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Treatment of Prisoners and Detainees by Israel and Others
Prisoners Archive - December 2005
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at an Israeli court demonstrate Israel’s torture methods used against Palestinian
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Barghouti says future government will include Hamas International Middle East Media Center 12/31/2005 With less than a month to go till the up-coming election, Fatah’s top candidate Marwan Barghouti apologized to the Palestinians for the problems with corruptions within the Palestinian Authority and promises to deal with the issue. In the statement, which was intended to be published on Sunday but was obtained by the Associated Press a day in advance, Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in Israeli prison accused of involvement in attacks against Israelis, declared:“We do not hesitate to apologize to the Palestinian people for the mistakes that have been committed in recent years.... and I call upon the Palestinian people to renew their confidence in Fatah and to give Fatah a new opportunity. ” Lebanon political crisis continues AlJazeera 12/30/2005 The Lebanese cabinet crisis persists even though Hizb Allah and Amal, the two principal Shia political groups, have affirmed in a joint statement their commitment to a deal recently reached with Saad al-Hariri, the leader of the anti-Syian Future bloc, Aljazeera reports. The deal recognises Hizb Allah''s armed resistance as legitimate as long as the Shebaa Farms remain occupied by Israel and Lebanese prisoners languish in Israeli jails. The announcement was made on Friday after a meeting of the leaders of the two pro-Syrian Shia political groups at Ein Al-Tineh in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. PPS Reveals Israel''s Gross Maltreatment of Prisoners International Press Center 12/28/2005 GAZA, December 28, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that the Prisoners health conditions in the Israeli jails have deteriorated because the Israeli Prisons Administration deprived prisoners form medical services. PPS said that Israeli services in the jails of al-Negev, Ofra and Beer Sheba don''t provide the prisoners with enough blankets, clothes and heating stuff. PPS added that the Prisons Administration follows medical ignorance policy which raised the number of the serious health conditions of various diseases. Visitations barred in Galboa’, Shatta detention facilities International Middle East Media Center 12/29/2005 Israeli Prison Authorities barred visitations of detainees imprisoned in Galboa’ and Shatta detention facilities, and informed the Red Cross of the decision without providing any further details. Families of dozens of detainees protested in Ginsafut village, near Jenin, after waiting for several hours, since early dawn on Thursday, before they were informed that the prison administration barred all visitations. The families appealed the Red Cross and Human Rights organizations to stop the Israeli procedures and violations against the rights of the detainees and their families. Palestinian Prisoners'' Health Worsen in Israeli Prisons WAFA 12/27/2005 TULKAREM, December 27, 2005 (WAFA)- Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said Tuesday that Prisoners health conditoins in the Israeli jails have deteriorated as they are deprived of medical services. According to a messages from the prisoners messages, PPS said that Israeli services in the jails of al-Negev, Ofer and Beir Sheba don''t provide the prisoners with enough covers, clothes and heating stuff. PPS added that the jails authorities followed medical ignorance policy that raised critical conditions and various diseases. Accordingly, prisoners declared hunger strike for three days protesting the harsh circumstances and ill conditions, PPS revealed. Israeli Court Sentences 5 Detainees to Several Terms of Imprisonment WAFA 12/27/2005 RAMAALLAH, December27, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Military Court of "Offer'''' prison sentenced Tuesday five detainees to several terms imprisonment in the West Bank (WB) city of Hebron, witnesses said. Al-Rajabi family said that the court ruled against its sons Foad, 25 to 14 years, his brother Mohammad 23, to 18 years, Tareq Ziad 23, to 24 years, his brother Iyad 21,to 7 years and Amin Hamid 23, to 15 years. Worth mentioning that the citizens were arrested in Jabal Johar, south of Hebron in September 2003, under a pretext of resisting the occupation. PICCR calls on the P.A to close political detention files International Middle East Media Center 12/27/2005 The Palestinian Independent Commission For Citizens'' Rights (PICCR) expressed its rejection to any illegal