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Palestinian prisoners protest in Nafha following attacks on Sa’adat and fellow prisoners

Ahmad Sa’adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, injured on Tuesday by Israeli guards who attacked Palestinian prisoners in Nafha prison, met with his lawyer from the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association on 29 July, who reported that prisoners in Nafha are continuing to protest, closing their prison sections and refusing to meet with prison administration until their demands are implemented.

The prisoners are demanding an end to sanctions and punishments against the prisoners in Nafha, the return of the prisoners from Room #85 in Nafha from isolation or transfer, and an end to the night inspections in which Israeli prison guards regularly violently ransack Palestinian prisoners’ belongings in the middle of the night. Room #85 was the first attacked by Israeli guards on Monday, 27 July.

Sa’adat said that the attack on the prisoners in Nafha is part of a general attack by occupation forces against the Palestinian people. He said that the occupation forces have used the excuse of mobile phones to attempt to justify their attacks, noting that it was not a personal attack but a collective assault on all of the prisoners in Nafha.

Addameer said that the attack on prisoners in Nafha is part of collective punishment against Palestinian prisoners, including sanctions imposed on prisoners during the attack on Gaza and propsals to enact a number of racist laws that violate international law and attempt to undermine the accomplishment of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. Addameer also noted that there is an ongoing increase in raids and attacks by special units inside Israeli prisons; there were over 180 such raids in 2014.

Issa Qaraqe, director of the Prisoners Affairs Committee, said in a press statement that the situation in the prisons remains very tense as a result of the attacks by Israeli forces against prisoners in Nafha and Ramon prisons, noting that prisoners in Nafha, Ramon, Eshel, Ofer and Negev prisons have decided to escalate their protest against the prison administration and demand they end their policy of attacks. The prisoners will return their dinners on 27 July and refuse to enter the recreation yard or clinic and will not meet with prison officials. Qaraqe noted that these protests are meant to support the prisoners in Nafha prison and not leave them alone subject to violent attacks by the occupation forces.

Protests in Palestine respond to Israeli attack on Sa’adat, Palestinian prisoners

Protests and denunciations from Palestinian prisons to the streets of Gaza echoed a call for justice and freedom for Palestinian prisoners, following an attack on 28 July by Israeli prison guards on Palestinian prisoners in Nafha prison, including Ahmad Sa’adat, Palestinian political leader and General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

The PFLP, Sa’adat’s left-wing political party, organized several rallies and marches in Gaza, denouncing the attack and demanding freedom for Sa’adat and his fellow prisoners. One march, on the evening of 28 July, wound through Jabalya refugee camp, another marched in Rafah, a third rallied in Nuseirat refugee camp, and a fourth in Khan Younis. On the morning of 29 July, a rally in Gaza City marched to the United Nations headquarters condemning the attack by Israeli forces on Sa’adat and his fellow prisoners, with wide participation by many organizations. Jamil Mizher of the PFLP spoke, calling for a broader solidarity campaign for the prisoners on an international level, to provide political and legal support for their struggle.

In addition, Dr. Ahmad Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, denounced the attack by Israeli occupation forces on Sa’adat, an elected PLC member, calling it a “heinous crime against the Palestinian popularly elected representative.” He called for a special unified session of the PLC in the West Bank and Gaza to address the attack on Sa’adat and the ongoing arrests and imprisonment of elected Palestinian parliamentarians and to develop a program of joint work to free the imprisoned representatives and all Palestinian political prisoners.

Bahar called on Arab, Muslim and international parliaments and parliamentarians to denounce the crimes of the occupation against Sa’adat and his fellow Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and to take all steps to pressure Israel to release the kidnapped deputies and to raise this issue in all international fora.

PFLP leader Ahmad Sa’adat attacked by Israeli guards in Nafha prison

Palestinian national political leader and political prisoner, Ahmad Sa’adat, was attacked and injured by Israeli prison guards at Nafha prison early morning Tuesday, 28 July. Sa’adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Palestinian left-wing political party, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was among 30 Palestinian political prisoners injured by the violent attack of the guards, who invaded multiple prison cells, forcing Palestinian prisoners out and confiscating and ransacking their belongings.

Palestinian prisoners in Nafha prison resisted, burning items in the prison cells, and Palestinians in multiple prisons declared that they would not be silent in the face of ongoing and violent attacks on Palestinian leaders and fellow prisoners.

The attacks on prisoners in Nafha began on 27 July; family visits for Palestinian prisoners from Gaza were cancelled following the attacks. The PFLP, Sa’adat’s party, issued a statement calling for action after the attack on Sa’adat and other prisoners; a protest will be held tomorrow, 29 July, in Gaza City at 10:00 am.

Take action to demand an end to the attacks on Palestinian prisoners in Nafha and everywhere:

1. Protest at your closest Israeli consulate or embassy and demand an end to the attacks on Palestinian prisoners and freedom for the over 5,500 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli jails. Email us at samidoun@samidoun.net (and the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat at campaign@freeahmadsaadat.org) about actions in your area.

2. Boycott, Divest and Sanction! Build the campaign to boycott, divest and sanction Israel and its institutions and corporations – through academic and cultural, economic, sports and other forms of boycott.

Khader Adnan Q&A: ‘It is possible to break the Israeli occupation

Interview via Al-Jazeera. Online here: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/qa-break-israeli-occupation-150725123515465.html

Jerusalem – Khader Adnan has become a symbol of the Palestinian resistance to occupation.

On 10 separate occasions, he has been placed in administrative detention, a practice that allows Israel to detain prisoners without charge for renewable six-month periods. In 2012, he rose to prominence after waging a 66-day hunger strike against his detention, and after his rearrest last year, Adnan embarked upon another 56-day hunger strike that ended in his release on July 12.

Adnan, who continues to recover in hospital, spoke to Al Jazeera about his experience and how his hunger strike has drawn attention to the cause of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.


Al Jazeera: How is your health now?Khader Adnan: I still have an issue with my stomach as a result of the hunger strike, but I’m in a state of recovery and being observed by the medical staff. I find it difficult to eat and drink, but I have great faith in God that I’ll recover.

Al Jazeera: It has been reported that during your 2012 hunger strike, you took some supplements, but not this time – is that correct?

