The four activists will be brought back before a military court today, Monday 3 April, with additional charges against them for organizing a peaceful demonstration. The Hebron Defense Committee reported that Arar and al-Khateeb were brought to Ofer military court from the detention center in Gush Etzion, while Dwaik and Dana were brought from the Ofer detention center.
The four are accused of participating in an illegal demonstration and being in a closed military zone, but the military prosecutor added additional charges of “interfering with security officers’ work” and “assaulting officers in the course of their duties.” The military prosecutor demanded five more days of interrogation about these new charges; however, the military court judge called for a new hearing at 1:30 pm on Monday, 3 April.
In addition, the four were told that after their interrogation period, they would require a bail of 7,000 NIS ($1926 USD) per person to be released, despite their lawyer’s objections that the families of the four activists do not have the funds.
The hearing was attended by the director of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, James Heenan. The four are being brought before an Israeli military court, with a notorious conviction rate of over 99 percent for Palestinians.
Take action!
1. Speak up about these four Palestinian human rights defenders. Use the hashtag #alKhalil4 on Facebook and Twitter to highlight their case!
2. Demand your country’s officials speak up and end the silence and complicity in the arrest and military trial of Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana, Ishaq al-Khateeb and nearly 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners. Call your foreign affairs officials – and members of parliament – and urge action on this case.
Call your country’s officials urgently:
Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop: + 61 2 6277 7500
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland: +1-613-992-5234
European Union Commissioner Federica Mogherini: +32 (0) 2 29 53516
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully: +64 4 439 8000
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson: +44 20 7008 1500
United States President Donald Trump: 1-202-456-1111
Tell your government:
1. Four Palestinian human rights defenders are facing an Israeli military court on Sunday, 2 April for participating in a peaceful protest against illegal settlements and colonization. These four activists – Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Ishaq al-Khateeb and Anan Dana – must be released immediately.
2. Governments around the world have condemned Israeli settlements, yet Palestinians are facing military courts for protesting against them. Your government must demand the immediate release of Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana and Ishaq al-Khateeb.
3. The government must do more than express concern, both about the arrest of these four human rights defenders but about Israeli settlements and land confiscation that are targeting Palestinian existence. Representatives of your government should attend the Ofer military court on Sunday and take action by suspending agreements with Israeli institutions and the Israeli state, including trade, association and other agreements.
3. Hold a direct action, protest, picket, banner drop or demonstration, including building the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign to internationally isolate Israel, its institutions, and the corporations – like HP-that profit from imprisonment, occupation, racism, colonialism and injustice. Demand freedom for these four human rights defenders and all Palestinian prisoners. Pleaseemail samidoun@samidoun.net or post to Samidoun on Facebook about your events and actions.
Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa and Hadarim prisons voted unanimously to participate in a collective prisoners’ hunger strike that is scheduled to begin on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, 17 April. Discussions within Israeli prisons about a collective hunger strike have been taking place for some time across political factions and throughout all organizations; earlier this month, Fateh prisoners announced their demands for the strike and their representative, imprisoned Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi.
Demands of the strike include a strong focus on family visits, including the denial of family visits to Palestinian prisoners by various Israeli agencies, including the Israel Prison Service and the Shin Bet, as well as the cuts to these visits implemented by the International Committee of the Red Cross. In addition, prisoners’ demands also focus on achieving proper medical treatment for sick prisoners, an end to the abuse of prisoners during transfer via the “bosta” and an end to solitary confinement and administrative detention.
Wadah Bizreh, representative of the Fateh prisoners in Gilboa, said that all prisoners’ sections voted to join the strike. The prisoners in Gilboa include 430 Palestinian prisoners associated with Fateh and 70 prisoners from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
In Hadarim prison, there are 120 Palestinian political prisoners, held in 40 cells with three prisoners in each; 65 are Fateh prisoners, 27 with Hamas, 16 with Islamic Jihad, 5 with the PFLP and 3 with the DFLP. All voted to participate in the collective hunger strike on 17 April. In addition, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission reported that Akram Abu Bakr, one of the strike coordinators in Ramon prison, was transferred to Gilboa prison, while Hamza Taqtouq and Kamal Abu ‘Ar were transferred from Ramon to Hadarim. Abu Bakr announced that he would begin a hunger strike in protest of the arbitrary transfers meant to undermine the hunger strike.
Israeli occupation authorities issued 46 administrative detention orders against Palestinian political prisoners for imprisonment without charge or trial, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, from 21 March to 31 March, reported Palestinian lawyer Mahmoud Halabi.
These orders are issued for one to six months at a time and are indefinitely renewable; Palestinian prisoners have spent years at a time under administrative detention, without ever being charged or tried. The Israeli use of ‘administrative detention’ violates international law and has been widely condemned; many Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes have been sparked by the widespread use of administrative detention orders to imprison journalists, community organizers and youth leaders, among others.
Mohammed al-Tal, one of 12 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council imprisoned in Israeli jails, was ordered to imprisonment without charge or trial; he joins seven more PLC members held in administrative detention. There are over 550 Palestinians imprisoned under administrative detention orders among nearly 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners total in Israeli jails.
The orders issued were against the following Palestinian prisoners:
1. Sami Mohammed Ghoneim, from Jenin, 4 months, new order
2. Fouad Mohammed al-Qab, from Tulkarem, 4 months, extension
3. Yousef Shafiq Abdel-Karim, from Ramallah, 2 months, extension
4. Ahmed Azmi Abdel-Rahman, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
5. Aziz Wael Rahimi, from Ramallah, 3 months, extension
6. Ibrahim Ismail Zaanouneh, from al-Khalil, 6 months, extension
7. Ashraf Mustafa Daraghmeh, from Tubas, 3 months, extension
8. Maher Mohammed Shuraitah, from Ramallah, 3 months, extension
9. Fadi Hamad Ghanem, from Ramallah, 6 months, extension
10. Mohammed Abdel-Razeq Ayesh, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
11. Adnan Ahed Asfour, from Nablus, 4 months, extension
12. Yazan Mohammed Shalbaya, from Ramallah, 3 months, new order
13. Musab Tawfiq al-Hindi, from Nablus, 6 months, ew order
14. Salah al-Din Yasser Sahwil, from Ramallah, 4 months, new order
15. Yousef Mohammed Abu Latifa, from Ramallah, 4 months, extension
16. Abdullah Abdel-Hafez Yousef, from Nablus, 4 months, extension
17. Issa Khalil Abu Arqoub, from al-Khalil, 6 months, new order
18. Mohammed Khaled Madani, from Nablus, 4 months, extension
19. Ayed Jamal Heraimi, from Bethlehem, 6 months, new order
20. Saddam Ghalib al-Sa’ada, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
21. Nawaf Suleiman Shawarka, from Bethlehem, 6 months, new order
22. Bassam Raban Hadami, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
23. Abdel-Salam Jamal Abu al-Hija, from Jenin, 3 months, extension
24. Othman Khalil Rashaida, from Bethlehem, 4 months, new order
25. Mohammed Ismail al-Tal, from al-Khalil, 4 months, new order
26. Ibrahim Mohammed Rashaida, from Bethlehem, 6 months, new order
27. Basil Ibrahim Mezher, from Bethlehem, 6 months, extension
28. Fouad Mohammed Bisharat, from Tubas, 2 months, extension
29. Salah al-Din Suleiman Houshiyya, from Jenin, 4 months, extension
30. Hussein Salah Abu Akar, from Bethlehem, 6 months, extension
31. Bilal Mahmoud Sweiti, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
32. Tariq Hassan Kani, from Nablus, 4 months, extension
33. Tamer Khalil Halabi, from Ramallah, 6 months, extension
34. Bilal Hassan Mansour, from Ramallah, 6 months, extension
35. Ali Talib Hroub, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
36. Jibril Adib Jiyawi, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
37. Ahmad Mustafa Zaid, from el-Bireh, 3 months, extension
38. Mahmoud Kamal al-Raza, from Jenin, 3 months, new order
39. Yousef Abdel-Aziz Qazzaz, from al-Khalil, 6 months, new order
40. Izzadine Jamil Saleh, from Jenin, 4 months, extension
41. Hammam Mounir Rahma, from Ramallah, 6 months, extension
42. Mohammed Khalil Sheikh Dura, from al-Khalil, 6 months, extension
43. Anas Hatem Kufaisheh, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
44. Mahmoud Ayoub Sidr, from al-Khalil, 4 months, extension
45. Abdullah Ibrahim Jawarish, from Bethlehem, 6 months, new order
46. Murad Ali Asakrah, from Bethlehem, 6 months, new order
On the evening of Saturday 1st April 2017, Inminds human rights group held an emergency vigil to demand freedom for four Palestinian human rights defenders – Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana, and Ishaq al-Khateeb, who have been abducted by Israeli occupation forces two days ago on 30th March after planting olive trees at Wadi Alhussein, east of Hebron, on Land Day as part of the #DismantleTheGhetto campaign. The vigil was held outside the Global headquarters of the BBC in London to highlight the BBC’s institutionalised suppression of reporting of Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people, including the abduction of the four.