arrests against the Palestinian residents, and demanded the Palestinian Authority to releases all of the political detainees, or the detainees who were arrested for their political opinions. The PICCR called on the security devices to respect the rulings of the judicial system in order to maintain its independence and authority, and win the respect of the residents. Also, the PICCR called on the P. A to close the political detention files and refrain from arresting residents for their political opinions or ideology, and respect the rights of the detainees by treating them in accordance to the Palestinian Law. Poland ends CIA jail probe AlJazeera 12/27/2005 Poland''s government has closed its investigation into allegations that the country may have housed secret CIA prisons. Government spokesman Konrad Ciesiolkiewiczwould not comment on Tuesday on any findings made by the investigation, which Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, the prime minister, ordered in early December. "The case was closed last week," Ciesiolkiewicz said. He said Zbigniew Wassermann, the minister in charge of intelligence services, coordinated the investigation. Wassermann''s report was delivered to a parliamentary commission in a closed-door session last week, and members of the panel declared themselves fully satisfied and decided to drop any further investigation. Christmas in jail for peace campaigners International Solidarity Movement 12/25/2005 An Italian peace activist was hospitalized Thursday after refusing to be deported from Israel. Italian, Vittorio Arrigoni, 34, was injured yesterday evening when Israeli authorities tried to deport him and two other detained UK residents,from South Africa and Ausralia, by force, according to Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky. Lasky added that the authorities failed to notify her or the consulate of Vittorio’s injury and originally instructed their guards not to allow the three detainees to communicate with their attorney or concilate representatives. Prisoners'' Families Call for Intervention International Press Center 12/26/2005 GAZA, December 26, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Resalah Center for Human Rights said that the Palestinian prisoners both "males and females" in the Israeli jails of Hadarem, Hasharon, Shatta and Negev suffer exceptionally bad health conditions. They are subjected to harsh practices that would absolutely lead to healthy problems. Resalah Center added that the prisoners are targeted physically and psychologically by being denied needed medical attention, and by practices of oppression, humiliation and physical torture. Political detainees in Jericho prison to go on hunger strike International Middle East Media Center 12/23/2005 Political detainees in Jericho Central Prison announced that they will start an open-ended hunger strike on Saturday in protest to the conditions they face, and demanding their release. Representatives of 120 detainees from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fateh, and the Islamic Jihad, informed the Maan News Agency during a phone interview that they demand to be released from the Palestinian Prison. The political detainees demand the P. A to release all of the political detainees from its prisons, and to show steps which encourages the internal dialogue and unity among the Palestinian factions and the P. A. Palestinian media reports Fatah, Al-Mustaqbal to reach compromise Ha''aretz 12/22/2005 Palestinian media sources reported Thursday morning that a compromise is near regarding the reunification of the ruling Fatah party and its breakaway faction Al-Mustaqbal. The Alhayat Ahjadeeda newspaper reported that members of Al-Mustaqbal, led by Marwan Barghouti, who is currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, have agreed to rejoin Fatah. An official Palestinian Authority publication provided details of the compromise on the table. In a potential agreement, Barghouti would head the Fatah list into which his allies would be incorporated as well. Palestinian says Israeli secrecy compromises U.S. terror case Ha''aretz 12/23/2005 CHICAGO - A Palestinian immigrant to the United States facing charges he supported the Islamic militant group Hamas argues his defense is compromised by Israeli government secrecy about whether its interrogators employ torture, his lawyer said on Thursday. Defendant Mohammed Salah has sought to exclude from the evidence against him his 1993 confession to Israeli security agents, for which he spent five years in Israeli prisons. Two Shin Bet security agents involved in Salah''s interrogation are to give unprecedented testimony in U.S. District Court in Chicago in March on behalf of federal prosecutors planning to use the 12-year-old