Adnan: Yes, on this strike I refused all supplements. I had only water. No salt, no vitamins, no sugar. This was despite the fact that even by Red Cross standards, taking these things does not constitute breaking a strike.

In 2012, on the 43rd and 44th day of the strike, I took two tablets each of magnesium and potassium, and then on the 54th day I took glucose. That was all.

Also, while in 2012 I accepted health checks on the 43rd day of the strike, I refused these in 2015 until the end.

Al Jazeera: The day after being released from prison, you visited Jerusalem and were then rearrested by Israeli police. Can you tell us what motivated you to visit and how you were detained?

Adnan: I went to Jerusalem to firstly say thank you to everyone. I demanded to be released on the 12th of July before Laylat al-Qadr [the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad] as it is the holiest day of the Islamic year, and I wanted to be in the holiest mosque in Palestine on that day.

My initial release was strange. I was released early, at 1am, which has never happened in the history of Israeli prisons. Usually releases take place at 10 in the morning or in the late afternoon.

The point of the early release was so that I wouldn’t be welcomed by my people and family and so that there wouldn’t be a popular reception. I stayed one night with my parents and the next day I was smuggled into Jerusalem from Jenin.

The day before entering Jerusalem, I received a message [indirectly from Israeli security services] that if I was to be seen in Jerusalem, then I would be arrested. However, despite this, I travelled in a smooth and organised fashion and visited four homes [that] were symbols of various sectors in our society: of martyrs, prisoners, lawyers and trade unionists, and I wanted to send a message to all of these sectors.

After that I tried to go to Al-Aqsa Mosque. I got to Bab a-Zahara, but despite being disguised by wearing a robe, a walking stick, and keffiyeh, I was noticed by the police. I suppose they saw posters of me, which were up around Al-Aqsa Mosque. One of the border police was holding a poster with my face on it. From there, I was taken to Khurshi prison by Jaffa Gate. I was held for four and a half hours, during which time I refused to eat or speak.

Al Jazeera: You have now returned to Jerusalem again, this time while being admitted to hospital. What happened?

Adnan: The day after being rearrested, I went to sleep at my parents’ house, but the next day I felt a great pain in my stomach. I went to Jenin hospital, but they said the treatment I required was available in al-Makassed hospital in Jerusalem, so the next day I was transferred here.

It’s funny how within a few days, I first came in one day in disguise and then another in an ambulance. One time I was afraid of being caught; the next time I entered with great confidence.

I came in with confidence and without losing any dignity because I had the knowledge that if anything happened to me, then Israel would face a revolt from the people.

Al Jazeera: How integral is the prisoners’ movement to the overall strategy to liberate Palestine?

Adnan: The prisoners’ movement and hunger strikes in particular are a symbol of the principle and demand for justice in Palestine. It proves that of course it is both possible and necessary to break the Israeli occupation.

The prisoners, with strong will, are able to hold onto their rights. It is a symbol to show you what is possible. This is something that the Palestinian leadership must learn from. How it is that a Palestinian prisoner can be on hunger strike, facing an occupation and a jailer with all the technology and forces at their disposal, and yet can still defeat them? Our unarmed resistence can defeat the bullet. That’s what this represents.

But we need the unity of the Palestinian national movement. We need to fully convince the official bodies, the leadership and the public of the need for resistance. We need to weld all our energies together, from Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank, and the diaspora. We need the unification of all these energies with the free people of the world in defence of the rights of prisoners and all Palestinians.

Al Jazeera: While on hunger strike, were you aware of actions taking place in solidarity with you?

Adnan: From my bed at al-Makassed hospital, I send a message of solidarity to all people who have supported me. There is a very important symbolic significance to this hospital. It accepted all of the injured and martyred from the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The bed I’m on now may have been sat on by a martyr or someone injured in defence of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it’s a great honour and privilege to be on this bed.

What unites us as free people of the world is much greater than what divides us. I send my love and solidarity to all the free people and my great thanks to them and appreciation for all they’ve done.

Al Jazeera: How much support did you receive from the Palestinian leadership?

Adnan: There was some communication between myself and the ministry for prisoners. The support from the public and official bodies was more delayed and much less on this occasion. I did get support from the streets, but actions that were taken were less than in 2012.

Al Jazeera: Much of the Arab world is in turmoil. Do you have a message for the youth of this region?

Adnan: Yes, I want to send a word to the Arab and Muslim youth where this barbarism is taking place; in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, the Sinai, and Libya. Many young people are coming from all corners of the world to kill and to be killed. We want you alive. We need you to hold the right interests for the progress of this land.

We need to remember that we have a wounded Palestine in our hands. The cause of Palestine must be at the centre of everything we are building. Your brothers and sisters have been in the occupation prisons for decades. Al-Aqsa Mosque is being threatened and attacked. Palestine is occupied and you have to stand with Palestine.

Translation by Vivian al-Haddad.

Video: Khader Adnan urges solidarity with hunger strikers Allan and Isteiti

Khader Adnan, freed Palestinian political prisoner and former long-term hunger striker, who won his release from administrative detention in 2015 and 2012 through hunger strikes, issued a video on 19 July calling for action to support fellow hunger strikers Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti.

Video (with English subtitles, originally via Quds News Network):

Like Adnan, Allan and Isteiti are imprisoned under administrative detention, held without charge or trial on the basis of Israeli military orders and secret evidence. Both have been on hunger strike for 32 days, protesting their imprisonment and demanding an end to administrative detention.

Allan, 31 and a practicing lawyer from Nablus, is being held in isolation in Ayala prison.  He has been detained since 6 November 2014. The renewal of his administrative detention without charge or trial prompted his strike. Isteiti,  from Jenin refugee camp, has been on strike for 25 days, and is held in isolation in Eshel prison, where he was moved three days ago from the Negev prison. He has been detained since 17 November 2014. Like Allan, the renewal of his detention prompted his strike.

These hunger strikes come as dozens of Palestinian administrative detainees have announced a boycott of the Israeli military courts that essentially function as a rubber-stamp, signing off on administrative detention orders on the basis of secret evidence – and as Khader Adnan has once again been victorious in his 55-day hunger strike, released on 12 July 2015 after a year of administrative detention. Administrative detention violates the right to a fair trial as recognized in the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.

Take action to demand freedom for Allan and Isteiti and the end of administrative detention!

