18 aug 2015
Head of the Supreme Islamic Council, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, slammed the Israeli occupation authorities for preventing a Jerusalemite delegation from visiting hunger striker Mohamed Allan at the Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon.
According to Sheikh Sabri, the delegation headed to the Barzilai medical center to pay a visit to the hunger-striking inmate Allan after news on his deteriorated health have become widespread following 64 days of self-starvation.
He added that Israeli guards banned him and the casualty’s lawyer from reaching the ward where Allan is hospitalized.
“We appealed to the guards to let us in so as to pray for him but they kicked us out,” he further stated.
He said he met Allan’s mother, who has been maintaining vigil in the hospital yard, and she vowed to stick by her son until he is released.
Sheikh Sabri held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the life of prisoner Allan, who fell into a coma on Friday following 64 days of hunger strike.
According to Sheikh Sabri, the delegation headed to the Barzilai medical center to pay a visit to the hunger-striking inmate Allan after news on his deteriorated health have become widespread following 64 days of self-starvation.
He added that Israeli guards banned him and the casualty’s lawyer from reaching the ward where Allan is hospitalized.
“We appealed to the guards to let us in so as to pray for him but they kicked us out,” he further stated.
He said he met Allan’s mother, who has been maintaining vigil in the hospital yard, and she vowed to stick by her son until he is released.
Sheikh Sabri held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the life of prisoner Allan, who fell into a coma on Friday following 64 days of hunger strike.
The District court in the occupied city of Jerusalem sentenced on Tuesday two Jerusalemite prisoners for actual imprisonment.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud and lawyer Tarek Barghouth from the Ministry of Prisoners explained that the District court sentenced the prisoner Mohammad Bseiso for 13 months of actual imprisonment and the prisoner Mohammad Muna for 7 and a half months of actual imprisonment on charges of assaulting a settler. The court also imposed a 2500-NIS fine on each of them “compensation to the settler” and a suspended probation of 7 months for three years.
Bseiso and Muna are currently imprisoned in Jalboo’ prison. They were arrested on 29/3/2015 and are residents of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Lawyer Mahmoud added that a session of “reading indictments” was held for the prisoners Ahmad Ghazzawi and Ibrahim Ghazzawi and the judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Qirresh until 23/8/2015.
He added that the Magistrate judge decided to release Thaer Abu Sbeih with a 500-NIS bail and house-arrest for 5 days.
Al-Dameer organization lawyer Mohammad Mahmoud and lawyer Tarek Barghouth from the Ministry of Prisoners explained that the District court sentenced the prisoner Mohammad Bseiso for 13 months of actual imprisonment and the prisoner Mohammad Muna for 7 and a half months of actual imprisonment on charges of assaulting a settler. The court also imposed a 2500-NIS fine on each of them “compensation to the settler” and a suspended probation of 7 months for three years.
Bseiso and Muna are currently imprisoned in Jalboo’ prison. They were arrested on 29/3/2015 and are residents of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Lawyer Mahmoud added that a session of “reading indictments” was held for the prisoners Ahmad Ghazzawi and Ibrahim Ghazzawi and the judge extended the arrest of Mohammad Qirresh until 23/8/2015.
He added that the Magistrate judge decided to release Thaer Abu Sbeih with a 500-NIS bail and house-arrest for 5 days.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday kidnapped four Palestinian civilians from the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, hours after a Palestinian girl and youth were injured in settler attacks.
Local sources said the IOF rolled into al-Khalil city and wreaked havoc on civilian homes and commercial structures, moments before they kidnapped four Palestinian citizens.
Earlier on Monday evening, a stone attack by Israeli vandals left the Palestinian child Farah Abu Sneina wounded at the same time as youngster Yakoub al-Karmi was heavily beaten and injured by fanatic Israelis in the area.
Over recent months, Israeli settlers stepped up attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank following the burning alive of Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsheh and his family members in an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
Local sources said the IOF rolled into al-Khalil city and wreaked havoc on civilian homes and commercial structures, moments before they kidnapped four Palestinian citizens.
Earlier on Monday evening, a stone attack by Israeli vandals left the Palestinian child Farah Abu Sneina wounded at the same time as youngster Yakoub al-Karmi was heavily beaten and injured by fanatic Israelis in the area.
Over recent months, Israeli settlers stepped up attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank following the burning alive of Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsheh and his family members in an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
Some 250 Palestinian administrative detainees being held in Israel’s Negev prison on Tuesday began an open-ended hunger strike to protest their internment without trial or charge.
A representative of the prisoners told Ma'an that Israel uses the policy of administrative detention "to coerce the Palestinians and deprive them of their life."
The mass hunger strike comes as Palestinians across both the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel have rallied in support of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, a 31-year-old lawyer from southern Nablus who has been on hunger strike for more than 60 days.
The lawyer, who on Friday slipped into a coma, also undertook his hunger strike to protest his administrative detention. There are currently approximately 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in the Negev prison, 250 of whom are being held in administrative detention. At the end of June, there were a total of 370 Palestinians being held in administrative detention, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
The prisoners' representative in the Negev jail told Ma'an that the hunger strike would go on "until Israel’s policy of administrative detention comes to an end." He added that prisoners are adamant in continuing to struggle and urging the "world and the Palestinian community in particular" to support prisoners in their fight.
Administrative detainees are community leaders, lecturers, doctors, lawyers, and students, among others, he said. He pointed in particular to Nidal Abu Akar, from Duheisha refugee camp near Bethlehem, a leader from the leftist movement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who has served a total of nine years in administrative detention.
Israeli forces usually release him for a few weeks or months, he said, then they detain him again for a year or two without trial under administrative detention.
"This time we declare a real Intifada so as to cancel the military law called administrative detention," the representative said. "We are not asking to be released or to have our sentences reduced, but rather we are asking to completely stop administrative detentions."
There has been wide unrest in Israel's southern prisons in recent days, with Palestinian prisoners declaring campaigns of disobedience and hunger strikes to protest their treatment at the hands of the Israeli Prison Service.
A representative of the prisoners told Ma'an that Israel uses the policy of administrative detention "to coerce the Palestinians and deprive them of their life."
The mass hunger strike comes as Palestinians across both the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel have rallied in support of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Allan, a 31-year-old lawyer from southern Nablus who has been on hunger strike for more than 60 days.