confession. Soldiers invade Hebron; two residents arrested International Middle East Media Center 12/22/2005 Israeli soldiers arrested two Palestinian residents in the West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby village of Al Thahiriyya, after invading them conducting military searches, a Palestinian security source reported. The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that soldiers arrested residents Sameer Mohammad Al Jabareen, 27, from Al Thahiryya village, and resident Ismail Omar Bader, 33, from Hebron. The father of Bader said that soldiers, supported by armored vehicles, invaded the city, broke into a Car Gallery, in Al Bassa area, and arrested his son who works there. ''Hell is better than prison in Syria'' Daily Star 12/23/2005 Former prisoners, families push for release of detainees -- BEIRUT: "You longed for death, and you wished to be in hell, because it is better than to be in the prison in Syria," says Michel Sweidan, 38, who endured five years of limb-twisting torture and beatings at the hands of his Syrian captors. Sweidan says his last memory before his time in prison was of being a young, 23-year-old militiaman with the Lebanese Forces in 1993 eating at a restaurant in the Raouche neighborhood of Beirut. When he woke up he was in a Syrian prison. Negev Prison Administration Extends Prisoners'' Detention International Press Center 12/21/2005 GAZA, Palestine, December 21, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) - - Prisoners in Negev jails mentioned yesterday that the administration of Negev prison notified 157 prisoners, all at once, of extending the period of their administrative detention. A prisoner said in a phone call with WAFA News Agency that such extension was a precedent that is much more dangerous than like ever before. He added that all the prisoners who were notified were arrested on September 15 within a large-scale arrest campaign - resulted in 650 people behind the prisons'' bars. Video: Security prisoners'' cells raided YNetNews 12/21/2005 (VIDEO) Ynet correspondent joins a nighttime operation against Islamic Jihad prisoners hiding weapons, attempting to incite other security prisoners into disorder -- (VIDEO) Nine Islamic Jihad prisoners in the Sharon prison were sound asleep. They were not aware that outside of their cell door, cell 4, wing 10, specially trained armed fighters stood, waiting to enter. The fighters burst into the cell, and the prisoners, caught unaware, were taken outside of their cells in handcuffs. Germany frees convicted Lebanese AlJazeera 12/20/2005 German authorities have paroled a convicted Lebanese man after he served 19 years of a life sentence for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner and the killing of a US navy diver, according to a German law enforcement official. Mohammed Ali Hamadi has been released from prison and has left Germany, Doris Moeller-Scheu, a spokeswoman for the Frankfurt prosecutor''s office, said on Tuesday. She said she did not know his destination. Israeli Court: “Dirani cannot receive compensation, but may demand it” International Middle East Media Center 12/20/2005 An Israeli court recognized, on Tuesday, the right of the freed Lebanese detainee, Mustafa Dirani to demand compensation for torture and mistreatment, which included sexual assaults; he was subjected to by Shabak interrogators, while he was detained in Israeli prisons. The decision comes in contradiction to the demands of the Israeli prosecution which rejected the right of Dirani to file for compensation. Yet, Judge Amiram Binyamini said that that if Dirani''s claim for compensation is upheld by court, he would not be entitled to receive any money since he is a resident of a hostile country. Egyptian hunger striker ''better'' BBC 12/20/2005 The condition of Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour, who has been on hunger strike in prison for 11 days, has improved slightly, his lawyer says. Amir Salim told the BBC that doctors had given Mr Nour injections of glucose and insulin and made him drink tea. Mr Nour, who is on trial for forging petition signatures to register his al-Ghad party last year, says he is protesting at his treatment in prison. He denies the charges and has said they are politically motivated. Nine detainees receive extended remand International Middle East Media Center 12/16/2005 Al Jalama Israeli military court extended, on Thursday, the remand of nine detainees from the West Bank city of Jenin. The Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society reported that the period of remand of the detainees was between 15 to 22 days. The detainees were identified as Ashraf Oweidat, Shareef Oweidat, Ali Kameel, Ibrahim Abu Al Rob, Ahmad Abu Al Rob, Firas Mosleh, Ahmad