1. Send a letter/petition immediately to Israeli officials demanding the release of Allan and Isteiti and the end of administrative detention. Make sure the international voice is heard demanding their freedom!

2. Protest at the Israeli consulate or embassy. Bring posters and flyers about administrative detention and Palestinian hunger strikers and hold a protest, or join a protest with this important information. Hold a community event or discussion, or include these cases in your next event about Palestine and social justice.

3. Boycott, Divest and Sanction. Hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law. Don’t buy Israeli goods, and campaign to end investments in corporations that profit from the occupation. G4S, a global security corporation, is heavily involved in providing services to Israeli prisons that jail Palestinian political prisoners – there is a global call to boycott it. Learn more at bdsmovement.net.

Letter text

To Brigadier General Dani Afroni, Military Judge Advocate General and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu;

I write today to call for an immediate release of Palestinian hunger strikers Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti, held without charge or trial under administrative detention.

I also demand the end of the use of administrative detention. Like over 400 other Palestinians, Allan and Isteiti are being held without charge or trial and under secret evidence. Allan and Isteiti have been on hunger strike for over 20 days.

Dozens of Palestinian administrative detainees are boycotting the military courts that produce these arbitrary sentences with no charge and no trial. I join their call to end this detention.

The lives of Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti – and the lives of thousands of Palestinian prisoners- are precious to me and to people around the world. The eyes of the world are on these case, and the government of Israel is fully responsible for the hunger strikers’ health and lives.

Administrative detention violates the right to a fair trial as recognized in the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. It is a practice that is used to silence Palestinians without ever exposing the reality of such actions to the light of day – even in the rigged military court systems.

Allan and Isteiti must be released immediately and without condition, along with their fellow administrative detainees.

Sincerely,

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Addameer: Report on 13 July military court hearing of Khalida Jarrar

Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association released the following update on the 13 July hearing of imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian and leader, Khalida Jarrar, before an Israeli military court:

13 July 2015 – At the hearing today for Palestinian Legislative Council Member Khalida Jarrar, the defense team submitted preliminary arguments to cancel the charges. The defense argued concerning the legality of the occupation. Particularly, it argued that the occupation’s situation as continued and long-term deems it illegal. The defense also argued that Mrs. Khalida Jarrar is entitled to immunity as a Palestinian Legislative Council Member.

The defense also argued that Palestine should be considered a sovereign state after the United Nations General Assembly decision to recognize it as such, and the subsequent joining of various international treaties, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Therefore, the defense argued, Palestine should be regarded as a state under occupation, and not territory under the jurisdiction of the Oslo accords, which were meant to end within five years. The defense further argued that even if the Oslo accords were applicable, Israeli arrests in Area A are only to take place if the accused is believed to be committing illegal activities in the time of the arrest, which was not the case for Mrs. Jarrar, who was arrested in an overnight raid on her home years following many of the alleged activities. The safeguarding of justice was also highly contested according to the defense, who argued that the protracted delays in bringing charges against Mrs. Jarrar and the vague dates given to her alleged activities severely affect the ability of the defendant in her defense.

Furthermore, the defense argued that the arrest of Mrs. Jarrar was a revengeful reprisal for her refusal to comply with a forced residency assignment in September 2014, as indicated by military governor’s statement. Additionally, the defense pointed to the fact that Mrs. Jarrar was initially held under administrative detention, with the prosecution claiming in a hearing that there was not enough evidence to hold her under charges.

The next hearing is set to take place on 4 August 2015, during which witnesses are expected to take the stand. It was noted that witnesses were not properly informed to attend today’s hearing and did not show up. The prosecution has two weeks to respond to the defense team’s preliminary arguments.

Take Action to support Khalida Jarrar – and visit the Free Khalida Jarrar Campaign:

1. Click here: Send a message to the Israeli Occupation Forces and demand the immediate release of Khalida Jarrar.It is important that the occupation learns that Khalida has supporters around the world who will not be silent in the face of this injustice.

2. Sign the petition! Sign and share this petition, demanding freedom for Khalida Jarrar immediately.

3. Contact your Member of Parliament, Representative, or Member of European Parliament. The attack on Khalida is an attack on Palestinian parliamentary legitimacy and political expression. Parliamentarians have a responsibility to pressure Israel to cancel this order.

4. Send a letter to Khalida Jarrar – help support her and show her jailers that the world is with her!

5. Use the Campaign Resources to inform your community, parliamentarians and others about Khalida’s case.

6. Protest at the Israeli consulate or embassy for Khalida Jarrar. Bring posters and flyers about Khalida’s case and hold a protest, or join a protest with this important information. Hold a community event or discussion, or include Khalida’s case in your next event about Palestine and social justice.

7. Boycott, Divest and Sanction. Hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law. Don’t buy Israeli goods, and campaign to end investments in corporations that profit from the occupation. Learn more at bdsmovement.net.

Update: Khader Adnan released again following Jerusalem rearrest

Khader Adnan has been released from Israeli detention to the Palestinian Authority military liason office and has been returned to his village of Arraba at 1 am on 14 July, reports Ma’an News, following several hours being held at the Qishlah police station in Jerusalem. Adnan, 37, a baker from Arraba near Jenin and a leading political activist, was freed Sunday, 12 July, from Israeli prison after a 55-day hunger strike. He had been held under administrative detention without charge or trial since 8 July 2014.

He was rearrested in Jerusalem, where he had travelled to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque for Laylat al-Qadr. While in Jerusalem, he visited the home of imprisoned Samer, Shireen and Medhat Issawi, greeting their parents; Palestinian lawyer Jawad Boulos, and others, Ma’an reports. Ha’aretz reported at the time of his arrest on the evening of 13 July that “the Shin Bet confirmed that Adnan had been arrested, saying that he had entered Jerusalem illegally. Adnan has been transferred to the police for questioning…the defense establishment viewed this violation with severity.” However, the arrest drew immediate attention and Adnan was released in the early hours of 14 July.

In 2012, Adnan won his release from administrative detention with a 66-day hunger strike that won the support of the world and helped to reinvigorate the mass movement for the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, and in particular, drew attention to administrative detention, the Israeli occupation practice of imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, repeatedly renewable. There are currently over 400 Palestinians held in administrative detention, including two, Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti, on hunger strike.