The lawyer, who on Friday slipped into a coma, also undertook his hunger strike to protest his administrative detention. There are currently approximately 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in the Negev prison, 250 of whom are being held in administrative detention. At the end of June, there were a total of 370 Palestinians being held in administrative detention, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
The prisoners' representative in the Negev jail told Ma'an that the hunger strike would go on "until Israel’s policy of administrative detention comes to an end." He added that prisoners are adamant in continuing to struggle and urging the "world and the Palestinian community in particular" to support prisoners in their fight.
Administrative detainees are community leaders, lecturers, doctors, lawyers, and students, among others, he said. He pointed in particular to Nidal Abu Akar, from Duheisha refugee camp near Bethlehem, a leader from the leftist movement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who has served a total of nine years in administrative detention.
Israeli forces usually release him for a few weeks or months, he said, then they detain him again for a year or two without trial under administrative detention.
"This time we declare a real Intifada so as to cancel the military law called administrative detention," the representative said. "We are not asking to be released or to have our sentences reduced, but rather we are asking to completely stop administrative detentions."
There has been wide unrest in Israel's southern prisons in recent days, with Palestinian prisoners declaring campaigns of disobedience and hunger strikes to protest their treatment at the hands of the Israeli Prison Service.
The Israeli occupation authorities have closed off the Nafha, Negev, Ramon, and Eshel lock-ups after reports were released on the sharp deterioration rocking the health of hunger striker Muhammad Allan, the Prisoners’ media office said.
According to the prisoners’ media office, the Israeli prison authorities decided to seal off the aforementioned lock-ups and propped up military reinforcement, deploying snipers over elevated areas, in anticipation of further tension after news on Allan’s critical health conditions have proliferated.
The detainees decided during an emergency meeting that Allan’s release is non-negotiable and that there is no other way-out.
Allan slipped into coma on Friday, following 60 days of hunger strike in protest at his incarceration without charge or trial — a practice known as administrative detention — since his arrest last November.
According to the prisoners’ media office, the Israeli prison authorities decided to seal off the aforementioned lock-ups and propped up military reinforcement, deploying snipers over elevated areas, in anticipation of further tension after news on Allan’s critical health conditions have proliferated.
The detainees decided during an emergency meeting that Allan’s release is non-negotiable and that there is no other way-out.
Allan slipped into coma on Friday, following 60 days of hunger strike in protest at his incarceration without charge or trial — a practice known as administrative detention — since his arrest last November.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested at dawn Tuesday eight Palestinian citizens after storming and searching their homes in the West Bank.
Israeli media sources claimed that the eight detainees were “wanted” for Israeli Intelligence Services for being allegedly involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The arrests were mainly carried out in Ramallah and al-Khalil, the sources added.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian young man was subjected to a brutal attack at the hands of Israeli settlers in Dura town, while a girl was stoned near the Ibrahimi mosque.
Also in al-Khalil, a Palestinian boy was detained after being severely beaten as Israeli forces stormed Aroub refugee camp south of the city.
The detainee was released after few hours of detention. Several local homes were also stormed and searched during the raid.
Israeli media sources claimed that the eight detainees were “wanted” for Israeli Intelligence Services for being allegedly involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The arrests were mainly carried out in Ramallah and al-Khalil, the sources added.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian young man was subjected to a brutal attack at the hands of Israeli settlers in Dura town, while a girl was stoned near the Ibrahimi mosque.
Also in al-Khalil, a Palestinian boy was detained after being severely beaten as Israeli forces stormed Aroub refugee camp south of the city.
The detainee was released after few hours of detention. Several local homes were also stormed and searched during the raid.
The Israeli Supreme Court adjourned a case to hear appeals for the release of Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan to Wednesday, head of the committee of prisoners’ affairs, Issa Qaraqe, said.
Qaraqe voiced deep disappointment over the decision, branding it a manifestation of Israelis’ dragging of their feet and nonchalance as regards Allan’s life.
He called on the international community and human rights institutions to immediately step in and work on unshackling inmate Allan from Israeli lock-ups before it is too late.
The Israeli government offered Monday to release Allan on the condition he would leave the country and never return before the elapse of four years, which Allan and Palestinian national parties have firmly refused.
Qaraqe dubbed the deportation decision a war crime and a serious violation of international laws and treaties.
Allan, who slipped into coma on Friday, is being held at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. He was put on life support on Friday when he fell unconscious after two months of self-starvation in protest at his incarceration without charge or trial — a practice known as administrative detention — since his arrest last November.
Qaraqe voiced deep disappointment over the decision, branding it a manifestation of Israelis’ dragging of their feet and nonchalance as regards Allan’s life.
He called on the international community and human rights institutions to immediately step in and work on unshackling inmate Allan from Israeli lock-ups before it is too late.
The Israeli government offered Monday to release Allan on the condition he would leave the country and never return before the elapse of four years, which Allan and Palestinian national parties have firmly refused.
Qaraqe dubbed the deportation decision a war crime and a serious violation of international laws and treaties.
Allan, who slipped into coma on Friday, is being held at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. He was put on life support on Friday when he fell unconscious after two months of self-starvation in protest at his incarceration without charge or trial — a practice known as administrative detention — since his arrest last November.
Jerusalemite detainee Shireen Issawi declared an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with the administrative detainee Muhammad Allan, who launched his hunger strike more than two months ago in protest against illegal detention without trial or charge.
Issawi family affirmed Monday that Shireen, who is still held in Hasharon prison for the 17th month running without being sentenced, has joined her brother Samer in an open-ended hunger strike demanding Allan’s immediate release from administrative detention.
On the other hand, the prisoner Aysser Waked, from Jenin, was moved to Soroka Hospital after a sudden deterioration in his health condition.
The prisoner suffered from a deliberate medical negligence while in custody, where he was only receiving painkillers despite his serious health deterioration.
He suffered inflammation of the esophagus, endocrine disorder, and sharp neck pains.
Waked’s family launched an urgent appeal to save his life before it is too late.
Issawi family affirmed Monday that Shireen, who is still held in Hasharon prison for the 17th month running without being sentenced, has joined her brother Samer in an open-ended hunger strike demanding Allan’s immediate release from administrative detention.
On the other hand, the prisoner Aysser Waked, from Jenin, was moved to Soroka Hospital after a sudden deterioration in his health condition.
The prisoner suffered from a deliberate medical negligence while in custody, where he was only receiving painkillers despite his serious health deterioration.