As part of the vigil, images were projected onto the walls of BBC Broadcasting House.
Land day commemorates the shooting dead of 6 Palestinians by Israeli forces whilst they were protesting the confiscation of Palestinian land by the occupation for settlement building.
Activists from #DismantleTheGhetto campaign were planting olive trees when they were attacked by the settlers from the nearby illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. Kiryat Arba is infamous for its devotion and shrine to the mass murderer Baruch Goldstein who massacred 29 Palestinian worshippers, some as young as 12 years old, at the Ibrahimi Mosque; and its park named after Goldstein’s mentor the terrorist Meir Kahane who wanted to ‘gas the Arabs’.
Undeterred, the activists proceeded to the Jewish-only apartheid main road, built illegally on Palestinian land, where Palestinians are not allowed to drive. The Israeli occupation forces declared the area a closed military zone and attacked the activists, arrested the four.
The four were severely beaten by the soldiers both during arrest and transportation. Five soldiers attacked Badee Dwaik, after being shackled and dragged to the jeep he was badly beaten on his back and legs in the jeep.
The four have been moved to Israel, in contravention of the 4th Geneva Convention, and imprisoned at Ashkelon prison. Their military court hearing is tomorrow on Sunday 2nd April 2017.
The attack on these human rights defenders has been ongoing, just last month soldiers raided Badee Dwaik and Adnan Dana’s homes threatening their families and young children if they continue with the #DismantleTheGhetto campaign.
Inminds chair Abbas Ali said “We salute the human rights defenders Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana and Ishaq al-Khateeb for their steadfastness in challenging the illegal occupation and colonization of their land. We demand their freedom and urge the BBC to break their silence and report of this injustice. The British government, along with the rest of the world, has declared Israeli settlements illegal under international law yet the BBC is silent when Palestinians are attacked and imprisoned for protesting against these illegal settlements.. exactly whose agenda is the publicly funded BBC following?”
Badee Dwaik heads the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders group; he is the father of 6 children, the youngest of which is 8 years old.
Inminds chair Abbas Ali added “Inminds is honoured to have worked with Badee Dwaik on several campaigns, especially the ongoing Free Shireen Issawi Campaign.”
Younes Arar, from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Committee of the PLO, and Anan Dana, from the Hebron Defense Committee, are both fathers of three children. Anan Dana is a teacher by profession. Ishaq al-Khateeb is local grass-roots activist.
A message from the wife of one of the four activists, Badee Dwaik, was read out at the vigil. She asked for international support to free her husband and the other activists, pointing out that their only ‘crime’ was to plant olive tree seedlings which symbolise peace.
The protest ended with video footage filmed by Palestinian Human Rights Defenders, projected on the BBC building showing the planting of the olive trees and subsequent attack and arrests of the four activists.
Inminds chair Abbas Ali concluded by saying “The BBC refuses to broadcast news about Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, so we have done it for them.. projecting onto their walls of BBC Broadcasting House, citizen journalist video footage, which they had access to but refused to show, of Israeli soldiers attacking and abducting peaceful activists planting olive trees.”
New York activists protested outside the Best Buy electronics store in Union Square on Friday, 31 March to demand freedom for Nael Barghouthi and all Palestinian prisoners and build the campaign to boycott Hewlett-Packard (HP) products for the company’s involvement in Israeli occupation and apartheid.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network gathered in driving rain to call for the release of longest-held Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi. Barghouthi has served 36 years in Israeli prisons; he was released in 2011 as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange and was, at the time, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner. Barghouthi returned to his village of Kobar near Ramallah, where he farmed his family land and married his wife Iman Nafie, also a former political prisoner in Israeli jails.
In June 2014, Barghouthi and dozens of Palestinian former prisoners released in the prisoner exchange were swept up in raids by Israeli occupation military forces. Under Israeli military order 1651, the occupation claims the right to reimpose the sentences of prisoners released in an exchange on the basis of so-called “secret evidence.” While dozens of Palestinian prisoners had their former sentences reimposed, Barghouthi was ordered to a further 30 months in Israeli prison.
However, in 2015, the Israeli occupation military prosecution appealed his sentence, demanding instead the reimposition of his original life sentence plus 18 years. He was originally imprisoned on the basis of participating in a commando operation with fellow Fateh fighters that killed one Israeli settler near the illegal West Bank settlement of Halamish. Barghouthi was not released after his 30-month sentence expired, and on 22 February 2017, Barghouthi’s life sentence plus 18 years was reimposed by the Israeli military court. His lawyers and family are continuing the legal struggle for his freedom, but have urged the importance of international action and political support for his release. Samidoun activists in New York are conducting a campaign for the freedom of Nael Barghouthi, including regular protests and actions.
Protesters also highlighted the complicity of Hewlett-Packard (HP) corporations in profiteering from the architecture of Israeli colonialism, apartheid, occupation and oppression. HP provides technology services to Israeli checkpoints and the apartheid wall – including its Basel biometric ID system – as well as providing the database system the Israel Prison Service uses to manage Palestinian prisoners. There is a growing international campaign demanding HP get out of the business of profiteering from Israeli apartheid, and urging boycott of HP products, like printers, ink and computers, until it respects Palestinian human rights.
Participants in Friday’s protest also marked the Aafia Movement’s call for a global day of action commemorating the 14th anniversary of the abduction of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui by U.S. military forces in 2003. Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui, Aafia’s sister, has been leading a global campaign for Siddiqui’s repatriation to Pakistan. The Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum is a participant in this campaign and commemorated the day of action with Samidoun.
Palestinian university student Kifah Quzmar, in his final year studying business administration at Bir Zeit University, launched a hunger strike on Sunday, March 26 in Ashkelon prison, where he is held shackled and remains under interrogation.
Quzmar, a popular, well-known student, was seized by Israeli occupation forces on March 7 at the Karameh/Allenby crossing from Jordan as he returned from travel. After denying that he was in their custody for several days, he was then denied access to a lawyer for 19 days. His lawyer, Anan Odeh, was finally allowed to see him on Sunday, March 26, when his detention was extended by an Israeli military court for eight more days. Odeh reports that his morale and commitment are high and that he is determined to achieve his freedom.
No charges or allegations have been made against Quzmar. On March 26, he reportedly demanded that he be charged with something or released. Instead, his interrogation was extended for eight additional days. He has been transferred to four separate prisons and interrogation centers during his confinement and has been kept almost continuously shackled throughout that time, subject to “severe and continuous pressure.” In response, he launched a hunger strike demanding his release.
Stand with Quzmar to demand that Israel release him and all 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners immediately, and that Hewlett Packard companies end their contracts with Israeli prisons and detention centers, occupation and security forces, and checkpoints and settlements now.
Help build a growing international campaign to boycott HP over the companies’ 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.
70 organizations around the world have joined the call to action to free imprisoned Palestinian student Kifah Quzmar and his fellow students denied their right to education by Israeli imprisonment and repression. Quzmar, an active student at Bir Zeit University in his final year of study of business administration, was seized by Israeli occupation forces on 7 March at the Karameh/Allenby crossing as he returned from Jordan. He was immediately taken to interrogation which extended for 20 days before he was first allowed to see his lawyer, Anan Odeh. His detention was repeatedly extended, and he was transferred multiple times between four interrogation centers and military courts.
After a four-day hunger strike that he launched at the Israeli occupation military court on Sunday, 26 April, Quzmar’s interrogation was ended and he was transferred to the Ofer prison where he awaits another military court hearing on Sunday, 2 April. He is being threatened with administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial that can be indefinitely extended by Israeli military order. Of the nearly 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, nearly 600 of them are held in administrative detention, some for years on end through multiple renewal orders.