 

Breaking News: Khader Adnan rearrested going to Jerusalem

UPDATE, 14 July: Khader Adnan has been released from Israeli detention to the Palestinian Authority military liason office and has been returned to his village of Arraba, reports Ma’an News. While in Jerusalem, he visited the home of imprisoned Samer, Shireen and Medhat Issawi, greeting their parents; Palestinian lawyer Jawad Boulos, and others.

Khader Adnan has been rearrested by Israeli occupation forces as he attempted to enter Jerusalem to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque, reports the Palestinian Prisoners Club and Ha’aretz. Adnan, 37, a baker from Arraba near Jenin and a leading political activist, was freed yesterday, 12 July, from Israeli prison after a 55-day hunger strike. He had been held under administrative detention without charge or trial since 8 July 2014.

In 2012, Adnan won his release from administrative detention with a 66-day hunger strike that won the support of the world and helped to reinvigorate the mass movement for the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, and in particular, drew attention to administrative detention, the Israeli occupation practice of imprisoning Palestinians without charge or trial on the basis of secret evidence for up to six month periods, repeatedly renewable. There are currently over 400 Palestinians held in administrative detention, including two, Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti, on hunger strike.

Ha’aretz reported, “Adnan told his family and friend that he was go to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, like thousands of other Palestinians…The Shin Bet confirmed that Adnan had been arrested, saying that he had entered Jerusalem illegally. Adnan has been transferred to the police for questioning…the defense establishment viewed this violation with severity.”

Although some Palestinian sources are reporting that he will be released, Adnan is currently still being held in Qishlah police station in Jerusalem. Samidoun will provide updates and action alerts on this breaking news event.

 

Khalida Jarrar: Letter from Prison – Next Hearing 13 July

Khalida Jarrar, the imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian, feminist and leftist leader, will face another hearing in Israeli military court on 13 July. She recently had her first family visits, with her daughters Suha and Yafa Jarrar; all of her other family members, including her husband, have been denied permission to visit her.

Jarrar, originally held under administrative detention without charge, is now facing an Israeli military court on 12 charges, all of which are entirely political in nature and relate to her speeches and public events advocating for Palestinian political prisoners and a free Palestine. Her hearing on 22 June in Ofer military court was postponed until 13 July.

Click here to take action and demand the release of Khalida Jarrar!

The Anti-Imperialist Front has made available four translations of a letter imprisoned Palestinian leftist political leader and parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar sent from Hadarim prison on 2 June, where she is held by Israeli occupation forces:

Letter from Khalida Jarrar

In recent years, I have continuously spoken about the cause of the Palestinian prisoners, their numbers, their conditions of detention, statistics, figures and percentages. I talked about the million Palestinians that since 1967 had passed through Israeli prisons. This figure means that one in four Palestinians was arrested at least once in their lifetime. I have spoken to hundreds of arrested women, among them, 24 are still imprisoned; I spoke of the thousands of children arrested in violation of all laws and international conventions. To date, among the 6,000 Palestinian prisoners, 240 are children. In the prisons are also detained prisoners with serious and incurable diseases, some of whom are elderly, practically condemned to death. Another 500 prisoners are serving periods of administrative detention, without any legal justification or accusation against them, a practice dating back to the period of the British mandate in Palestine 70 years ago, the same time period as that of the Nazi occupation in Europe, a period which unfortunately reminds us of our present time because of all that I have just finished describing.

For more than 9 years, as an elected member by the Palestinian people in their struggle for liberation, in the Palestinian Legislative Council I have served as President of the Commission, in charge of the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Previously, for 13 years, I was the general director of the association for prisoner support and human rights Addameer, one of the most important associations, whose mission is the defence of prisoners. This means that I have devoted the last 20 years of my life in support of the Palestinian prisoners in the jails of the occupation, for the freedom which is denied to prisoners by this colonial occupation.

During all these years, and especially after my election, which allowed me to be a representative of the people, I have defended with all my strength the prisoners, their rights, the fight against the conditions of their arrest, against the methods used during interrogation and in order to extract confessions and all the false accusations. I defended their right to have access to medical care, the right to life and freedom, because they would be only guilty of defending the freedom of their oppressed people, an action recognized by all international laws and by the United Nations, whose laws and conventions apply to all of us.

I have always referred to people from all over the world asking the representatives of the people’s deputies, representatives of governments and to the presidents, to stand alongside the Palestinian prisoners, to take the side of those who are on a quest for justice, freedom, values ​​and human rights. I always demanded for the condemnation of the occupation, its sanction and its end. I still believe that this is a duty for all of us, as much as for you, as it is for us Palestinians.

Today I confirm to you I have not changed: my stance, my beliefs and my will remain intact, although my position is different now: I look at the issue from another perspective and from that perspective I see things more clearly. Today, I’m part of the 24 female prisoners that I mentioned earlier, the 6000 prisoners, one of the many prisoners who suffers violence in prisons and who bears the weight of injustice every day, every hour, every moment.

Today, after being arrested in my house, in front of my family and of my husband, I took something from my people, by depriving them of my duty to serve them, those who elected me. Today, I’m well aware of the way the occupation soldiers arrive, armed with all their “tenacity” and “monstrosity”, as they came to my house in the middle of the night, handcuffed and blindfolded me and took me to a place that I didn’t know.

Today, I was informed that my detention had been confirmed, the detention under a decree which is older than me, a decree that doesn’t belong to the humanity of our time. Today, the government of the occupation began to shake, after suffering under your pressure and that of the free of the world who condemn this senseless arrest I was victim of. This, however, did not prevent the occupier to enforce its most racist laws, so I was sent to a court that we all know is completely illegitimate, before a court of which we all recognize the incompetence, since a perpetrator can never be the judge of his victim.

Although we know we will be able to find flaws in their obsolete laws, the last word is to the representatives of the entity of the occupier, the prosecutor, because there is no authority higher than that of the colonization with its unjust laws.

Never mind; this is the price we pay for our freedom, for our dignity and that of the World. We arm ourselves with your support and, when we hear your voice of solidarity with our resistance, we grow in strength and steadfastness.