He suffered inflammation of the esophagus, endocrine disorder, and sharp neck pains.
Waked’s family launched an urgent appeal to save his life before it is too late.
The Israeli occupation police on Monday detained a Jerusalemite young man with a heart condition after summoning him for interrogation.
A relative of the detainee told Quds Press that 19-year-old Imad al-Bakri headed in the morning to al-Maskubiya police station in the city in response to a summons and was detained after questioning him.
He added that Israeli police and military forces stormed the house of Bakri in Beit Hanina town at about six o'clock in the morning and handed his family a summons issued against him by the Shin Bet.
He noted that Bakri suffers from a medical condition in his heart.
A relative of the detainee told Quds Press that 19-year-old Imad al-Bakri headed in the morning to al-Maskubiya police station in the city in response to a summons and was detained after questioning him.
He added that Israeli police and military forces stormed the house of Bakri in Beit Hanina town at about six o'clock in the morning and handed his family a summons issued against him by the Shin Bet.
He noted that Bakri suffers from a medical condition in his heart.
The Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan refused an Israeli suggestion of releasing him on the condition of deporting him outside of Palestine for four years.
In response to appeals made by Allan’s lawyer Jamil al-Khatib, the Center of Justice, and the ministry of prisoners’ affairs for releasing Allan, the Israeli occupation authorities suggested to an Israeli court that it might consider the possibility of releasing the seriously ill captive on the condition of accepting to be deported for 4 years.
Allan, in return, absolutely refused the Israeli suggestion whereas the center of justice underlined, in a statement on Monday, that arresting Allan is a punitive arrest since he does not pose any danger to Israel especially after the deterioration of his health following a two-month hunger strike.
The Center pointed out that the Israeli suggestion might turn into an unprecedented method of using the administrative detention as a tool to deport prisoners, which runs contrary to the international humanitarian law.
The continuation of arresting Allan will lead to a great physical damage which cannot be treated and constitutes a threat to his life, it concluded.
Hunger striker regains consciousness, refuses terms for release
Mohammed Allaan's lawyer says his client refuses to spend even one day abroad as a term for his release, saying if a solution is not found until Wednesday morning he will stop recieving all medical treatment.
Doctors at Brazilai medical center in Ashkelon ceased anesthesia treatments for hunger striking administrative detainee Mohammed Allaan on Tuesday, allowing Allaan to regain consciousness and communicate his refusal to leave the country as a term of his release as stipulated by the state.
Allaan, an alleged Islamic Jihad member, has been on hunger strike over two months in protest against his administrative detention, and has been under the close watch of medical staff, while receiving only essential treatments.
Allaan's lawyer, Jawad Bolus, who is currently at Barzilai on behalf of the Palestinian Prisoner Ministry, said upon leaving Allan's room that, "He is still weak and tired, but is aware of his decisions. He had difficulty speaking and the conversation was slow. He is in life threatening condition. He notified the doctors that he wished to continue his hunger strike, come what may.
He also asked to stop receiving fluids, vitamins, and medication intravenously. The staff explained to him that this decision would possibly lead to his death. "I asked him to give us a chance to try and solve the problems, but he wanted things to remain the way they are until tomorrow morning. If things don’t change by then he has asked that all treatment be stopped," Bolus concluded.
Bolus emphasized that Allaan is refusing the state's offer to free him if he leaves the country for four years. "He wants to be released from his administrative detention," he said. "He refused the offer on all its bases. Not even one day abroad. He wants to be freed and go home."
Allaan's doctors had already begun reducing the quantities of anesthesia in his system yesterday, and are now trying to completely wean him off the anesthetic medicine. Concurrently, an appeal has been filed with the High Court of Justice demanding Allaan's release, with a decision yet to be handed down.
In a discussion yesterday, before Allaan returned to consciousness, Justice Hanan Maltzar had said that, "As of now the threat posed by Allaan has been neutralized, and as such the change of status warrants on the continuance of his administrative detention. If he wakes up, heals, and reverts to terror – the administrative detention could be renewed."
Allaan who has been on hunger strike for 63 days, lost consciousness last week, and started experiencing seizures and hallucinations. As a result, the medical staff at Brazilai began introducing life saving treatments for the first time since his initial hospitalization.
Alan, a resident of the village of Inbas near Nablus, was arrested on the fourth of November last year, and according to his lawyer, he is suspected of ties to terror organization.
Haneyya holds Israel responsible for Allan’s life
Deputy head of Hamas's political bureau Ismail Haneyya held Israel fully responsible for the life of the detainee Mohammad Allan who has been on hunger strike for two months.
In the closing ceremony of the elite Jerusalem camps held in Gaza on Monday, Haneyya demanded immediate release of hunger striker Allan before it is too late, stressing that al-Qassam Brigades will not leave Palestinian prisoners behind bars.
In another context, the Hamas senior leader renewed his Movement’s refusal of a state in Gaza saying, “We will not accept a state in Gaza and our compass is set toward Occupied Jerusalem."
He asserted that Gaza is the launching pad for the liberation of Jerusalem, saying that despite the great suffering of Gaza, it will not give up its leading role towards the liberation of Palestine.
Hanneya emphasized that Gaza was not liberated by negotiations but rather by resistance and weapons.
In response to appeals made by Allan’s lawyer Jamil al-Khatib, the Center of Justice, and the ministry of prisoners’ affairs for releasing Allan, the Israeli occupation authorities suggested to an Israeli court that it might consider the possibility of releasing the seriously ill captive on the condition of accepting to be deported for 4 years.
Allan, in return, absolutely refused the Israeli suggestion whereas the center of justice underlined, in a statement on Monday, that arresting Allan is a punitive arrest since he does not pose any danger to Israel especially after the deterioration of his health following a two-month hunger strike.
The Center pointed out that the Israeli suggestion might turn into an unprecedented method of using the administrative detention as a tool to deport prisoners, which runs contrary to the international humanitarian law.
The continuation of arresting Allan will lead to a great physical damage which cannot be treated and constitutes a threat to his life, it concluded.
Hunger striker regains consciousness, refuses terms for release
Mohammed Allaan's lawyer says his client refuses to spend even one day abroad as a term for his release, saying if a solution is not found until Wednesday morning he will stop recieving all medical treatment.