Quzmar is one of 60 Bir Zeit University students imprisoned by the Israeli occupation, among hundreds of Palestinian students imprisoned, often under administrative detention or on charges of participating in student activities or student elections, alleged by Israeli occupation forces to be “hostile organizations.”
Signatories of the statement, initiated by student organizations in the United States, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and Palestine, include the Concordia Student Union, the student union at the large Montreal University, the Palestinian Youth Movement – United States and National Students for a Democratic Society, among dozens of chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Students Against Israeli Apartheid. Additional signatories to the statement, urging freedom for Quzmar and his fellow student prisoners and the academic boycott of Israeli institutions, are welcome. The statement (also available in Arabic, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese) and its full list of signatories are reprinted below.
Students for Justice in Palestine in Amsterdam organized an evening event on 30 March, with the participation of Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun, and Ekrem Deniz, active in organizing to free Turkish and Dutch political prisoners. The event included discussion of the struggle of political prisoners in Palestine and Turkey, including the case of Kifah Quzmar and the targeting of Palestinian students. Organizers held signs calling for freedom for Quzmar and for youth prisoner Seda Kaya, held in Turkish prison.
Take action! Kifah Quzmar will face a military court on Sunday, 2 April, so action is more timely than ever.
2) Organize a protest or action at an Israeli consulate and/or university/community square, urging freedom for Kifah Quzmar and Palestinian student prisoners. Highlight Kifah Quzmar and fellow Palestinian students in actions for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, 17 April, and the Week of Action, 14-24 April.
3) Organize a table in a student center or a one-day hunger strike in support of Kifah Quzmar. Fellow students must know about the persecution faced by Palestinian students.
4) Organizations, associations and student unions and groups: write a letter or a statement in support of Kifah, or take a group photo with a sign that says, “Free Kifah Quzmar!” and use #FreeKifahQuzmar on social media. Share your statements and photos on Facebook, or email samidoun@samidoun.net.
5) Join the Boycott, Divest and Sanction Campaign to build the boycott of Israel, including the academic boycott of Israeli institutions. Israeli academic institutions are complicit in the system of imprisonment and occupation, while Palestinian students are denied their normal functioning and right to education by ongoing arrest campaigns.
Solidarity Statement with Kifah Quzmar
We, the undersigned student organizations, groups, associations and unions urge all organizations to express solidarity with hunger striker, student and prisoner Kifah Quzmar and his fellow imprisoned Palestinian students and sign this statement:
Kifah Quzmar, 27, and in his last year of study of Business Administration at BirZeit University, was arrested by Israeli authorities on 7th March when returning from a trip at the Karameh/Allenby crossing from Jordan. As of now, no charges or allegations have been made against him. On 26 March he demanded to either be charged with something or released, but instead Israel extended his interrogation for eight additional days. To protest this injustice, the same day he started a hunger strike demanding his release.
The imprisonment of Palestinian students by the occupation is a clear breach of international, human rights and humanitarian law and academic freedom as a whole. The massive use of imprisonment in Palestine is a key weapon of settler colonialism as it attempts to suppress and eliminate Palestinian resistance. We condemn the Israeli Occupation for its grave violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Arts. 14, 17, 18, 19, 22), through its use of imprisonment and of the rights of students to education and to full and active political participation. At BirZeit University alone, 60 Palestinian students are denied access to education because they are held as political prisoners in Israeli jails. Students are repeatedly targeted for arrests, especially as annual student elections approach; activists involved with student political blocs are ordered to administrative detention or accused of support for “prohibited organizations.”
We, the undersigned student organizations, groups, associations and unions, demand the immediate release of Kifah Quzmar and all Palestinian political prisoners. We also demand an immediate end to the imprisonment of Palestinian students, which is a direct impediment of the right to education (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Art. 13). At last, we call upon all education institutions, companies and governments to comply with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in order to pressure Israel in complying to International Law.
We call upon all organizations to express solidarity with Kifah Quzmar and his fellow imprisoned Palestinian students and sign this statement. We refuse to remain silent about the ongoing injustice in Palestine and we stand in solidarity with all Palestinians who are deprived of their unalienable rights of freedom, justice and return.
Palestinian students are being denied their education by the Israeli occupation. International solidarity can help to defend them!
Al-Awda, PRRC
American Muslims for Palestine – NJ
Anakbayan New York
Anakbayan New Jersey
Arab-European Student Association – ULB
Asociación Palestina Biladi
Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine (AURDIP)
Association of Palestinian Community in Scotland
AWAke International Student Organisation for World Affairs
BDS Campaign – University of Manchester
CharityCo-EUCSA
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Comité BDS-ULB
Concordia Student Union – CSU
Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine
Coup Pour Coup 31
Derry Branch – Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Edinburgh University Communist Society
Estudiantes por la Justicia en Palestina – Madrid
Exeter Palestine Action
Florida State University Students for Justice in Palestine
Fordham University Students for Justice in Palestine
Free Leonard Peltier!
Freedom Archives
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Fronte Palestina – Italy
Gentse studenten voor Palestina- Vrije Universiteit Gent / Hogeschool Gent
General Union of Palestine Students – (GUPS Aix-Marseille)
General Union of Palestine Students – (GUPS Paris)
General Union of Palestine Students – San Francisco State Univeristy
Human Rights March
Independent Jewish Voices Canada
Inminds, UK
Ireland supporting Palestinian youth
Jeunesses Libertaires Belgique
Jewish Voice for Peace, San Diego
John Jay Students for Justice in Palestine
King’s BDS Network
Manchester Boycott Israel Group
Merton PSC
National Students for a Democratic Society
New York City Students for Justice in Palestine
Not In Our Name (NION), Toronto, Canada
Palestina Rossa – Italy
Palestine Solidarity Committee – Austin
Palestine Solidarity Committee – University of Texas
Palestine Solidarity – Philippines
Palestinian Youth Movement – United States
People for Peace, London (Ontario)
Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine
Popular Resistance of Mississippi
Progressive Student Labor Front – Palestine
RiseUp
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at the University of Western Ontario
Strathclyde Students for Palestine
Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina – Universiteit van Amsterdam / Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina – Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton University
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – George Mason University
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Toronto
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – York University
Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Houston
Students for Justice in Palestine – Claremont College
Students for Justice in Palestine – Dublin
Students for Justice in Palestine – Kent State University
Students for Justice in Palestine – Leiden-Haaglanden
Students for Justice in Palestine – Maastricht
Students for Justice in Palestine – Nijmegen
Students for Justice in Palestine – Rotterdam
Students for Justice in Palestine – Saint Joseph’s College
Students for Justice in Palestine – The College of Staten Island
Students for Justice in Palestine – UGA
Students for Justice in Palestine – UOIT/DC
Tadamon, Montreal
UCL-Alma RiseUp
University of Manchester Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Society
United for Palestine, Italia
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Four Palestinian human rights defenders were seized by Israeli occupation forces for participating in the #DismantleTheGhetto campaign against settlement, colonization and occupation in al-Khalil (Hebron.)
Badee Dwaik of Human Rights Defenders, Anan Dana of the Hebron Defense Committee, Younes Arar of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Committee of the PLO and local activist Ishaq al-Khateeb were all seized by Israeli occupation forces on Thursday, 30 March. They will be brought before an Israeli military court in Ofer on 2 April for participating in demonstrations challenging the Israeli occupation and its settlements in al-Khalil.
They were seized by occupation forces after they planted olive trees on 30 March, marking Palestinian Land Day. Commemorated since 1976, when six protesters – Palestinians from Palestine ’48 – were shot dead by Israeli forces as they protested against land confiscation and the ongoing Nakba, Land Day is a day to highlight the Palestinian struggle to liberate the land and end colonization, settlement, land confiscation and home demolitions.
At the olive tree action, the #DismantleTheGhetto organizers were attacked by settlers but continued, marching to the center of al-Khalil, which has largely been forcibly shut down by the Israeli occupation and its settlements. As the Palestinians demonstrated for the right to their land, Israeli occupation forces declared the area a closed military zone, attacking the demonstration and arresting Dwaik, Dana, Arar and Khatib, later charging them with participating in an “illegal demonstration” in a closed military zone.