Today, I write to you as a prisoner whose fate cannot be known, how long will I be in this dirty prison that is not suitable for humans. I do not know if I’ll find a doctor worthy of his title once sick, I do not know if the food they give me is poisoned or if the water is polluted, I do not know when my jailer will come to my cell to keep me awake and violate my intimacy. I do not know when I will be able to take my little girls, Yafa and Suha, in my arms, I do not know when I will kiss my husband again nor when I will be hugged by my mother and when I will be able to kiss my father’s face. All I know is that, in order to obtain all this, I need you, every free voice in the world to repeat with me and with my people: “Down with the occupation! And may the Palestinian people obtain their freedom!”

2nd June 2015
(Translated by E.D.P.)

النائب خالدة جرار تخص مؤتمر مناصرة الأسرى في أوروبا بكلمة هامة

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خصت القيادية في الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين والنائب في المجلس التشريعي والمعتقلة في سجون الاحتلال خالدة جرار المؤتمر الأوروبي الثاني لمناصرة أسرى فلسطين والذي عُقد في العاصمة الألمانية برلين، بكلمة من داخل زنازين الاحتلال ألُقيت على هامش المؤتمر استعرضت خلالها ظروف الأسرى ومعاناتهم، وإليكم النص الكامل للكلمة:

كلمة الأسيرة النائب خالدة جرار
التي ألقيت في مؤتمر مناصرة الأسرى في أوروبا

لطالما تحدثت خلال السنوات الماضية عن قضية الأسرى الفلسطينيين، عن أعدادهم وظروف اعتقالهم، عن إحصائيات وأرقام ونسب، عن مليون فلسطيني اعتقلوا على يد قوات الاحتلال منذ أن بدأ عام 1967، عن أن ربع الشعب الفلسطيني داخل فلسطين المحتلة قد اعتقل مرة أو أكثر، عن مئات النساء اعتقلن ولا زال منهن 24 قيد الاعتقال الآن، عن آلاف الأطفال اعتقلوا بما يخالف كل القوانين والمواثيق الدولية، عن 240 طفلا هم قيد الاعتقال الآن، عن ستة آلاف أسير هم رهن الاعتقال الآن ، منهم مرضى مصابين بأمراض مستعصية لا شفاء منها أبدا داخل الأسر، ما يعني الحكم عليهم بالإعدام ، ومنهم مسنين وكهلة ، منهم من مضى على اعتقاله أو إعادة اعتقاله نحو ثلاثين عاما وأكثر ، ومنهم نحو ( 600 غير متأكد من الرقم ) أسير إداري يقضون أشهر وسنوات داخل السجن دون أي اتهام أو سند قانوني سوى اتكاء سلطات الاحتلال على قانون سنه الانتداب البريطاني على فلسطين قبل سبعين عاماً، أي مع نهاية العهد النازي، ولكنه يشبه هذا العهد.

منذ ما يزيد عن تسع سنوات وإنا اشغل منصب رئيس لجنة الأسرى في المجلس التشريعي كوني منتخبة من ونائب عن شعب فلسطين الباحث عن حريته، وقبل ذلك شغلت لنحو عشر سنوات منصب مدير عام مؤسسة الضمير لرعاية الأسرى وحقوق الإنسان ، وهي واحدة من المؤسسات الهامة التي تتولى الدفاع عن الأسرى، أي أن آخر عشرون عاماً من حياتي وعملي كرستها تقريبا للعمل إسنادا لأسرى فلسطين في سجون الاحتلال ، وبحثا عن حرية افقدهم إياها هذا الاحتلال الأخير ألباق على وجه البسيطة.

خلال تلك السنين، وخاصة منذ أن أصبحت نائبة وممثلة عن الشعب، دافعت بقوة عن الأسرى وحقوقهم وظروف اعتقالهم، وعن أنواع الاعتقال وأساليب التحقيق وانتزاع وتلفيق الاعترافات والتهم، دافعت عن حق الأسرى بالعلاج وبالحياة وبالتحرر من أسرهم، لان لا ذنب اقترفوه سوى دفاعهم عن حرية شعبهم المقهور والمظلوم، دفاع أقرته القوانين الدولية، وخاصة الأمم المتحدة التي ننتمي إليها جميعا، ونستظل بقوانينها ومواثيقها.

لطالما طالبت الشعوب في كل مكان، طالبت نواب الشعب وممثليه، حكوماته ورؤسائه، بان يقفوا إلى جانب الأسرى من أبناء فلسطين، إلى جانب الباحثين عن العدالة والحرية والقيم الإنسانية وحقوق الإنسان، لطالما طالبت بإدانة هذا الاحتلال، ومعاقبته، والمطالبة بإنهائه، واعتقدت ولا أزال أن هذا واجبنا جميعاً، واجبكم انتم كما هو واجبنا نحن أبناء فلسطين.

اليوم ، وأنا لا زلت على ذات الموقف ، وبذات القناعة، وبذات الإرادة والتصميم ، ولكني في مكان مختلف، أقف في زاوية أخرى ، أرى المشهد أكثر وضوحاً، اليوم أنا أسيرة في سجون الاحتلال، أنا واحدة من 24 أسيرة فلسطينية ، واحدة من بين ستة آلاف أسير، واحدة ممن يعانون بطش السجان، ممن يرون حجم الظلم ويعايشونه يوم بيوم، ساعة بساعة، بل لحظة بلحظة.

اليوم، وقد اعتقلت من بيتي، من كنف أسرتي وزوجي، اليوم وقد انتزعت من بين أبناء شعبي ، وحرمت من خدمة من انتخبني، اليوم عايشت كيف يأتي جند الاحتلال مدججين بكل ما أتوا من شراسة ووحشية إلى منزلي ليلاً، ويقتادوني مقيدة ومعصبة الأعين إلى حيث لا اعرف.

اليوم وقد تسلمت أمرا بالاعتقال الإداري استناداً إلى قانون يكبرني سناً، إلى قانون لا يشبهنا نحن بني البشر في هذا العهد، اليوم وقد خجلت حكومة الاحتلال من هذا تحت ضغط أصواتكم وأصوات العالم الحر، ولكن لأنه الاحتلال فهو يبحث في جنبات عنصريته عن قوانين اشد ظلماً، فهو يحيلني إلى محاكمة نعرف جميعنا مسبقاً عدم شرعيتها، إلى قضاة نعرف جميعا عدم أهليتهم للحكم علينا، فليس للجلاد أن يحاكم ضحيته.