Doctors at Brazilai medical center in Ashkelon ceased anesthesia treatments for hunger striking administrative detainee Mohammed Allaan on Tuesday, allowing Allaan to regain consciousness and communicate his refusal to leave the country as a term of his release as stipulated by the state.
Allaan, an alleged Islamic Jihad member, has been on hunger strike over two months in protest against his administrative detention, and has been under the close watch of medical staff, while receiving only essential treatments.
Allaan's lawyer, Jawad Bolus, who is currently at Barzilai on behalf of the Palestinian Prisoner Ministry, said upon leaving Allan's room that, "He is still weak and tired, but is aware of his decisions. He had difficulty speaking and the conversation was slow. He is in life threatening condition. He notified the doctors that he wished to continue his hunger strike, come what may.
He also asked to stop receiving fluids, vitamins, and medication intravenously. The staff explained to him that this decision would possibly lead to his death. "I asked him to give us a chance to try and solve the problems, but he wanted things to remain the way they are until tomorrow morning. If things don’t change by then he has asked that all treatment be stopped," Bolus concluded.
Bolus emphasized that Allaan is refusing the state's offer to free him if he leaves the country for four years. "He wants to be released from his administrative detention," he said. "He refused the offer on all its bases. Not even one day abroad. He wants to be freed and go home."
Allaan's doctors had already begun reducing the quantities of anesthesia in his system yesterday, and are now trying to completely wean him off the anesthetic medicine. Concurrently, an appeal has been filed with the High Court of Justice demanding Allaan's release, with a decision yet to be handed down.
In a discussion yesterday, before Allaan returned to consciousness, Justice Hanan Maltzar had said that, "As of now the threat posed by Allaan has been neutralized, and as such the change of status warrants on the continuance of his administrative detention. If he wakes up, heals, and reverts to terror – the administrative detention could be renewed."
Allaan who has been on hunger strike for 63 days, lost consciousness last week, and started experiencing seizures and hallucinations. As a result, the medical staff at Brazilai began introducing life saving treatments for the first time since his initial hospitalization.
Alan, a resident of the village of Inbas near Nablus, was arrested on the fourth of November last year, and according to his lawyer, he is suspected of ties to terror organization.
Haneyya holds Israel responsible for Allan’s life
Deputy head of Hamas's political bureau Ismail Haneyya held Israel fully responsible for the life of the detainee Mohammad Allan who has been on hunger strike for two months.
In the closing ceremony of the elite Jerusalem camps held in Gaza on Monday, Haneyya demanded immediate release of hunger striker Allan before it is too late, stressing that al-Qassam Brigades will not leave Palestinian prisoners behind bars.
In another context, the Hamas senior leader renewed his Movement’s refusal of a state in Gaza saying, “We will not accept a state in Gaza and our compass is set toward Occupied Jerusalem."
He asserted that Gaza is the launching pad for the liberation of Jerusalem, saying that despite the great suffering of Gaza, it will not give up its leading role towards the liberation of Palestine.
Hanneya emphasized that Gaza was not liberated by negotiations but rather by resistance and weapons.
17 aug 2015
The occupation prisons administration (Negev desert and Rimon) released on Monday three Jerusalemite prisoners after completing their prison sentences.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, explained that the Negev and Rimon prisons administration released the 37-year old Samer Mohammad Mousa Hamada from the village of Sur Baher and the 38-year old Jerusalemite Nour Abdelrahim Mohammad Qasem from the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan after they both completed their 18-year prison sentences.
Abu Asab also explained that Hamada and Qasem were arrested on 18/8/1997 and were convicted of membership in Hamas Movement and working for its military party.
He added that the Negev prison administration also released the Jerusalemite Mohammad Sharha after spending 10 months in the occupation’s prisons.
Amjad Abu Asab, head of Jerusalemites detainees and prisoners families committee, explained that the Negev and Rimon prisons administration released the 37-year old Samer Mohammad Mousa Hamada from the village of Sur Baher and the 38-year old Jerusalemite Nour Abdelrahim Mohammad Qasem from the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan after they both completed their 18-year prison sentences.
Abu Asab also explained that Hamada and Qasem were arrested on 18/8/1997 and were convicted of membership in Hamas Movement and working for its military party.
He added that the Negev prison administration also released the Jerusalemite Mohammad Sharha after spending 10 months in the occupation’s prisons.
The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) calls on people of conscience around the world to initiate and/or escalate boycott and divestment campaigns against the companies that are most complicit in these Israeli crimes, in response to an unprecedented appeal from Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. The appeal came in the context of an escalation in Israel’s repression against Palestinian political prisoners.Israel’s systematic use of torture, a crime against humanity under international law, as a policy against Palestinian prisoners, including child prisoners, has recently seen a sharp rise.
Israel, which remains one of few countries in the world that legalizes torture under circumstances deemed as “necessary,” has passed at the end of July a law allowing the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners who have resorted to hunger strikes as a last ditch attempt to achieve their basic rights and dignity.
The Israeli prison authorities’ attempt to implement the new force-feeding law against 31-year-old Palestinian lawyer and current administrative detainee, Muhammed Allan, has triggered wide Palestinian protests and international condemnation by the UN and numerous human rights organizations.
The BNC calls upon Palestinian and international human rights organization to document the names of Israeli political, military, intelligence and medical figures who are implicated in the systematic and decades-old policy of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian and other Arab prisoners, in order to bring them to trial at the International Criminal Court.
The national leadership of Palestinian prisoners sent a letter last week to the global BDS movement through the BNC asking for prioritizing the cause of the prisoners and intensifying BDS campaigning against Israeli and international corporations that are most complicit in the crimes committed by Israel against them. The letter read:
“The international [BDS] campaign that you are leading, and that is increasing in effectiveness and outreach day after day, constitutes today a wave of pressure on the [Israeli] occupation government and its institutions. It has become the most important carrier of the voice of the oppressed in the land of Palestine.”
In 2012, the BNC, along with many Palestinian human rights organizations, launched a large international BDS campaign against G4S, the British-Danish private security company that is deeply involved in Israel’s violations of prisoners’ rights and international law.
The boycott campaign has cost G4S many contracts around the world, including in the US, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, among others.
In 2014, the campaign resulted in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s divestment of all its stock in the company, estimated at more than $180. Around the same time, one of the largest protestant churches in the US, the United Methodist Church, also withdrew its investment from the company.