Moqbil, As’ad Sholi and Mojahed Salah. [end] East J''lem man gets 12 years in jail for plotting to kill Shas spiritual leader Ha''aretz 12/15/2005 An East Jerusalem resident was sentenced on Thursday to 12 years in prison and three years probation for planning to assassination Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Musa Darwish, 22 years old and a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, scouted Yosef''s neighborhood to evaluate access routes and to evaluate the rabbi''s security arrangements. Darwish was nabbed when he made an attempt to obtain a Kalashnikov assault rifle with which he planned to murder Yosef. MPA: 9200 Prisoners still in Israeli Jails WAFA 12/14/2005 GAZA, December 14, 2005, (WAFA)- Ministry of Prisoners'' Affairs (MPA) reported Wednesday that at least 9200 prisoners are still in Israeli jails. In a report, MPA revealed that the Israeli Occupation Forces have arrested more than 650,000 Palestinian citizens since 1967. "750 citizens were arrested before Al-Aqsa Intifada in September 2000, and 369 arrested before the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in 1994," it added. MPA pointed out that 400 females were arrested during Al-Aqsa Intifada and 116 citizens are under detention in Israeli jails. Jewish Fatah backer: I''m loyal to state YNetNews 12/14/2005 Tali Fahima speaks out during court hearing, says she never intended to harm country; dozens of supporters arrive at court to express their solidarity --I''m loyal to the state where I grew up and was educated, Jewish Fayah supporter Tali Fahima said Wednesday during her final court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court. As part of a plea bargain, Fahima confessed to offenses of contact with a foreign agent while intentionally harming national security, transferring information to the enemy for its benefit and violating a legal order. Both sides agreed on a three -year prison term. Bahraini activists seek UN protection AlJazeera 12/15/2005 Nine Bahraini human rights activists have taken refuge in the United Nations offices in Manama to seek protection from security services, a rights organisation has said. "Activists and human rights defenders have sought refuge in the UN house in Manama, Bahrain, where they asked for intervention for their protection and safety against the state terror," the Committee of Solidarity with Activists and Detainees of Conscience in Bahrain said on Wednesday. Investigator links Europe''s spy agencies to CIA flights The Guardian 12/14/2005 CIA prisoners in Europe were apparently abducted and moved between countries illegally, possibly with the aid of national secret services who did not tell their governments, according to the first official report on the so-called "renditions" scandal. Dick Marty, a Swiss senator investigating allegations of secret CIA prisons for the Council of Europe, said that he did not think the US was still holding prisoners in Europe, but had probably moved them to north Africa last month. CIA flights reports ''credible'' The Guardian 12/13/2005 An investigator looking into claims of secret CIA prisons in Europe today said that people were apparently abducted and transferred between countries illegally. Swiss senator Dick Marty told a news conference that he believed the United States was no longer holding prisoners clandestinely in Europe but that claims about "extraordinary renditions" of prisoners, some of whom allegedly faced torture, had "credibility". Detainee Sentenced to Life Term WAFA 12/12/2005 JENIN, December12, 2005, (WAFA)- Salem Israeli military court sentenced Monday a prisoner to life imprisonment term, Palestinian Prisoner Society said. In a statement, (PPS) revealed that the court ruled against Samer Abu Diak from Seilat azzaher village in Jenin to lifetime imprisonment. It also said that Rami Qandeil was sentenced to 43 months in prison. The Society added that the court postponed the trial of three detainees from al-Yamoun village to next January. Hamas to end truce with Israel BBC 12/9/2005 The political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has said it will not renew its informal ceasefire with Israel that expires at the end of year. Khaled Meshaal told a rally in the Syrian capital Damascus his group was preparing for a new round of conflict. The truce begun in February was based on Israel ending its attacks on Palestinians and releasing prisoners. Hamas had already said it would pull out of the truce when Israel killed a military leader in November. Hamas tires of truce AlJazeera 12/10/2005 Hamas will not renew its fragile truce with Israel when it expires at the end of the year, the head of its political branch has said. Khaled Meshaal was speaking at a rally in the al-Yarmouk