Activists in the #DismantleTheGhetto campaign were previously threatened by Israeli occupation forces, and the homes of two of the activists, Dwaik and Dana, were invaded by occupation forces on 24 February.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network demands the immediate release of these four human rights defenders. Their arrest is not only indicative of the constant oppression carried out by military rule against Palestinians under occupation but also of the ongoing attempt to suppress Palestinian struggle to defend their land from occupation and colonization for over 70 years. We express our full solidarity with the #DismantleTheGhetto campaign and urge real action to free these activists and stop the ongoing attacks of settlement, colonization and land confiscation in al-Khalil and throughout Palestine.
Take action!
1. Demand your country’s officials speak up and end the silence and complicity in the arrest and military trial of Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana, Ishaq al-Khateeb and nearly 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners. Call your foreign affairs officials – and members of parliament – and urge action on this case.
Call your country’s officials urgently:
Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop: + 61 2 6277 7500
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland: +1-613-992-5234
European Union Commissioner Federica Mogherini: +32 (0) 2 29 53516
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully: +64 4 439 8000
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson: +44 20 7008 1500
United States President Donald Trump: 1-202-456-1111
Tell your government:
1. Four Palestinian human rights defenders are facing an Israeli military court on Sunday, 2 April for participating in a peaceful protest against illegal settlements and colonization. These four activists – Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Ishaq al-Khateeb and Anan Dana – must be released immediately.
2. Governments around the world have condemned Israeli settlements, yet Palestinians are facing military courts for protesting against them. Your government must demand the immediate release of Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana and Ishaq al-Khateeb.
3. The government must do more than express concern, both about the arrest of these four human rights defenders but about Israeli settlements and land confiscation that are targeting Palestinian existence. Representatives of your government should attend the Ofer military court on Sunday and take action by suspending agreements with Israeli institutions and the Israeli state, including trade, association and other agreements.
2. Hold a direct action, protest, picket, banner drop or demonstration, including building the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign to internationally isolate Israel, its institutions, and the corporations – like HP-that profit from imprisonment, occupation, racism, colonialism and injustice. Demand freedom for these four human rights defenders and all Palestinian prisoners. Pleaseemail samidoun@samidoun.net or post to Samidoun on Facebook about your events and actions.
Palestinian student Kifah Quzmar has been imprisoned since 7 March by Israeli occupation forces, subjected to interrogation for over 20 days and on hunger strike against his confinement. Student organizations have initiated an international statement demanding his freedom and that of fellow student prisoners. Organizational endorsements are invited – please add your group’s name!
We, the undersigned student organizations, groups, associations and unions urge all organizations to express solidarity with hunger striker, student and prisoner Kifah Quzmar and his fellow imprisoned Palestinian students and sign this statement:
Kifah Quzmar, 27, and in his last year of study of Business Administration at BirZeit University, was arrested by Israeli authorities on 7th March when returning from a trip at the Karameh/Allenby crossing from Jordan. As of now, no charges or allegations have been made against him. On 26 March he demanded to either be charged with something or released, but instead Israel extended his interrogation for eight additional days. To protest this injustice, the same day he started a hunger strike demanding his release.
The imprisonment of Palestinian students by the occupation is a clear breach of international, human rights and humanitarian law and academic freedom as a whole. The massive use of imprisonment in Palestine is a key weapon of settler colonialism as it attempts to suppress and eliminate Palestinian resistance. We condemn the Israeli Occupation for its grave violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Arts. 14, 17, 18, 19, 22), through its use of imprisonment and of the rights of students to education and to full and active political participation. At BirZeit University alone, 60 Palestinian students are denied access to education because they are held as political prisoners in Israeli jails. Students are repeatedly targeted for arrests, especially as annual student elections approach; activists involved with student political blocs are ordered to administrative detention or accused of support for “prohibited organizations.”
We, the undersigned student organizations, groups, associations and unions, demand the immediate release of Kifah Quzmar and all Palestinian political prisoners. We also demand an immediate end to the imprisonment of Palestinian students, which is a direct impediment of the right to education (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Art. 13). At last, we call upon all education institutions, companies and governments to comply with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in order to pressure Israel in complying to International Law.
We call upon all organizations to express solidarity with Kifah Quzmar and his fellow imprisoned Palestinian students and sign this statement. We refuse to remain silent about the ongoing injustice in Palestine and we stand in solidarity with all Palestinians who are deprived of their unalienable rights of freedom, justice and return.
Palestinian students are being denied their education by the Israeli occupation. International solidarity can help to defend them!
Al-Awda, PRRC
American Muslims for Palestine – NJ
Anakbayan New York
Anakbayan New Jersey
Arab-European Student Association – ULB
Asociación Palestina Biladi
Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine (AURDIP)
Association of Palestinian Community in Scotland
AWAke International Student Organisation for World Affairs
BDS Campaign – University of Manchester
CharityCo-EUCSA
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Comité BDS-ULB
Concordia Student Union – CSU
Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine
Coup Pour Coup 31
Derry Branch – Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Edinburgh University Communist Society
Estudiantes por la Justicia en Palestina – Madrid
Exeter Palestine Action
Florida State University Students for Justice in Palestine
Fordham University Students for Justice in Palestine
Free Leonard Peltier!
Freedom Archives
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Fronte Palestina – Italy
Gentse studenten voor Palestina- Vrije Universiteit Gent / Hogeschool Gent
General Union of Palestine Students – (GUPS Aix-Marseille)
General Union of Palestine Students – (GUPS Paris)
General Union of Palestine Students – San Francisco State Univeristy
Human Rights March
Independent Jewish Voices Canada
Inminds, UK
Ireland supporting Palestinian youth
Jeunesses Libertaires Belgique
Jewish Voice for Peace, San Diego
John Jay Students for Justice in Palestine
King’s BDS Network
Manchester Boycott Israel Group
Merton PSC
National Students for a Democratic Society
New York City Students for Justice in Palestine
Not In Our Name (NION), Toronto, Canada
Palestina Rossa – Italy
Palestine Solidarity Committee – Austin
Palestine Solidarity Committee – University of Texas
Palestine Solidarity – Philippines
Palestinian Youth Movement – United States
People for Peace, London (Ontario)
Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine
Popular Resistance of Mississippi
Progressive Student Labor Front – Palestine
RiseUp
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at the University of Western Ontario
Strathclyde Students for Palestine
Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina – Universiteit van Amsterdam / Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina – Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton University
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – George Mason University
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Toronto
Students Against Israeli Apartheid – York University
Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Houston
Students for Justice in Palestine – Claremont College
Students for Justice in Palestine – Dublin
Students for Justice in Palestine – Kent State University
Students for Justice in Palestine – Leiden-Haaglanden
Students for Justice in Palestine – Maastricht
Students for Justice in Palestine – Nijmegen
Students for Justice in Palestine – Rotterdam
Students for Justice in Palestine – Saint Joseph’s College
Students for Justice in Palestine – The College of Staten Island
Students for Justice in Palestine – UGA
Students for Justice in Palestine – UOIT/DC
Tadamon, Montreal
UCL-Alma RiseUp
University of Manchester Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Society
United for Palestine, Italia
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
2) Organize a protest or action at an Israeli consulate and/or university/community square, urging freedom for Kifah Quzmar and Palestinian student prisoners. Highlight Kifah Quzmar and fellow Palestinian students in actions for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, 17 April, and the Week of Action, 14-24 April.
3) Organize a table in a student center or a one-day hunger strike in support of Kifah Quzmar. Fellow students must know about the persecution faced by Palestinian students.
4) Organizations, associations and student unions and groups: write a letter or a statement in support of Kifah, or take a group photo with a sign that says, “Free Kifah Quzmar!” and use #FreeKifahQuzmar on social media. Share your statements and photos on Facebook, or email samidoun@samidoun.net.
5) Join the Boycott, Divest and Sanction Campaign to build the boycott of Israel, including the academic boycott of Israeli institutions. Israeli academic institutions are complicit in the system of imprisonment and occupation, while Palestinian students are denied their normal functioning and right to education by ongoing arrest campaigns.
Translations
Arabic
نحن المنظمات و الاتحادات و التجمعات الطلابية الموقعة أدناه ندعو جميع المنظمات للتعبير عن دعمها و تضامنها مع الأسير المضرب عن الطعام الطالب كفاح قزمار و رفاقه من الطلبة الفلسطينيين الأسرى، وذلك عن طريق توقيع هذا البيان.