A large number of trade unions, organizations and student councils around the world have also announced their refusal to contract G4S until it ends its collusion in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.
Under this intense pressure from the BDS movement, G4S executives announced in June 2014, at their general shareholders meeting, their intention not to renew the company’s contract with the Israeli prison authority when it lapses in 2017. The decision was confirmed in the shareholders’ meeting this year.
The BDS movement considered the company’s decision an insufficient first step in the right direction. Accordingly, it called for an escalation in the boycott campaign against G4S to compel it to immediately cancel all its contracts with Israel that violate international law and human rights.
Today, with the bloody escalation of Israel’s repressive and criminal measures against Palestinian prisoners, the BNC calls for intensifying boycott and divestment campaigns against the following corporations that are most deeply involved in Israel’s violations of our prisoners’ rights:
1. G4S: provides protection and security systems to the following Israeli prisons and detention centers: Ketziot, Megiddo, Damoun, Ofer, Russian Compound, Abu Kabir and Jalamah.
2. HP: provides electronic equipment and hardware maintenance services to the Israeli prison authority.
3. Volvo, which owns 26% of Merkavim, provides buses used in transferring prisoners. Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners is rife during these transfers.
4. Siemens: provides security and fire-extinguishing systems to Israeli prisons, including Gilboa.
5. Ashtrom: responsible for building Hasharon prison (where female Palestinian prisoners are detained). It also provided pre-fabricated units for Ofer and Ramon prisons.
6. Shamrad: provides security devices for Ramla, Beersheba, Ayalon, Ketziot and Hasharon prisons.
Israel, which remains one of few countries in the world that legalizes torture under circumstances deemed as “necessary,” has passed at the end of July a law allowing the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners who have resorted to hunger strikes as a last ditch attempt to achieve their basic rights and dignity.
The Israeli prison authorities’ attempt to implement the new force-feeding law against 31-year-old Palestinian lawyer and current administrative detainee, Muhammed Allan, has triggered wide Palestinian protests and international condemnation by the UN and numerous human rights organizations.
The BNC calls upon Palestinian and international human rights organization to document the names of Israeli political, military, intelligence and medical figures who are implicated in the systematic and decades-old policy of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian and other Arab prisoners, in order to bring them to trial at the International Criminal Court.
The national leadership of Palestinian prisoners sent a letter last week to the global BDS movement through the BNC asking for prioritizing the cause of the prisoners and intensifying BDS campaigning against Israeli and international corporations that are most complicit in the crimes committed by Israel against them. The letter read:
“The international [BDS] campaign that you are leading, and that is increasing in effectiveness and outreach day after day, constitutes today a wave of pressure on the [Israeli] occupation government and its institutions. It has become the most important carrier of the voice of the oppressed in the land of Palestine.”
In 2012, the BNC, along with many Palestinian human rights organizations, launched a large international BDS campaign against G4S, the British-Danish private security company that is deeply involved in Israel’s violations of prisoners’ rights and international law.
The boycott campaign has cost G4S many contracts around the world, including in the US, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, among others.
In 2014, the campaign resulted in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s divestment of all its stock in the company, estimated at more than $180. Around the same time, one of the largest protestant churches in the US, the United Methodist Church, also withdrew its investment from the company.
A large number of trade unions, organizations and student councils around the world have also announced their refusal to contract G4S until it ends its collusion in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.
Under this intense pressure from the BDS movement, G4S executives announced in June 2014, at their general shareholders meeting, their intention not to renew the company’s contract with the Israeli prison authority when it lapses in 2017. The decision was confirmed in the shareholders’ meeting this year.
The BDS movement considered the company’s decision an insufficient first step in the right direction. Accordingly, it called for an escalation in the boycott campaign against G4S to compel it to immediately cancel all its contracts with Israel that violate international law and human rights.
Today, with the bloody escalation of Israel’s repressive and criminal measures against Palestinian prisoners, the BNC calls for intensifying boycott and divestment campaigns against the following corporations that are most deeply involved in Israel’s violations of our prisoners’ rights:
1. G4S: provides protection and security systems to the following Israeli prisons and detention centers: Ketziot, Megiddo, Damoun, Ofer, Russian Compound, Abu Kabir and Jalamah.
2. HP: provides electronic equipment and hardware maintenance services to the Israeli prison authority.
3. Volvo, which owns 26% of Merkavim, provides buses used in transferring prisoners. Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners is rife during these transfers.
4. Siemens: provides security and fire-extinguishing systems to Israeli prisons, including Gilboa.
5. Ashtrom: responsible for building Hasharon prison (where female Palestinian prisoners are detained). It also provided pre-fabricated units for Ofer and Ramon prisons.
6. Shamrad: provides security devices for Ramla, Beersheba, Ayalon, Ketziot and Hasharon prisons.
Israeli Occupation Forces started a large-scale operation of leveling Palestinian lands and uprooting olive trees in Beit Jala city to the west of Bethlehem on Monday.
Walid al-Shatleh, Beit Jala resident, told the PIC reporter that the inhabitants of the city were astounded in the morning when the IOF escorted by military bulldozers and heavy vehicles stormed their agricultural lands.
He revealed that the Israeli bulldozers leveled over 6 out of 30 dunums intended to be leveled for the establishment of the Separation Wall in the area.
Shatleh pointed out that the Israeli forces also started uprooting perennial olive trees that date back to over 5,000 years.
The inhabitants of the city along with activists tried to protest against the Israeli violation and to stop leveling works, but the IOF barred them under threat of weapon.
Media sources disclosed that the IOF arrested a photographer called Amer Hejazi while he was covering the incident.
Walid al-Shatleh, Beit Jala resident, told the PIC reporter that the inhabitants of the city were astounded in the morning when the IOF escorted by military bulldozers and heavy vehicles stormed their agricultural lands.
He revealed that the Israeli bulldozers leveled over 6 out of 30 dunums intended to be leveled for the establishment of the Separation Wall in the area.
Shatleh pointed out that the Israeli forces also started uprooting perennial olive trees that date back to over 5,000 years.
The inhabitants of the city along with activists tried to protest against the Israeli violation and to stop leveling works, but the IOF barred them under threat of weapon.
Media sources disclosed that the IOF arrested a photographer called Amer Hejazi while he was covering the incident.
