13 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons continue their open hunger strike, in rejection of the policy of administrative detention.
The prisoners on hunger strike are: Salem Zaidat, Muhammad Omar, Mujahid Hamid, Mahmoud al-Fasfous, Kayed al-Fasfous, Raafat al-Darawish, Guevara al-Namoura, Maher Dalaysha, Alaa al-Din Khalid Ali, Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Abu Sal, Muhammad Khalid Abu Sal, and Hussam Taysir Rabi´i. And Fadi Al-Amour, distributed in the prisons of the Negev, Raymond, and Ofer.
Meanwhile, the prisoner Muhammad Munir Omar (26 years old), from Tulkarm, continues his hunger strike for the tenth consecutive day, and the occupation forces have arrested him since October 2020, and issued three administrative detention orders against him.
And the prisoner Mujahid Mahmoud Hamed from Silwad town in Ramallah, has been on strike for seven days, and he has been detained since September 22, 2020, and the occupation has issued two administrative detention orders against him for a period of 6 months.
While the prisoner Hamed spent 9 years in the prisons of the occupation, and after a year and three months of his release, the occupation re-arrested him administratively, and he is married.
Nine days ago, the 30-year-old Palestinian prisoner from Dura in Hebron, and was arrested several previous times, and the occupation re-arrested him administratively in July 2020, as well as his brother Kayed (32 years), who is a captive, and his last arrest was in July 2020 after the arrest His brother, shortly, is married and the father of a daughter.
The 28-year-old Al-Darawish prisoner from Dura is continuing his strike for the ninth consecutive day. He is a former prisoner, and his current arrest was in October 2020. He is married and has a son, and he suffers from chest health problems.
Among the strikers, nine days ago, was the prisoner Namoura (28 years), a player in the Palestinian national team, who was arrested by the occupation in October 2020, and this is the second arrest he has been subjected to, and he is married and has a son.
The Prisoner Club announced that four prisoners had suspended their hunger strike, namely: Al-Muntasir Billah Abu Azum, Muayyad Al-Khatib, Muhammad Al-Zughair, and Nidal Mufleh Khalaf.
Al-Zaghir prisoner obtained a decision from the military occupation court in Ofer Detention Center, ending his administrative detention on October 13, 2021, while an agreement was reached with the two prisoners, Abu Azum and Khalaf, to determine the ceiling of their administrative detention.
Meanwhile, the prisoner Al-Khatib suspended his strike after a week, due to the deterioration of his health.
It is noteworthy that individual strikes rejecting administrative detention are continuing, due to the escalation of the occupation authorities’ policy of administrative detention, specifically since last May, knowing that the majority of administrative prisoners are former prisoners who have spent years in occupation prisons, and the number of administrative prisoners in occupation prisons is about 540.
Administrative detention is detention without charge or trial, and prevents the detainee or his lawyer from examining evidence materials, in clear and explicit violation of the provisions of international humanitarian law, so that Israel is the only party in the world that practices this policy.
The occupation authorities and prison administrations claim that administrative detainees have “secret” files that cannot be revealed, so the detainee does not know the length of his sentence or the charges against him.
The administrative detainee is often subjected to the renewal of the detention period more than once for a period of three months, six months, or eight; Sometimes up to a whole year.