كفاح مزمار، ٢٧ سنة طالب في جامعة بير زيت يدرس إدارة أعمال في سنته الأخيرة تم اعتقاله من السلطات الإسرائيلية في السابع من مارس في طريق عودته من رحلة إلى منطقة الكرامة عابرا الأردن. لم يتم توجيه أي تهمة أو ادعاء رسمي إليه حتى الآن. في ٢٦ مارس طالب الأسير بأن يتم اطلاق سراحه أو أن يتم توجيه أي تهمة إليه، و لكن قامت السلطات الإسرائيلية بتمديد مدة الأسر قيد التحقيق لثمانية أيام إضافية. للتعبير عن اعتراضه عن هذا الظلم بدأ الأسير بذلك اليوم اضرابه عن الطعام مطالبا بالإفراج.
يعد قيام سلطات الإحتلال بسجن الطلبة الفلسطينيين خرق واضح لجميع حقوق الإنسان الدولية و القوانين الانسانية و الحق في التعلم بشكل عام. الإستخدام المفرط لعمليات الأسر في فلسطين في سلاح أساسي للاستيطان الإستعماري هدفه قمع أي نوع من المقاومة الفلسطينية.نحن نشجب و نستنكر خرق الاحتلال الإسرائيلي للحقوق المدنية و السياسية الدولية (١٤، ١٧، ١٨، ١٩، ٢٢) لاستخدامها الأسر و السجن على الطلبة و بذلك سلبهم من حقهم في التعليم أو أي مشارك سياسية. في جامعة بير زيت لوحدها حرم ٦٠ طالب فلسطيني من الحصول على فرصة للدراسة لأنهم مأسورين في ال السجون الإسرائيلية كأسرى سياسيين. الطلبة دائما مستهدفين للأسر بشكل متكرر خاصة عند اقتراب موعد الانتخابات الطلابية. أي ناشط في أي منظمة طلابية معرض دائما للحجز الإداري أو الاتهام بدعم منظمات محظورة.
نحن المنظمات و الاتحادات و التجمعات الطلابية الموقعة أدناه نطالب بالإفراج الفوري عن كفاح قزمار و جميع الأسرى السياسيين الفلسطينيين. و نطالب كذلك بضرورة وضع نهاية لعمليات سجن الطلبة الفلسطينيين، حيث أن ذلك يعتبر خرق واضح لحق التعليم (العهد الدولي الخاص بالحقوق الاقتصادية والاجتماعية والثقافية، فقرة ١٣). ختاما، ندعو جميع المؤسسات التعليمية، الشركات، و الحكومات للامتثال مع حركة المقاطعة وسحب الاستثمارات وفرض العقوبات (BDS) و ذلك للضغط على إسرائيل بأن تلتزم بالقوانين الدولية.
ندعو جميع المنظمات للتعبير عن تضامنها مع كفاح قزمار و رفاقه الطلبة الفلسطينيين المأسورين و ذلك عن طريق توقيع هذه العريضة. نحن نرفض الصمت أمام الظلم المستمر في فلسطين و ندعو للوقوف وقفة تضامن مع جميع الفلسطينيين المسلوبين من حقوقهم البديهية في الحرية و العدل و العودة.
الطلبة الفلسطينيينمحرومين من التعليم بسبب الاحتلال الإسرائيلي. التضامن الدولي يمكنه من الدفاع عن حقوقهم.
ماذا نستطيع أن نفعل؟
١- التوقيع باسم منظمتكم على هذا البيان.
٢- تنظيم مظاهرة أو وقفة اعتراض أمام القنصلية الإسرائيلية و/أو الجامعة/ ساحة المجتمع، مطالبين بالإفراج عن كفاح قزمار و الطلبة الفلسطينيين المأسورين. لفت النظر إلى كفاح قزمار و رفاقه من الطلبة الفلسطينيين المسجونين عن طريق الفعل في يوم الأسرى الفلسطينيين المصادف ١٧ أبريل و أسبوع الفعل ١٤-٢٤ أبريل.
٣- تنظيم طاولة في المركز الطلابي، أو الاضراب عن الطعام ليوم واحد تعبير عن دعم كفاح قزمار في نضاله. يجب أن يعلم جميع الطلبة عن الظلم الذي يواجهه الطلبة الفلسطينيين.
٤- المنظمات و الاتحادات و التجمعات الطلابية: كتابة رسالة أو بيان معبرين عن دعمهم لكفاح، أو أخذ صورة جماعية مع لافتة مكتوب عليها “!Free Kifah Quzmar” و استخدام الهاشتاج #FreeKifahQuzmar على شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي، و مشاركة هذه البيانات، الرسائل و الصور معنا على الفايسبوك أو الإيميل samidoun@samidoun.net
٥- الانضمام إلى حركة المقاطعة وسحب الاستثمارات وفرض العقوبات (BDS) لبناء مقاطعة لإسرائيل تشمل مقاطعة أكاديمية للمؤسسات العلمية الإسرائيلية. للأسف، هذه المؤسسات مشاركة بنظام الإحتلال و الأسر التعسفي، بينما الطلبة الفلسطينيون محرومون من الحق الطبيعي للحصول على تعليمهم و ذلك بتعرضهم لحملات الأسر المستمرة.
Castellano:
Nosotros, las organizaciones de estudiantes, grupos, asociaciones y sindicatos abajo firmantes, instamos a todas las organizaciones a expresar su solidaridad con Kifah Quzmar (estudiante y prisionero declarado en huelga de hambre), a sus compañeros estudiantes Palestinos también encarcelados y a firmar esta declaración:
Kifah Quzmar, de 27 años y en su último año de los estudios de Administración de Empresas en la Universidad de BirZeit, fue arrestado por las autoridades israelíes el 7 de marzo en el cruce Karameh / Allenby cuando regresaba de un viaje desde Jordania. Hasta ahora, no se han presentado cargos ni acusaciones contra él.
El 26 de marzo exigió que o bien se le acusara de algo o bien se le pusiera en libertad. En lugar de esto, Israel amplió el plazo del interrogatorio ocho días más. Para protestar por esta injusticia, el mismo día empezó una huelga de hambre exigiendo su liberación. El encarcelamiento de estudiantes palestinos por parte de la ocupación es una clara violación de los derechos humanos internacionales, del derecho humanitario y de la libertad académica en su conjunto.
El uso masivo del encarcelamiento en Palestina es un arma clave del poder colonialista de los asentamientos para intentar suprimir y eliminar la resistencia palestina. Nosotros condenamos a la ocupación israelí por sus graves violaciones del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos (artículos 14, 17, 18, 19, 22) mediante el uso de la prisión y la negación de los derechos de los estudiantes a la educación y a la participación política plena y activa. Tan sólo en la Universidad de BirZeit, se les niega el acceso a la educación a 60 estudiantes Palestinos debido a que están retenidos como presos políticos en las cárceles israelíes. Los estudiantes son el blanco de detenciones, especialmente como se cerca la época de las elecciones anuales estudiantiles. Los activistas involucrados con bloques políticos de estudiantes son objeto de detenciones administrativas o acusados de dar apoyo a “organizaciones prohibidas”.
Nosotros, las organizaciones de estudiantes, grupos, asociaciones y sindicatos abajo firmantes, exigimos la liberación inmediata de Kifah Quzmar y de todos los presos políticos palestinos. También exigimos el cese inmediato del encarcelamiento de los estudiantes palestinos, puesto que constituye un impedimento directo al derecho a la educación (Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales, Art. 13). Por último, hacemos un llamamiento a todas las instituciones educativas, empresas y gobiernos para que cumplan con el Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones (BDS) con el fin de presionar a Israel para que cumpla con el Derecho Internacional.
Llamamos a todas las organizaciones a expresar su solidaridad con Kifah Quzmar y con sus compañeros estudiantes palestinos también encarcelados, y a firmar esta declaración. Nos negamos a guardar silencio ante la injusticia establecida en Palestina y nos solidarizamos con todos los palestinos que están privados de sus inalienables derechos de libertad, de justicia y de retorno.
La ocupación israelí niega la educación a los estudiantes palestinos. ¡La solidaridad internacional puede ayudar a defenderles!