ومع هذا فإننا حين نجد ثغرات حتى في قوانينهم البالية، فان كلمة ممثلي كيانهم المحتل المسمى بالادعاء العام، لهم القول الفصل ، فلا سلطة تعلو على سلطة الاحتلال وشرائعه الدونية ، فالاحتلال يتهرب حتى من قوانينه المجحفة ، ومن قضاءه المائل . لا بأس ، فهذا ثمن ندفعه نحن الباحثين عن الحرية، نحن الذين ندافع عن كرامتنا وكرامة العالم اجمع، نتسلح بدعمكم لنا، نصمد ونواصل عندما نسمع صوتكم مجاهرا وعاليا داعما لنا ولنضالنا.

اليوم، إذ أخاطبكم وانأ أسيرة ، لا اعرف مصيري ، لا اعرف كم سأقضي هنا في هذا السجن القذر الذي لا يصلح لبشر، لا اعرف إن كنت قد أجد طبيباً أمينا على حياتي وصحتي حين امرض، أو حبة دواء قد تنفع وجعي، لا اعرف إن كنت آكل طعاما غير ملوث، أو اشرب ماء غير مسموماً، لا اعرف متى سيقتحم سجاني زنزانتي ويؤرق نومي ويغتصب خصوصيتي، لا اعرف متى سأحتضن ابنتاي يافا وسهى ، لا اعرف متى سأقبل زوجي، ولا متى ستحتضنني أمي أو اقبل جنين أبي . لا اعرف إلا أنني هنا احتاج لكم ، لكل صوت حر في هذا العلم يردد معي ومع كل أبناء شعبي ، فليسقط الاحتلال ، ولينعم شعب فلسطين بالحرية .

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Khalida Jarrar: Lettera dal carcere (traduzione in italiano a cura del Comitato del Martire Ghassan Kanafani). Khalida Jarrar, arrestata in occasione delle irruzioni dell’esercito sionista della notte del 2 aprile a Ramallah e a Betlemme, e tuttora detenuta, lancia in suo appello chiedendo sostegno internazionale attraverso un’accorata lettera.

Negli ultimi anni ho continuamente parlato della causa dei prigionieri palestinesi, dei loro numeri, delle loro condizioni di detenzione, delle statistiche, cifre e percentuali. Ho parlato del milione di palestinesi che dal 1967 è passato per le carceri israeliane. Questo dato significa che un palestinese su quattro è stato arrestato almeno una volta nella vita. Ho parlato delle donne arrestate a centinaia, tra queste 24 sono tuttora prigioniere; ho parlato delle migliaia di bambini arrestati in violazione di tutte le leggi e le convenzioni internazionali. Ad oggi, tra i 6.000 prigionieri palestinesi, 240 sono bambini. Nelle carceri ci sono anche prigionieri con gravi malattie incurabili, alcuni dei quali molto anziani.. praticamente dei condannati a morte. Altri circa 600 prigionieri scontano periodi di detenzione amministrativa, senza alcuna giustificazione legale o accusa a loro carico, una pratica risalente al periodo del mandato britannico in Palestina 70 anni fa, lo stesso periodo della fine del periodo nazista, quel periodo che malauguratamente ricorda la nostra epoca per tutto ciò che ho descritto.

Per più di 9 anni, in qualità di membro eletto dal popolo palestinese nella sua lotta per la liberazione, all’interno del Consiglio legislativo Palestinese ho ricoperto la carica di presidente della Commissione incaricata delle questioni dei prigionieri palestinesi nelle carceri israeliane. In precedenza, per 13 anni, sono stata la direttrice generale dell’associazione Addameer per i diritti dei prigionieri e i diritti umani, una delle più importanti associazioni la cui missione è la difesa dei prigionieri. Questo significa che ho dedicato gli ultimi miei 20 anni di vita nel sostenere i prigionieri della Palestina nelle carceri dell’occupante, per la libertà negata ai prigionieri dall’occupazione coloniale, l’ultima esistente al mondo.

Durante tutti questi anni, e soprattutto dopo la mia elezione, che mi ha permesso di essere un rappresentante del popolo, ho difeso con tutte le mie forze i prigionieri, i loro diritti, la lotta contro le condizioni del loro arresto, contro i metodi utilizzati durante gli interrogatori e le confessioni estorte, le false accuse. Ho difeso il loro diritto ad avere accesso alle cure mediche, il diritto alla vita e alla liberazione, perché sarebbero colpevoli solo di difendere la libertà del loro popolo oppresso, un’azione riconosciuta da tutte le leggi internazionali e dalle Nazioni Unite, le cui leggi e convenzioni si applicano a tutti noi.

Mi sono sempre rivolta ai popoli di tutto il mondo chiedendo ai deputati rappresentanti del popolo, ai rappresentanti dei governi e presidenti, di schierarsi al fianco dei detenuti palestinesi, di schierarsi dalla parte di coloro che sono alla ricerca di giustizia, libertà, valori e diritti umani. Ho sempre chiesto la condanna dell’occupazione, la sua sanzione e la sua fine. Continuo a credere che questo sia dovere di tutti, è vostro dovere come lo è per noi palestinesi.

Oggi affermo di non essere cambiata: le mie posizioni, la mia convinzione e la mia volontà restano intatte, sebbene la mia posizione ora sia diversa: osservo la questione da un’altra prospettiva e da questa prospettiva vedo le cose in modo più chiaro. Oggi sono parte delle 24 prigioniere di cui ho parlato in precedenza, dei 6000 prigionieri, uno dei tanti prigionieri che soffrono la violenza carceraria e che sopportano il peso dell’ingiustizia ogni giorno, ogni ora, in ogni momento.

Oggi, dopo essere stata arrestata in casa mia, davanti alla mia famiglia e a mio marito, ho tolto qualcosa al mio popolo privandolo del mio dovere nel servire chi mi ha eletto. Oggi, ho consapevolezza di come arrivano i soldati dell’occupazione, armati di tutta la loro “tenacia” e “mostruosità”, sono arrivati a casa mia nel cuore della notte, mi hanno ammanettato, bendato gli occhi e portato in un posto che non conosco.