The Israeli military prosecution asked the Supreme Court of Israel to expel hunger striking administrative detainee Mohammad Allan from the West Bank for a period of four years as a condition for his release, according to the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs. The prosecution claimed that Allan threatens the security of the state of Israel, calling him a danger to Israel.
The prosecution further added that Allan’s release would deliver a message to the rest of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, that going a hunger strike ensures their release, a claim, which the prosecution said, would put the Israeli government in much trouble.
This came as the Supreme Court postponed a hearing into a petition filed on the release of Mohammad Allan till August 19 to look into his medical file, Chairman of the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA), Minister Issa Qaraqe, told WAFA.
Qaraqe expressed total rejection to the prosecution’s demands, stressing that expulsion is rejected in all of its forms and considered a war crime under international law.
Prisoner Allan, whose health condition has seriously deteriorated following 65 days of hunger strike to protest his illegal administrative detention without charge or trial, was moved to Barzilai Medical Center in order to begin force-feeding him.
On Sunday, Qaraqi reported that physicians at the Center discovered a bile leakage from his gallbladder that spread into his liver and intestines; which would poison his body if left untreated.
Qaraqi stressed that efforts are being exerted to ensure Allan’s release and provide him with the much needed treatment.
Allan was arrested in November 2014 and has been placed under administrative detention since then.
The prosecution further added that Allan’s release would deliver a message to the rest of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, that going a hunger strike ensures their release, a claim, which the prosecution said, would put the Israeli government in much trouble.
This came as the Supreme Court postponed a hearing into a petition filed on the release of Mohammad Allan till August 19 to look into his medical file, Chairman of the Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs (CPA), Minister Issa Qaraqe, told WAFA.
Qaraqe expressed total rejection to the prosecution’s demands, stressing that expulsion is rejected in all of its forms and considered a war crime under international law.
Prisoner Allan, whose health condition has seriously deteriorated following 65 days of hunger strike to protest his illegal administrative detention without charge or trial, was moved to Barzilai Medical Center in order to begin force-feeding him.
On Sunday, Qaraqi reported that physicians at the Center discovered a bile leakage from his gallbladder that spread into his liver and intestines; which would poison his body if left untreated.
Qaraqi stressed that efforts are being exerted to ensure Allan’s release and provide him with the much needed treatment.
Allan was arrested in November 2014 and has been placed under administrative detention since then.
At least 17 Palestinian civilians, including a girl and a minor, were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in wide-ranging arrest-sweeps launched across cities of the West Bank, the 1948 occupied territories, and Occupied Jerusalem.
A PIC news reporter said a number of Palestinian citizens were nabbed in the clashes that flared up in the Ashkelon access road, where a group of Palestinian non-violent protesters, who took to the streets in solidarity with hunger-striker Allan, were aggressively assaulted by the Israeli police.
University students Abdul Rahman Fawzi al-Khatib and Mo’men Ayoub al-Qawasmi were also kidnapped by the IOF at dawn time following abrupt raids on their family homes in al-Khalil.
Family of newly-captured al-Khatib said their son was re-arrested a few weeks after he was released from the Palestinian Authority (PA) lock-ups, dubbing the arrest a manifestation of the PA-Israel security coordination.
A number of military checkpoints were also randomly pitched by the IOF across al-Khalil city, where Palestinian vehicles and IDs were meticulously inspected.
The IOF further kidnapped two 19-year-old youngsters from Bethlehem’s towns of Takou’a after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
Two Palestinian youths in their twenties were also summoned for interrogation in the campaign.
Israel Arrests 6 in West Bank, Summons Others
At least six Palestinians were detained late Sunday and on Monday by the Israeli authorities from the West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, according to local and security sources. In Hebron, the Israeli army detained two Palestinians, identified as Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib and Mo’men Qawasmeh, after raiding and searching their homes late Sunday night.
Forces further stormed several neighborhoods in the Hebron area and set up military checkpoints at the entrances of the towns of Sa’ir and Halhul, to the north, where they Stopped Palestinian registered vehicles and checked passengers identity cards, causing a traffic jam.
Later on Monday, the Israeli army detained two Palestinian brothers from the town of Sa’ir after they appeared before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation at Gush Etzion military Compound. The detainees were identified as Lu’ai, 17, and Qusai Jaradat, 16.
Meanwhile, the army stormed the village of Taqu, east of Bethlehem, where they detained two Palestinians and summoned two other youths for interrogation after raiding their homes at dawn. The detainees were identified as Ahmad Saleem Sabah, 19, and Baraa Sabah, 19.
A PIC news reporter said a number of Palestinian citizens were nabbed in the clashes that flared up in the Ashkelon access road, where a group of Palestinian non-violent protesters, who took to the streets in solidarity with hunger-striker Allan, were aggressively assaulted by the Israeli police.
University students Abdul Rahman Fawzi al-Khatib and Mo’men Ayoub al-Qawasmi were also kidnapped by the IOF at dawn time following abrupt raids on their family homes in al-Khalil.
Family of newly-captured al-Khatib said their son was re-arrested a few weeks after he was released from the Palestinian Authority (PA) lock-ups, dubbing the arrest a manifestation of the PA-Israel security coordination.
A number of military checkpoints were also randomly pitched by the IOF across al-Khalil city, where Palestinian vehicles and IDs were meticulously inspected.
The IOF further kidnapped two 19-year-old youngsters from Bethlehem’s towns of Takou’a after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
Two Palestinian youths in their twenties were also summoned for interrogation in the campaign.
Israel Arrests 6 in West Bank, Summons Others
At least six Palestinians were detained late Sunday and on Monday by the Israeli authorities from the West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, according to local and security sources. In Hebron, the Israeli army detained two Palestinians, identified as Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib and Mo’men Qawasmeh, after raiding and searching their homes late Sunday night.
Forces further stormed several neighborhoods in the Hebron area and set up military checkpoints at the entrances of the towns of Sa’ir and Halhul, to the north, where they Stopped Palestinian registered vehicles and checked passengers identity cards, causing a traffic jam.
Later on Monday, the Israeli army detained two Palestinian brothers from the town of Sa’ir after they appeared before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation at Gush Etzion military Compound. The detainees were identified as Lu’ai, 17, and Qusai Jaradat, 16.
Meanwhile, the army stormed the village of Taqu, east of Bethlehem, where they detained two Palestinians and summoned two other youths for interrogation after raiding their homes at dawn. The detainees were identified as Ahmad Saleem Sabah, 19, and Baraa Sabah, 19.