2) Organiza una protesta o acción en un consulado israelí y / o en la plaza de tu universidad o de tu comunidad, pidiendo la libertad para Kifah Quzmar y para sus compañeros palestinos presos. Destaca a Kifah Quzmar y a sus compañeros estudiantes palestinos en las acciones para el Día de los Prisioneros Palestinos del 17 de abril, y en las de la ‘Semana de Acción’ (‘Week of Action’) del 14 al 24 de abril.
3) Organiza una mesa en un centro de estudiantes o una huelga de hambre de un día en apoyo de Kifah Quzmar. Los estudiantes deben conocer la persecución que sufren los estudiantes palestinos.
4) Organizaciones, asociaciones, sindicatos de estudiantes y grupos: escribid una carta o una declaración en apoyo de Kifah, o realizad una foto de grupo con un letrero que diga “Libertad Kifah Quzmar!” y usad #FreeKifahQuzmar en las redes sociales. Compartid vuestras declaraciones y fotos con nosotros en Facebook, o enviad un correo electrónico a samidoun@samidoun.net.
5) Uniros al Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones para llevar a cabo el boicot a Israel, incluido el boicot académico a las instituciones israelíes. Las instituciones académicas israelíes son cómplices del sistema de encarcelamiento y ocupación, mientras que a los estudiantes palestinos se les niega su funcionamiento normal y el derecho a la educación mediante las campañas de detención en curso.
CATALÀ
Nosaltres, les organitzacions d’estudiants, grups, associacions i sindicats sotasignats instem a totes les organitzacions a expressar la seva solidaritat amb Kifah Quzmar (estudiant i presoner declarat en vaga de fam), amb els seus companys estudiants palestins també empresonats, i a signar aquesta declaració:
Kifah Quzmar, de 27 anys i en el seu últim any dels estudis d’Administració d’Empreses a la Universitat de BirZeit, va ser arrestat per les autoritats israelianes el 7 de març en l’encreuament Karameh / Allenby quan tornava d’un viatge des de Jordània. Fins ara, no s’han presentat càrrecs ni acusacions contra ell.
El 26 de març va exigir que o bé se l’acusés d’alguna cosa o bé fos alliberat. En comptes d’això, Israel va ampliar el termini de l’interrogatori vuit dies més. Per protestar per aquesta injustícia, el mateix dia va començar una vaga de fam exigint el seu alliberament. L’empresonament d’estudiants palestins per part de l’ocupació és una clara violació dels drets humans internacionals, del dret humanitari i de la llibertat acadèmica en el seu conjunt.
L’ús massiu de l’empresonament a Palestina és una arma clau del poder colonialista dels assentaments per tal d’intentar suprimir i eliminar la resistència palestina. Nosaltres condemnem l’ocupació israeliana per les seves greus violacions del Pacte Internacional de Drets Civils i Polítics (articles 14, 17, 18, 19, 22) mitjançant l’ús de la presó i la negació dels drets dels estudiants a l’educació i a la participació política plena i activa. Només a la Universitat de BirZeit, es nega l’accés a l’educació a 60 estudiants Palestins, ja que estan retinguts a les presons israelianes com a presos polítics. Els estudiants són el blanc de detencions, especialment quan s’acosta l’època de les eleccions anuals estudiantils. Els activistes involucrats amb blocs polítics d’estudiants són objecte de detencions administratives o acusats de donar suport a “organitzacions prohibides”.
Nosaltres, les organitzacions d’estudiants, grups, associacions i sindicats sotasignats, exigim l’alliberament immediat de Kifah Quzmar i de tots els presos polítics palestins. També exigim el cessament immediat de l’empresonament dels estudiants palestins, ja que constitueix un impediment directe al dret a l’educació (Pacte Internacional de Drets Econòmics, Socials i Culturals, Art. 13). Finalment, fem una crida a totes les institucions educatives, empreses i governs perquè compleixin amb el Boicot, Desinversió i Sancions (BDS) amb la finalitat de pressionar Israel perquè compleixi amb el Dret Internacional.
Fem una crida a totes les organitzacions a expressar la seva solidaritat amb Kifah Quzmar i amb els altres estudiants palestins companys seus també empresonats, i a signar aquesta declaració. Ens neguem a guardar silenci davant la injustícia establerta a Palestina i ens solidaritzem amb tots els palestins que estan privats dels seus inalienables drets de llibertat, de justícia i de retorn.
L’ocupació israeliana nega l’educació als estudiants palestins. La solidaritat internacional pot ajudar a defensar-los!
2) Organitza una protesta o acció a un consolat israelià o a la plaça de la teva universitat o de la teva comunitat, demanant la llibertat per a Kifah Quzmar i per als seus companys palestins empresonats. Destaca Kifah Quzmar i els seus companys estudiants palestins en les accions per al Dia dels Presoners Palestins del 17 d’abril, i en les de la Setmana d’Acció (“Week of Action”), del 14 al 24 d’abril.
3) Organitza una taula en un centre d’estudiants o una vaga de fam d’un dia en suport de Kifah Quzmar. Els estudiants han de conèixer la persecució que sofreixen els estudiants palestins.
4) Organitzacions, associacions, sindicats d’estudiants i grups: escriviu una carta o una declaració en suport de Kifah, o realitzeu una foto de grup amb un rètol que digui “Llibertat Kifah Quzmar!” i useu #FreeKifahQuzmar a les xarxes socials. Compartiu vostres declaracions i fotos amb nosaltres al Facebook, o envieu un correu electrònic a samidoun@samidoun.net.
5) Uniu-vos al Boicot, Desinversió i Sancions per dur a terme el boicot a Israel, inclòs el boicot acadèmic a les institucions israelianes. Les institucions acadèmiques israelianes són còmplices del sistema d’empresonament i ocupació, mentre que als estudiants palestins se’ls nega el seu funcionament normal i el dret a l’educació mitjançant les campanyes de detenció en curs.
Nederlands
Wij, de onderstaande studentenorganisaties, groepen, verenigingen en vakbonden roepen alle organisaties op om deze verklaring te ondertekenen en solidariteit te tonen met de student en hongerstaker Kifah Quzmar en zijn medegevangenen.
Kifah Quzmar, die 27 jaar oud is en bezig is met zijn laatste jaar Bestuurskunde aan de universiteit van Birzeit, is op 7 maart gearresteerd bij de Karameh/Allenby kruising door Israelische authoriteiten toen hij terugkwam van een reis. Tot op de dag van vandaag is hij niet aangeklaagd en is er niet duidelijk waar hij van beschuldigd wordt. Op 26 maart eiste hij vrijgelaten te worden of een tenlastelegging te ontvangen, in plaats daar van heeft Israel zijn verhoor met 8 dagen verlengd, daarom is hij diezelfde dag in hongerstaking getreden om tegen dit onrecht in opstand te komen..
De gevangenhouding van Palestijnse studenten door de bezetters is een ernstige overtreding van de internationale wetgeving omtrent mensenrechten en een zware inbreuk op academische vrijheid. De criminalisering en grootschalige gevangenhouding van Palestijnse studenten door de Israëlische bezetting is een essentieel wapen in de strijd tegen Palestijns verzet. Wij verwerpen Israël voor zijn systematische overtredingen van het internationaal verdrag inzake burgerrechten en politieke rechten (art. 14, 17, 18, 19 en 22) door het onrechtmatige gebruik van gevangenhouding en het verstoren van het recht op onderwijs en politieke participatie van de Palestijnse studenten. Alleen al op de universiteit van Bizet worden 60 Palestijnse studenten om politieke redenen gevangen gehouden en hun recht op onderwijs ontzegd. Studenten worden herhaaldelijk het doelwit van arrestaties, vooral tijdens de jaarlijkse studentenverkiezingen; activisten die betrokken zijn bij studentenpartijen worden onder administratieve detentie geplaatst of beschuldigd van het steunen van ‘verboden organisaties’
Wij, de onderstaande studentenorganisaties, groepen, verenigingen en vakbonden, eisen de onmiddellijke vrijlating van Kifah Quzmar en alle Palestijnse politieke gevangen. Het gevangenschap van de Palestijnse studenten is een directe overtreding van art. 13 IVBPR. Ten slotte, roepen wij alle academische instituties, bedrijven en overheden op om de reglementen van de BDS-beweging over te nemen zodat er een einde komt aan de Israëlische schendingen van het internationale recht.