Oggi mi è stato comunicato che la mia detenzione amministrativa è stata confermata, la detenzione ai sensi di un decreto più vecchio di me, un decreto che non rappresenta l’umanità del nostro tempo. Oggi il governo dell’occupante ha cominciato a tremare, dopo aver subito la vostra pressione e quella dei liberi di questo mondo che condannano il mio arresto insensato. Questo però non ha impedito all’occupante di applicare le sue leggi più razziste, così sono stata mandata in un tribunale che tutti sappiamo illegittimo, dinanzi a giudici di cui tutti noi conosciamo l’incompetenza, perché un carnefice non potrà mai essere il giudice della sua vittima.

Anche se sappiamo essere in grado di trovare difetti nelle loro leggi obsolete, resta l’ultima parola ai rappresentanti della loro entità d’occupazione, il pubblico ministero, perché non vi è alcuna autorità superiore a quella della colonizzazione con le sue ingiuste leggi.

Poco male; questo è il prezzo che noi paghiamo per la nostra libertà, per la nostra dignità e per quella del mondo. Noi ci armiamo del vostro sostegno e, quando sentiamo la vostra voce di solidarietà con la nostra resistenza, in noi crescono forza e fermezza.

Oggi vi scrivo da prigioniera non sapendo ancora quale sarà il mio destino, quanto tempo rimarrò in questa prigione sporca che non è fatta per gli esseri umani. Non so nemmeno se troverò un medico degno del suo titolo una volta malata, non so se il cibo che mi danno è inquinato o se l’acqua è avvelenata, non so quando il mio carceriere piomberà nella mia cella per tenermi sveglia e violare la mia intimità. Non so quando potrò prendere le mie bambine, Yafa e Suha, tra le braccia, non so quando bacerò mio marito né quando potrò essere abbracciata da mia madre e quando potrò baciare la fronte di mio padre. So che per tutto questo ho bisogno di voi, di ogni voce libera in questo mondo che ripeta assieme a me e al mio popolo:

Abbasso l’occupazione,
e che possa il popolo palestinese godere della libertà!
2 giugno 2015

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Khalida Jarrar prend la parole depuis sa prison !

Le texte qui suit est de Khalida Jarrar, prisonnières palestiniennes détenue par l’occupant depuis le 2 avril 2015. Elle l’a écrit depuis sa prison le 2 juin 2015.

Khalida Jarrar, 52 ans, est une militante féministe palestinienne, dirigeante du FPLP (Front populaire de libération de la Palestine), députée du Conseil Législatif Palestinien.

Déjà, le 20 août 2014, les forces armées israéliennes ont débarquées chez elle à Ramallah pour lui ordonner l’ordre de s’exiler dans la ville de Jericho avec l’interdiction d’en sortir pendant une période de six mois. Khalida résista et installa un campement dans la Cour du Conseil Législatif Palestinien à Ramallah. Elle eu gain de cause.

le 02 avril dernier, plus de 60 soldats israéliens ont attaqué sa maison et l’ont embarqué. Elle a été mise en détention administrative avec 12 chefs d’inculpation dont l’appartenance à une organisation illégale et la participation à des manifestations. Interrogée au centre de détention d’Ofer, elle a ensuite été emmenée à la prison de Hasharon en Palestine occupée.
Khalida Jarrar lors d’une audience en mai 2015 dans un tribunal militaire.
Khalida Jarrar lors d’une audience en mai 2015 dans un tribunal militaire.
Depuis toujours, je ne cesse de parler de la cause des prisonniers palestiniens: de leur nombre, de leurs conditions de détention, des statistiques, chiffres et pourcentages… je parle d’un million de palestiniens qui sont passés par les prisons israéliennes depuis 1967 – ce chiffre veut dire qu’un palestinien sur quatre a été en détention au moins une fois dans sa vie. Je parle des centaines des femmes qui ont été arrêtées, dont 24 qui sont toujours prisonnières.. je parle aussi des milliers d’enfants qui ont été arrêtés en violation totale de toutes les lois et conventions internationales. A cet instant même, 240 enfants sont dans les prisons parmi les 11000 prisonniers palestiniens. Il y a des malades qui ont de lourdes maladies impossibles à soigner dans les prisons, cela signifie une condamnation à mort, certains d’entre eux sont des vieillards.. Il y a aussi environ 600 prisonniers – je n’ai pas le chiffre exact en tête- qui passent des périodes de détention administrative sans aucune justification juridique ou motif d’accusation sauf l’utilisation d’un décret militaire britannique datant de la colonisation britannique en Palestine il y 70 ans, synchronisé avec la fin de l’époque des Nazi, qui ressemble malheureusement à ce que je décris de notre époque. Depuis 9 ans, j’occupe le poste de présidente de la commission en charge des prisonniers palestiniens dans les geôles israéliennes, comme député élue par le peuple palestinien en lutte pour sa libération. Auparavant, j’ai été pendant 13 ans, la directrice générale de l’association Addameer pour les droits des prisonniers et le droit de l’homme, l’une des associations les plus importantes qui a pour mission la défense les prisonniers. Cela signifie que j’ai consacré les vingt dernières années de ma vie à travailler pour soutenir les prisonniers de la Palestine dans les geôles du colonisateur, et dans leur quête d’une liberté qui leur a été volée par la dernière occupation coloniale restant sur notre planète.

Pendant toutes ces années, et en particulier depuis que mon élection et le fait que je suis devenue une représentante du peuple, j’ai défendu avec toute ma force les prisonniers et leur droit et lutter contre les conditions de leur arrestation et les méthodes utilisées dans les interrogatoires, les aveux falsifiés et les fausses accusations. J’ai défendu leur droit à avoir accès aux soins médicaux, leur droit à la vie et la libération. Parce qu’il ne sont coupables que de défendre la liberté de leur peuple opprimé, une action reconnue par toutes les lois internationales et les nations unies dont les lois et les conventions s’appliquent à nous tous.

Je me suis toujours adressée aux peuples du monde et ai demandé aux députés représentants des peuples, des représentants des gouvernements et des présidents de se ranger aux cotés des détenus palestiniens, du coté de ceux qui sont en quête de justice, de liberté et des valeurs et droits humains. J’ai toujours exigé la condamnation de l’occupation, sa sanction et sa fin. Je crois toujours que ceci est notre devoir à tous, c’est votre devoir comme il est le notre, nous palestiniens.