The occupation police arrested on Sunday one child after leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s lawyer was informed that the police arrested the 12-year old Omar Mahmoud Mustafa Shwayat from the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan and transferred him to Al-Qishleh police station in the Old City of Jerusalem on charges of throwing stones.
Signs of fear were obvious on the child as he was arrested alone and nobody was allowed to accompany him in the police car.
On the other hand, 74 extremists broke into Al-Aqsa and carried out a tour into its courtyards amid chants of “God is Great” by the Marabouts; the police detained the IDs of a group of women before entering Al-Aqsa.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center’s lawyer was informed that the police arrested the 12-year old Omar Mahmoud Mustafa Shwayat from the neighborhood of Ras Al-Amoud in Silwan and transferred him to Al-Qishleh police station in the Old City of Jerusalem on charges of throwing stones.
Signs of fear were obvious on the child as he was arrested alone and nobody was allowed to accompany him in the police car.
On the other hand, 74 extremists broke into Al-Aqsa and carried out a tour into its courtyards amid chants of “God is Great” by the Marabouts; the police detained the IDs of a group of women before entering Al-Aqsa.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday evening have come down heavily on hundreds of Palestinian protesters calling for the release of Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan near Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.
Media sources said Israeli police sealed off the main entrance to Ashkelon and blocked four buses, bearing Palestinian flags and posters depicting Allan, from reaching the hospital.
Over one hundred fanatic Israelis and right-wing extremists also gathered near the hospital and attacked the protesters as soon as they came out of the buses.
The Israeli occupation officers aggressively assaulted the rally-goers, spraying them with waste water in an attempt to disband the vigil.
A number of protesters were chased down by the Israeli police while others were kidnapped in the process.
The demonstrators chanted slogans and lifted banners condemning the Israeli policy of administrative detention and calling for immediately releasing hunger striker Allan after his health status has remarkably gone down.
The activists called for a mass participation in the ongoing pro-Allan rallies so as to push for his release before it is too late.
Media sources said Israeli police sealed off the main entrance to Ashkelon and blocked four buses, bearing Palestinian flags and posters depicting Allan, from reaching the hospital.
Over one hundred fanatic Israelis and right-wing extremists also gathered near the hospital and attacked the protesters as soon as they came out of the buses.
The Israeli occupation officers aggressively assaulted the rally-goers, spraying them with waste water in an attempt to disband the vigil.
A number of protesters were chased down by the Israeli police while others were kidnapped in the process.
The demonstrators chanted slogans and lifted banners condemning the Israeli policy of administrative detention and calling for immediately releasing hunger striker Allan after his health status has remarkably gone down.
The activists called for a mass participation in the ongoing pro-Allan rallies so as to push for his release before it is too late.
Senior Hamas official Wasfi Qabha said the talks that restarted on Sunday between leading Palestinian prisoners and Israeli jailers in Nafha prison failed.
In Twitter remarks on Sunday, Qabha, who worked as a minister of prisoners' affairs, stated that the meeting took place after the Israeli prison authority asked for another chance to reexamine the demands of the prisoners.
The Hamas official quoted an informed source as saying that the prison committee, which attended the meeting, did not give any pledges to respond to the demands of the prisoners, especially hunger striking prisoner Mohamed Allan.
The prisoners now intend to escalate their protest steps again after it has become clear to them that the Israeli prison authority has no credibility, according to the source.
In Twitter remarks on Sunday, Qabha, who worked as a minister of prisoners' affairs, stated that the meeting took place after the Israeli prison authority asked for another chance to reexamine the demands of the prisoners.
The Hamas official quoted an informed source as saying that the prison committee, which attended the meeting, did not give any pledges to respond to the demands of the prisoners, especially hunger striking prisoner Mohamed Allan.
The prisoners now intend to escalate their protest steps again after it has become clear to them that the Israeli prison authority has no credibility, according to the source.
Palestinian prisoner and long-term hunger striker Samer al-Issawi launched on Sunday a hunger strike in solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian lawyer Muhammad Allan, demanding his immediate release from administrative detention.
Al-Issawi’s family said their son Samer, detained in the Israeli occupation jail of Jalbou, initiated a hunger strike in solidarity with inmate Allan, who has been on hunger strike for over two months demanding his freedom.
Allan is currently comatose and facing a medical crisis in Barzilai Hospital, where he is held in critical health condition.
Al-Issawi was released in 2011 as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange deal; In 2013 he initiated one of the longest strikes in prisoners’ history, refusing food for 266 days, until he achieved his release after 17 months of detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Mohammad al-Aqraa, locked up in Ella prison, has also started a hunger strike in solidarity with prisoner Allan.
Al-Issawi’s family said their son Samer, detained in the Israeli occupation jail of Jalbou, initiated a hunger strike in solidarity with inmate Allan, who has been on hunger strike for over two months demanding his freedom.
Allan is currently comatose and facing a medical crisis in Barzilai Hospital, where he is held in critical health condition.
Al-Issawi was released in 2011 as part of the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange deal; In 2013 he initiated one of the longest strikes in prisoners’ history, refusing food for 266 days, until he achieved his release after 17 months of detention.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Mohammad al-Aqraa, locked up in Ella prison, has also started a hunger strike in solidarity with prisoner Allan.
Barzilai Hospital reducing Mohammed Allan's anesthesia
Doctors at Askelon's Barzilai Hospital have begun reducing hunger striker Mohammed Allan's anesthesia. The procedure was planned ahead, as doctors wish to wake Allan up and check him for damage.
Doctors at Askelon's Barzilai Hospital have begun reducing hunger striker Mohammed Allan's anesthesia. The procedure was planned ahead, as doctors wish to wake Allan up and check him for damage.
Israeli Special Forces brutally stormed Monday section 4 in Raymond prison and moved the prisoners to section 1, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said.
Earlier Sunday, Former Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Wasfi Qubaha said that talks between Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and Prisoners’ Representative Committee in Nafha prison failed to reach a deal to meet their demands.
According to Qubaha, the IPS asked to meet the prisoners’ committee in order to discuss their demands in return for restoring stability in the prison.
However, the IPS refused to give any promises or vows related to the hunger striker Mohamed Allan’s demands, he added.
A state of tension has prevailed during the meeting after the prisoners revealed the prison administration’s lack of credibility in dealing with their demands.