Wij roepen alle organisaties op om solidariteit met de strijd van Kifah Quzmar en zijn medegevangenen te tonen en deze uitspraak te ondertekenen. Wij weigeren om stil te blijven over het voortdurende onrecht in Palestina en wij zijn solidair met alle Palestijnen wiens onvervreemdbare recht op vrijheid, rechtvaardigheid en terugkeer stelselmatig genegeerd wordt.
Palestijnse studenten worden beroofd van hun recht op onderwijs door de Israëlische bezetting. Internationale solidariteit beschermt ze!.
Wat kan jij doen?
1) Laat je organisatie deze oproep ondertekenen.
2) Organiseer een protest of actie bij een Israëlische consulaat en/of universiteit/gemeenschappelijke ruimte voor de vrijheid van Kifah Quzmar en andere Palestijnse studenten die gevangen zijn gezet. Bevorder bewustwording van deze strijd door deel te nemen aan acties tijdens de Dag voor Palestijnse Politieke Gevangen op 17 april en de Week van Actie van 14-24 april.
3) Organiseer een bijeenkomst in een studentencentrum of een eendaagse hongerstaking voor de strijd van Kifah Quzmar. Uw medestudenten moeten bewust worden van de onderdrukking waar Palestijnse studenten tegen vechten.
4) Organisaties, verenigingen, groepen en studentenbewegingen: schrijf een brief of een steunbetoog aan Kifah, of neem met je vrienden een foto met een bord waarop je ‘Bevrijd Kifah Quzmar’ heb geschreven en gebruik #FreeKifahQuzmar op sociale media. Deel je mening en foto’s met ons op Facebook, of email ons op samidoun@samidoun.net
5) Doe mee aan de BDS-beweging en steun de academische boycot om de druk op Israël op te voeren. Israëlische academische instituties zijn medeverantwoordelijk voor het systeem van gevangenhouding en bezetting, terwijl Palestijnse studenten niet normaal kunnen functioneren en hun recht op onderwijs ontzegd wordt door voortdurende criminaliseringscampagnes.
Português
Nós, abaixo-assinadas organizações estudantis, grupos, associações e uniões apelamos a que todas as organizações espressem solidariedade com o grevista de fome, estudante e prisioneiro Kifah Quzmar e com todos os outros estudantes Palestinianos aprisionados, e assinem esta petição:
Kifah Quzmar de 27 anos, no seu ano último ano da licenciatura em Administração de Empresas na Universidade de BirZeit, foi detido pelas autoridades Israelitas a 7 de março, quando regressava de uma viagem no cruzamento entre Karameh/Allenby e a Jordânia. Até agora, ainda nenhuma acusação foi feita contra si. A 26 de março Kifah exigiu ser ou acusado de algo ou libertado, mas ao invés disso Israel extendeu o seu interogatório por mais 8 dias. Como forma de protesto contra esta injustiça, no mesmo dia ele começou uma greve de fome.
A prisão de estudantes Palestinos pela ocupação Israelita é uma clara violação do direito internacional e humanitário, dos direitos humanos e da liberdade académica por inteiro. O número massivo de aprisionamentos na Palestina é a estratégia chave dos colonializadores para suprimir e eliminar a resistência Palestina. Nós condenamos a Ocupação Israelita pelas suas graves violações do Pacto Internacional de Direitos Civis e Políticos (Arts. 14, 17, 18, 19, 22), através da frequente recorrência a imprisionamentos e negação dos direitos dos alunos à educação e à plena e ativa participação na vida política. Apenas na Universidade de BirZeit, já a 60 estudantes Palestinos foi negado o acesso à educação por estarem condenados como prisioneiros políticos nas prisões Israelitas. Estudantes são repetidamente alvo de capturas, especialmente quando as eleições estudantis anuais se aproximam; os ativistas envolvidos com os blocos políticos estudantis são também remetidos para a detenção administrativa ou acusados de apoiar “organizações proibidas”.
Nós, as abaixo assinadas organizações estudantis, grupos, associações e uniões, exigimos a libertação imediata de Kifah Quzmar bem como de todos os outros prisioneiros políticos Palestinianos. Exigimos também o cessamento imediato da detenção de estudantes Palestinos, que constitui um impedimento direto ao direito à educação (Pacto Internacional de Direitos Civis, Económicos e Políticos, Art. 13). Por fim, apelamos a todas as instituições, empresas e governos a que atendam aos valores de Boicote, Desinvestimento e Sanções (BDS) de forma a pressionar Israel a cumprir com o Direito Internacional.
Apelamos a todas as organizações que expressem solidariedade com Kifah Quzman e todos os estudantes Palestinianos prisioneiros, e assinem esta declaração. Nós recusamo-nos a permanecer em silêncio face à contínua injustiça na Palestina e permanecemos solidários com os Palestinianos privados do seus direitos inalienaveis à Liberdade, Justiça, e Retorno.
Os estudantes Palestinos estão a ser negados de uma educação pela ocupação Israelita. A solidariedade internacional pode ajudar a defende-los!
2) Organizar um protesto ou ação num consulado e/ou universidade/comunidade Israelita, insistindo na libertação de Kifah Quzman e os outros estudantes prisioneiros Palestinianos. Ressaltar o Kifah Quzmar restantes estudantes Palestinos no Dia de ação pelos Prisioneiros Palestinianos, 17 de abril, e a respetiva semana da ação, 14-24 de abril.
3) Organizar um mesa num centro estudantil ou um “Dia de Greve de Fome” em solidariedade e apoio a Kifah Quzmar. As comunidades estudantis devem estar informados relativamente à perseguição que os estudantes Palestinos enfrentam.
4) Organizações, associações e uniões de estudantes e grupos: escrever uma carta ou declaração em apoio a Kifah, ou tirar uma foto de grupo com um cartaz no qual se leia “Libertem Kifah Quzmar!”, e usar o hashtag #FreeKifahQuzmar nas redes sociais. Partilha os teus pensamentos e fotos connosco no Facebook ou por email samidoun@samidoun.net.
5) Junta-te à campanha de Boicote, Desinvestimento e Sancões para construirmos o boicote de Israel, inclusive boicote académico das instituições Israelitas. As instituições académicas Israelitas são cumplices no sistema de aprisionamento e ocupação, enquanto os estudantes Palestinianos são negados funcionamento normal e direito à educação através de consecutivas campanhas de aprisionamento.
Italian
Noi sottoscritti organizzazioni studentesche, gruppi, associazioni e collettivi sollecitiamo tutte le organizzazioni ad esprimere la solidarietà allo studente e prigioniero in sciopero della fame, Kifah Quzmar ed ai suoi compagni prigionieri e studenti palestinesi e a sottoscrivere questa dichiarazione:
Kifah Quzmar, 27 anni, al suo ultimo anno di studio in Business Administration all’Università di Bir Zeit, è stato arrestato dalle autorità israeliane il 7 marzo al valico di Karameh/Allenby, mentre era di ritorno da un viaggio in Giordania
Al momento, nessuna accusa è stata mossa contro di lui. Il 26 Marzo scorso ha richiesto di essere accusato di qualcosa o rilasciato, ma Israele ha invece esteso il suo interrogatorio di altri otto giorni. Per protestare contro questa ingiustizia e chiedere il suo rilascio, lo stesso giorno Kifah ha iniziato lo sciopero della fame.
La detenzione di studenti palestinesi da parte dell’occupazione è una chiara violazione dei diritti umani internazionali, del diritto umanitario e della libertà accademica nel suo complesso.
In Palestina, il massiccio ricorso alla reclusione è un’arma fondamentale del colonialismo in quanto tenta di sopprimere ed eliminare la resistenza palestinese.
Noi condanniamo l’occupazione israeliana per le sue gravi violazioni del Patto Internazionale sui Diritti Civili e Politici (artt. 14, 17, 18, 19, 22), mediante il ricorso alla detenzione e alla negazione agli studenti del diritto all’istruzione e alla piena ed attiva partecipazione politica. Solo all’università di Bir Zeit l’accesso all’istruzione viene precluso a 60 studenti palestinesi, perché sono trattenuti come prigionieri politici nelle carceri israeliane.
Gli studenti sono ripetutamente presi di mira ed arrestati, in special modo quando si avvicinano le elezioni studentesche annuali; agli attivisti coinvolti in blocchi politici studenteschi viene ordinato la detenzione amministrativa o vengono accusati di sostenere “organizzazioni proibite.”