quarter in Damascus on Friday to mark 38 years since the creation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. "We will not enter a new truce while our people are surrounded and are preparing for a new round of conflict," he said. "We have had enough of the truce while our prisoners are still held. " Activists draw up rights plan Daily Star 12/10/2005 BEIRUT: On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the Khiam Rehabilitation Center for the Victims of Torture (KRC) and the Follow-Up Committee in Support of the Lebanese Detainees in Israeli Prisons drew up a human rights plan for Lebanon. The plan will be presented at an upcoming workshop. The KRC and the Follow-Up Committee called for introducing the subject of human rights in educational curricula as an official subject. The working paper also called for "giving more attention to the Lebanese detainees in Syria and Israel. " US bars access to terror suspects BBC 12/9/2005 The US has admitted for the first time that it has not given the Red Cross access to all detainees in its custody. The state department''s top legal adviser, John Bellinger, made the admission but gave no details about where such prisoners were held. Correspondents say the revelation is likely to increase suspicion that the CIA has been operating secret prisons outside international oversight. The issue has dogged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice''s tour to Europe. Mr Bellinger made the admission in Geneva. Video: US bars access to terror suspects BBC 12/9/2005 The US has admitted for the first time that it has not given the Red Cross access to all detainees. The state department''s top legal adviser, John Bellinger, made the admission. Jonathan Beale reports. Poland ''key base for CIA jails'' AlJazeera 12/10/2005 Poland was the heart of the CIA''s secret detention network in Europe until recently, a human rights organisation has claimed. Marc Garlasco, an analyst for Human Rights Watch, interviewed in Gazeta Wyborcza, a Polish newspaper, said: "Poland was the main base for CIA interrogations in Europe, while Romania played more of a role in the transfer of detained prisoners. " He said the allegations were based on information from CIA sources and other documents obtained by Human Rights Watch. "We have leads, circumstantial evidence to check but it''s too early to reveal them," Garlasco said. 31 Citizens Arrested in WB WAFA 12/8/2005 RAMALLAH, December 8, 2005 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 31 citizens in the West Bank (WB) cities of Ramallah, Hebron, Jenin, Bethlehem and Tubas. Local sources told WAFA that Israeli military vehicles thrust into Beit Luqya town, west of Ramallah and launched an all out search campaign into citizens'' houses and arrested at least 20 of them, including the Mayor. In Hebron, south of WB, Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Israeli soldiers arrested at pre-dawn Mohammed Al-Natsheh 62, Ashraf Al-Touri and Hisham Ziadat 38, and led them into an unknown spot. In Bethlehem, eyewitnesses said that IOF backed by armour vehicles stormed the city, broke into a citizen''s house, destroying its contents, and arrested him. Raji Sourani Visits Andalusia To Receive The Solidarity Award For The Prisioners Project Presented By The Union Of Municipalities In The Province And Attends Several Meetings Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 12/8/2005 On 4 December 2005 and in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day, the Union of Municipalities in the Costa del Sol, Malaga, selected PCHR to receive its solidarity award for its work in defence of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. PCHR was selected from a group of more than 22 organizations, including the International Committee for the Red Cross and other international and national organizations. Al-Quds Association for Solidarity with People in Arabic Countries in Malaga, nominated PCHR for the award. Egypt releases 40 Sinai bombings suspects YNetNews 12/9/2005 Suspects had been detained several months ago in investigation into deadly bombings at tourist resorts in Sinai Peninsula -- Security authorities on Thursday released 40 Egyptians who had been detained several months ago in the investigation into deadly bombings at tourist resorts in the Sinai Peninsula. Hundreds of cheering family members greeted the freed detainees, while others stood by disappointed that their sons were not among those freed. Three Israeli Arabs suspected of planning to murder former police officer Ha''aretz 12/7/2005 Police on Sunday arrested two Israeli Arabs suspected of planning to murder a former police officer, it was revealed for publication on Wednesday. A third Israeli Arab involved in the plot is already serving