers. They also reported that women prisoners have been prohibited from taking iftar collectively during Ramadan to break the fast.

There are currently 56 Palestinian women prisoners in Israeli jails. The youngest of the 13 minor girls among them is Malaak al-Ghaliz, 14, from al-Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah.

Demand Israel release them and all 6,300 Palestinian political prisoners immediately, and that Hewlett Packard end its contracts with Israeli prisons and detention centers, occupation and security forces, and checkpoints and settlements now.

Build a growing international campaign to boycott HP over its support for Israeli crimes.

Support the Palestinian people, the Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian Resistance, and the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

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