Noi sottoscritti organizzazioni studentesche, gruppi, associazioni e collettivi, chiediamo l’immediato rilascio di Kifah Quzmar e di tutti i prigionieri politici palestinesi. Chiediamo inoltre la fine della reclusione per gli studenti palestinesi, essendo essa un conseguente diretto impedimento del diritto all’istruzione (Patto Internazionale sui Diritti Economici, Sociali e Culturali, Art. 13).
Infine, ci appelliamo a tutti gli istituti di istruzione, aziende e governi a rispettare il Boicottaggio, Disinvestimento e Sanzioni (BDS) per fare pressione su Israele in conformità al diritto internazionale.
Facciamo appello a tutte le organizzazioni per esprimere solidarietà a Kifah Quzmar ed ai suoi compagni prigionieri e studenti palestinesi e a sottoscrivere questa dichiarazione. Ci rifiutiamo di rimanere in silenzio di fronte all’ingiustizia in corso in Palestina e siamo solidali con tutti i palestinesi che sono privati dei loro diritti inalienabili di libertà, di giustizia e di ritorno.
Gli Studenti Palestinesi si vedono negare la loro educazione dall’occupazione israeliana. La solidarietà internazionale può aiutare a difenderli!
2) Organizzare una protesta, presidi fuori dal consolato israeliano e/o nelle Piazza dell’Università, sollecitando la libertà per Kifah Quzmar e per gli studenti prigionieri palestinesi. Valorizzare la campagna per Kifah Quzmar e per i compagni palestinesi nelle iniziative pianificate durante la Giornata dei prigionieri palestinesi, il 17 Aprile, e nella Settimana di Azione dal 14-24 aprile.
3) Organizzare un incontro in un centro studentesco oppure una giornata di sciopero della fame a sostegno di Kifah Quzmar. Gli Studenti devono sapere la persecuzione affrontata dagli studenti palestinesi.
4) Le organizzazioni studentesche, i gruppi, le associazioni ed i collettivi possono scrivere una lettera o una dichiarazione in supporto a Kifah, oppure produrre foto di gruppo con cartelli che indichino le scritte: “Free Kifah Quzmar!” e condividere l’hastag #FreeKifahQuzmar sui social media. Condividere le dichiarazioni e le foto su Facebook, oppure inviarle per e-mail a samidoun@samidoun.net.
5) Aderire alla campagna BDS (il Boicottaggio, Disinvestimento e Sanzioni per costruire il boicottaggio di Israele, compreso il boicottaggio accademico di istituzioni israeliane. Le Istituzioni accademiche israeliane sono complici nel sistema della detenzione e della occupazione, mentre agli studenti palestinesi viene negato il normale funzionamento del diritto allo studio attraverso la campagna di arresti in corso.
The Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative in Istanbul sent solidarity cards to political captives the world over on 18 March, the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, with activists in Turkey also sending messages to captive Palestinians. “Resistance until the last Palestinian returns home, resistance until the last Palestinian exits prison,” said Ayşe Düzkan, representing BDS Turkey, during an event to mark the day. She noted that the Palestinian cause was an important part of the fight against imperialism everywhere in the world.
Members of the Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative marked 18 March, the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, with a call for freedom for political prisoners around the world, especially Palestinian, Turkish and Kurdish captives.
“While the nationalities, languages, continents and countries of the powers that be may change, their attitude toward those fighting for freedom does not,” said Sevim Kalman, one of the speakers at the event. “Whether in Israel or Greece, France or the United States, Germany or Peru, Colombia, Spain or Turkey, these powers that be take away the freedom of political prisoners and steal their rights. They don’t provide opportunities for people to live their lives in even the most basic human fashion behind bars while also refusing to recognize their political identities.”
During the protest, members of the Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative shouted “Freedom for political prisoners,” “Political prisoners will not be abandoned” and “Long live international solidarity” before heading to the Galatasaray Post Office to send solidarity cards for political prisoners incarcerated in countries around the world, including Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Ibrahim Abdallah.
Although Turkish authorities have arrested Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş along with thousands of other politicians, journalists and writers, political prisoners in Turkey and Kurdistan have not bowed to the measures against them but have resisted instead, Kalman said.
At the same time, a large number of hunger strikes are currently continuing in prisons, Kalman said.
“We salute Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been on death row in the USA since 1981; Lebanese revolutionary Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has been held captive in France since 1984 for not showing penitence; Palestinian prisoners including PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Sa’adat, who has resisted in Zionist Israeli jails for 15 years, and Marwan Barghouti; all anarchist prisoners in the form of Pola Roupa in Greece and Qiyas İbrahimov in Azerbaijan; all Latin American prisoners including Abimael Guzman, who has been held in Peru since 1992; and all European Turkish Workers Confederation (ATİK) administrators and activists in Germany including Müslüm Elma and Banu Büyükavcı,” Kalman said.
Expressing her solidarity with all political prisoners and their families, Kalman also noted that they were marking 18 March, the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, with a desire for a world without borders, classes or prisons.
Düzkan: Resistance until the last Palestinian returns home
Ayşe Düzkan also spoke at the event on behalf of BDS Turkey, also known as the Initiative to Boycott Israel for Palestine.
“I salute you on behalf of those who resist in Gaza, the children who throw stones in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the international solidarity movement that fights for solidarity with Palestine everywhere in the world, the representatives of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement against Israel and the political prisoners of the occupying Israeli state and even the Palestinian Authority,” she said.
“As of January 2017, 6,500 Palestinians are being held as political prisoners. Some 536 of these are in administrative detention – that is, they are being held under arrest without any concrete reason only because they supposedly present a danger to the regime. A number of Palestinian prisoners have managed to overturn their administrative detention by launching hunger strikes, succeeding in securing their own release,” Düzkan said.
“We stand together with Palestine against imperialism”
Düzkan reviewed the situation for Palestinian political prisoners.
“These [prisoners] include one of the founders of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and leaders of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Marwan Barghouti, and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Secretary Ahmad Sa’adat, who was kidnapped along with four comrades from Palestine’s Jericho prison by Israel with backing from the USA and Britain. Since 2006, he has been held in Israeli prisons. But these are not the only Palestinian prisoners and friends of Palestine. There is also Georges Abdallah, one of the founders of the Lebanese Armed Resistance Group. During the Lebanese civil war, he was arrested in France, where he remains incarcerated. But that is not all: Today, there are attempts to prosecute Rasmea Odeh, one of those who called for Women’s Strike on 8 March and who suffered torture at the hands of Israel…on trumped-up charges,” Düzkan said.
The Palestinian cause is an important part of the fight against imperialism everywhere in the world, she said.
“All of this shows how important it is to stand with Palestine against imperialism and that the Palestinian cause is a priority for those struggling against imperialism everywhere in the world. Because of this, we say, ‘Resistance until the last Palestinian returns home, resistance until the last Palestinian exits prison,’” she said.
The International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners was first launched on 18 March 1923 by International Red Aid under the motto of “equality, fraternity, freedom” on the anniversary of the beginning of the Paris Commune.
The four Palestinian human rights defenders and grassroots activists from al-Khalil, Badee Dwaik, Younes Arar, Anan Dana and Ishaq al-Khateeb, were brought before Ofer military court on Sunday, 2 April – and now face a new hearing with additional charges today, Monday 3 April. The four were seized by Israeli occupation forces on Thursday, 30 March as they participated in a Land Day protest with the #DismantleTheGhetto campaign against settlements in al-Khalil.
Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa and Hadarim prisons 
Israeli occupation authorities issued 46 administrative detention orders against Palestinian political prisoners for imprisonment without charge or trial, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, from 21 March to 31 March, reported 
Palestinian university student Kifah Quzmar, in his final year studying business administration at Bir Zeit University, launched a hunger strike on Sunday, March 26 in Ashkelon prison, where he is held shackled and remains under interrogation.
70 organizations around the world have joined the call to action to free imprisoned Palestinian student 
Students for Justice in Palestine in Amsterdam organized an evening event on 30 March, with the participation of Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun, and Ekrem Deniz, active in organizing to free Turkish and Dutch political prisoners. The event included discussion of the struggle of political prisoners in Palestine and Turkey, including the case of Kifah Quzmar and the targeting of Palestinian students. Organizers held signs calling for freedom for Quzmar and for youth prisoner 