Earlier Sunday, Former Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Wasfi Qubaha said that talks between Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and Prisoners’ Representative Committee in Nafha prison failed to reach a deal to meet their demands.
According to Qubaha, the IPS asked to meet the prisoners’ committee in order to discuss their demands in return for restoring stability in the prison.
However, the IPS refused to give any promises or vows related to the hunger striker Mohamed Allan’s demands, he added.
A state of tension has prevailed during the meeting after the prisoners revealed the prison administration’s lack of credibility in dealing with their demands.
Mohammad Allan during transfer to Barzilai hospital in Askalan on Monday (10 August 2015)
The Israeli High Court on Monday is set to discuss the appeal to release Palestinian administrative prisoner and hunger-striker, Mohammad Allan.The 30-year-old prisoner went into coma on Friday, within the second month of strike. He currently lies in the ICU of Barzilai hospital, occupied Askalan (Ashkelon) south of Israel, in critical conditions.
The prisoner’s lawyer, Kamal Nattour, appealed to the court on Saturday for release on medical grounds.
Allan has been held by Israel without trial since November as an administrative prisoner, which means that he was arrested without being told what his charge is. The administrative confinement is 6 months than can be infinitely renewed.
Israeli occupation government says that if Allan wakes up from his coma and still wants to continue with hunger-strike, the internationally forbidden force-feeding procedure will take place, since the Knesset in July passed law that legalized it.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club submitted a request to hospital officials Sunday asking them to wake Allan from the coma in order to check where he stands on his condition, according to Haaretz.
Several demonstrations in support of Allan have been held since his condition began to deteriorate over the past two weeks, and especially over the weekend.
On Sunday, IOF arrested at least 15 people in demonstrations outside the Barzilai Medical Center. Two people were lightly injured.
The Israeli police has thus far repressed the demonstration of some 200 protesters, some of them Israeli. During the protest, Israeli extremist settlers went against the pro-release protesters, causing the erupt of clashes.
The demonstration called by far-right Jewish activists, including prominent lawyer Itamar Ben-Gvir, was joined later Sunday evening by some Ashkelon residents. Demonstrators shouted “Death to Arabs.”
Last Monday, Allan was moved to Barzilai medical center in Askalan, in preps to be force-fed. However, the hospital administration and doctors said that they refuse to do it, since it is unethical, violates a peaceful form of protest, and endangers the life of the prisoner.
PPS expresses concern over keeping Allan in coma
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) expressed Sunday deep concern over the Israeli medical procedure of keeping Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan in coma.
The center said that the Israeli doctors are deciding on his behalf as they keep giving him fluids and sodium intravenously for long period of time.
It might be justified to save his life at the beginning, but now it is no longer effective, the statement said.
Allan has the right to decide his own destiny without any duress or undue influence, the center said.
Mohamed Allan, who has been on hunger strike for more than two months, had slipped into a coma on Friday.
The Israeli High Court on Monday is set to discuss the appeal to release Palestinian administrative prisoner and hunger-striker, Mohammad Allan.The 30-year-old prisoner went into coma on Friday, within the second month of strike. He currently lies in the ICU of Barzilai hospital, occupied Askalan (Ashkelon) south of Israel, in critical conditions.
The prisoner’s lawyer, Kamal Nattour, appealed to the court on Saturday for release on medical grounds.
Allan has been held by Israel without trial since November as an administrative prisoner, which means that he was arrested without being told what his charge is. The administrative confinement is 6 months than can be infinitely renewed.
Israeli occupation government says that if Allan wakes up from his coma and still wants to continue with hunger-strike, the internationally forbidden force-feeding procedure will take place, since the Knesset in July passed law that legalized it.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club submitted a request to hospital officials Sunday asking them to wake Allan from the coma in order to check where he stands on his condition, according to Haaretz.
Several demonstrations in support of Allan have been held since his condition began to deteriorate over the past two weeks, and especially over the weekend.
On Sunday, IOF arrested at least 15 people in demonstrations outside the Barzilai Medical Center. Two people were lightly injured.
The Israeli police has thus far repressed the demonstration of some 200 protesters, some of them Israeli. During the protest, Israeli extremist settlers went against the pro-release protesters, causing the erupt of clashes.
The demonstration called by far-right Jewish activists, including prominent lawyer Itamar Ben-Gvir, was joined later Sunday evening by some Ashkelon residents. Demonstrators shouted “Death to Arabs.”
Last Monday, Allan was moved to Barzilai medical center in Askalan, in preps to be force-fed. However, the hospital administration and doctors said that they refuse to do it, since it is unethical, violates a peaceful form of protest, and endangers the life of the prisoner.
PPS expresses concern over keeping Allan in coma
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) expressed Sunday deep concern over the Israeli medical procedure of keeping Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan in coma.
The center said that the Israeli doctors are deciding on his behalf as they keep giving him fluids and sodium intravenously for long period of time.
It might be justified to save his life at the beginning, but now it is no longer effective, the statement said.
Allan has the right to decide his own destiny without any duress or undue influence, the center said.
Mohamed Allan, who has been on hunger strike for more than two months, had slipped into a coma on Friday.
The Israeli prison authority has transferred Palestinian prisoner Naji al-Ashqar, 33, from Ramon jail to an isolation cell in Gilboa and deprived him of visits as punitive measures for his alleged attempt to escape from prison.
Prisoner Ashqar has spent 13 years of his 18-year prison term on charges of his affiliation with al-Aqsa Brigades and his involvement in carrying out attacks against Israelis.
According to specialist in prisoners' affairs Riyadh al-Ashqar, the Israeli jailers accused the prisoner of his attempt to escape from Eshel jail and help other inmates to get away and accordingly took a number of punitive measures against him.
The jailers decided to prevent Ashqar from receiving visits for two months and clothes from his family, imposed an exorbitant fine on him, and increased the security measures against him.
Prisoner Ashqar has spent 13 years of his 18-year prison term on charges of his affiliation with al-Aqsa Brigades and his involvement in carrying out attacks against Israelis.
According to specialist in prisoners' affairs Riyadh al-Ashqar, the Israeli jailers accused the prisoner of his attempt to escape from Eshel jail and help other inmates to get away and accordingly took a number of punitive measures against him.
The jailers decided to prevent Ashqar from receiving visits for two months and clothes from his family, imposed an exorbitant fine on him, and increased the security measures against him.