Aujourd’hui, j’affirme ne pas avoir changer : mes positions, ma conviction et ma volonté sont intactes, cependant, mon regard est différent, j’observe la scène d’une autre perspective depuis laquelle je vois les choses plus clairement. Aujourd’hui, je fais moi même partie des 24 prisonnières dont j’ai parlée précédemment, une parmi les 6000 prisonniers, une parmi ceux qui subissent la violence des geôliers, qui subissent le poids de l’injustice chaque jour, chaque heure, chaque instant.

Aujourd’hui, après avoir été arrêtée dans ma maison, devant ma famille et mon compagnon, aujourd’hui j’ai enlevée à mon peuple et privée de mon devoir de servir ceux qui m’ont élue. Aujourd’hui, j’ai subi moi même les soldats de l’occupant, armés jusqu’au dents arrivant avec toute l’atrocité possible chez moi au milieu de la nuit, me menotter, me bandant les yeux et me conduisant vers un lieu que j’ignore.

Aujourd’hui, j’ai été informée que ma détention administrative avait été ordonnée, une détention fondée sur un décret plus âgé que moi, un décret qui ne ressemble pas à l’humanité de notre époque. Aujourd’hui, le gouvernement de l’occupant a commencé à trembler, après avoir subit la pression des gens libres du monde entier (condamnant mon arrestation sans aucun motif d’accusation). Mais cela n’a pas empêché pour autant l’occupant de chercher dans ses lois encore plus racistes, il m’envoie donc devant un tribunal que nous savons tous illégitimite, devant des juges dont nous connaissons tous l’incompétence, car un bourreau ne peut jamais être le juge de sa victime.

Bien que nous arrivons à trouver des failles dans leurs lois caduques, reste le dernier mot, celui du représentant de l’occupant, le procureur, car aucune autorité n’est plus haute que celle de la colonisation et ses règles, l’occupant ne respecte même pas ses propres lois injustes et son système juridique déjà parti prenante.

Ceci n’est pour nous que le prix à payer pour notre libération, pour notre dignité et celle du monde entier. Nous nous armons de votre solidarité, nous nous tenons debout et continuons notre lutte en entendant votre voix solidaire avec notre résistance.

Je vous adresse ce message aujourd’hui depuis la prison, je ne sais pas encore que sera mon destin, je ne sais pas encore combien de temps je vais passer dans cette prison sale qui n’est pas faite pour des êtres humains, je ne sais même pas si je vais trouver un médecin digne de son titre une fois malade, je ne sais pas si la nourriture qu’on me donne n’est pas polluée ou si l’eau n’est pas empoisonnée, je ne sais pas quand mon geôlier va investir ma cellule pour m’empêcher de dormir et violer mon intimité. Je ne sais non plus quand je vais pouvoir prendre mes enfants Yafa et Suha dans mes bras, je ne sais pas quand je vais voir mon mari ou embrasser mes parents. Je sais que pour tout ça j’ai besoin de vous, de chaque voix libre dans ce monde pour qu’il répète avec mon peuple et moi-même : A bas l’occupation, vive le peuple de la Palestine libre!

Traduction : Al-Hadaf

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Take Action: Demand release of Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti, hunger striking detainees

Two Palestinians held in Israeli administrative detention without charge or trial, Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti, are now on hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention and demanding their release. Take action now to demand freedom for Allan and Isteiti and the end of administrative detention.

Allan, 31 and a practicing lawyer from Nablus, is being held in isolation in Ayala prison. He was placed in isolation after 20 days of his strike. As of 12 July, he has been on hunger strike for 26 days. He has been detained since 6 November 2014. The renewal of his administrative detention without charge or trial prompted his strike.

He has lost nearly 10 kg of weight since his strike began, and is currently suffering severe stomach pain.

Isteiti, 24, from Jenin refugee camp, has been on strike for 25 days, and is held in isolation in Eshel prison, where he was moved three days ago from the Negev prison. He has been detained since 17 November 2014. Like Allan, the renewal of his detention prompted his strike.

These hunger strikes come as dozens of Palestinian administrative detainees have announced a boycott of the Israeli military courts that essentially function as a rubber-stamp, signing off on administrative detention orders on the basis of secret evidence – and as Khader Adnan has once again been victorious in his 55-day hunger strike, released on 12 July 2015 after a year of administrative detention.

Administrative detention violates the right to a fair trial as recognized in the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. Its use in Palestine dates from the era of British colonization.

Take action to demand freedom for Allan and Isteiti and the end of administrative detention!

1. Send a letter/petition immediately to Israeli officials demanding the release of Allan and Isteiti and the end of administrative detention. Make sure the international voice is heard demanding their freedom!

2. Protest at the Israeli consulate or embassy. Bring posters and flyers about administrative detention and Palestinian hunger strikers and hold a protest, or join a protest with this important information. Hold a community event or discussion, or include these cases in your next event about Palestine and social justice.

3. Boycott, Divest and Sanction. Hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law. Don’t buy Israeli goods, and campaign to end investments in corporations that profit from the occupation. G4S, a global security corporation, is heavily involved in providing services to Israeli prisons that jail Palestinian political prisoners – there is a global call to boycott it. Learn more at bdsmovement.net.

Letter text

To Brigadier General Dani Afroni, Military Judge Advocate General and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu;

I write today to call for an immediate release of Palestinian hunger strikers Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti, held without charge or trial under administrative detention.

I also demand the end of the use of administrative detention. Like over 400 other Palestinians, Allan and Isteiti are being held without charge or trial and under secret evidence. Allan and Isteiti have been on hunger strike for over 20 days.

Dozens of Palestinian administrative detainees are boycotting the military courts that produce these arbitrary sentences with no charge and no trial. I join their call to end this detention.

The lives of Muhammad Allan and Uday Isteiti – and the lives of thousands of Palestinian prisoners- are precious to me and to people around the world. The eyes of the world are on these case, and the government of Israel is fully responsible for the hunger strikers’ health and lives.

Administrative detention violates the right to a fair trial as recognized in the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights. It is a practice that is used to silence Palestinians without ever exposing the reality of such actions to the light of day – even in the rigged military court systems.

Allan and Isteiti must be released immediately and without condition, along with their fellow administrative detainees.

Sincerely,

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