a prison sentence for an unrelated conviction. Police believe the murder was to avenge the fact that the former officer was involved in an investigation of a kidnapping for which the three were convicted of involvement in some five years ago. A court extended the remand of the suspects by five days. Qalqilya crossing new international border International Middle East Media Center 12/4/2005 On Monday, the northern Qalqilya crossing for workers from the Qalqilya and Salfit districts opened and for those with entry permits into Israel. Israeli authorities informed the Palestinian side that the crossing would be opened at 4:30 this morning. This was delayed, however until 6:00 am under the pretext that Israeli officers were training soldiers on how to deal with workers and their documents. Journalist Mohammed Athba told PNN: “There was a lot of chaos because of the lack of facilitation from the Israeli authorities. There were more than 500 workers waiting to cross and some merchants in addition to Red Cross buses carrying families of prisoners on their way to visit their children in Israeli prisons.” Drug fest revealed at IDF base YNetNews 12/8/2005 Officer who warned fellow soldier of Military Police investigation into her drug use sentenced to one year in prison and demoted in rank; 12 soldiers from same unit investigated on drug charges, five indictments already filed -- The detention of an IDF officer on suspicions of disrupting legal proceedings to help a female soldier under his command has developed into a larger affair concerning the officer''s entire unit. At least 12 soldiers stationed in the Gaza Strip area have been investigated on suspicions of drug use, several already indicted on charges. Human rights group to sue CIA The Guardian 12/6/2005 A US human rights group is suing the CIA over claims a man was kidnapped and tortured after being wrongly suspected of links to al-Qaida. The news came on the day Condoleezza Rice hinted that the US had made mistakes with its policy of rendition. Khaled al-Masri claims he was abducted by CIA operatives during a trip to Macedonia in 2004, taken to a prison in Afghanistan and tortured. He also says he was held incommunicado for five months. Israeli Occupation Forces arrest 14 Citizens including 8 From Tulkarem International Press Center 12/6/2005 WEST BANK, December 6, 2005, (IPC + WAFA) - - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested 14 citizens in the occupied West Bank, and claimed that the 14 arrested citizens are activists in the military wings of Islamic Jihad and Fateh movements. IOF assaulted today dawn Allar town north of Tulkarem City and arrested 8 residents.....Meanwhile, Ministry of Prisoner Affairs reported today that the IOF opened new sections in Megiddo jail to accommodate another 350 prisoners. The ministry stated that Megiddo jail became able to hold 900 prisoners and the number of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails amounted to 9200 prisoners. Pilgrims complain of exhausting security checks at Bethlehem crossing Ha''aretz 12/6/2005 Winding corridors without any signposts or guidance, exhausting security checks and passage through a monstrous building that feels like a prison - this is the new Bethlehem crossing that is supposed to improve and ease pilgrim traffic between the city and Jerusalem. Rafi Farber, CEO of the Royal Plaza hotel chain and vice president of the Israel Hotel Association, recently wrote to Tourism Minister Abraham Hirchson warning that the ordeal tourists undergo at this crossing is causing tremendous damage to the tourism industry and to Israel''s image. PA security advisor Jibril Rajoub wins Fatah primary in Hebron Ha''aretz 12/3/2005 Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian Authority national security advisor, reportedly won the Fatah primaries in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, although the results have not yet been officially confirmed. Hebron is the largest election district in the PA, and the winner there gets the second-place position on the ruling Fatah party''s parliamentary list. First on the list is Marwan Barghouti, who is serving in an Israeli prison. Detainee flights have saved European lives, says Rice The Guardian 12/6/2005 Condoleezza Rice yesterday reacted to public anger over secret CIA prisons by saying that US intelligence operations had saved European lives and had been conducted in cooperation with European governments. In the Bush administration''s first comprehensive defence of its policy of rendition, the secretary of state admitted that the US had flown terror suspects abroad for interrogation. PLO leader Malloah still hospitalized after attack in Ofer prison International Middle East Media Center 12/1/2005 The Palestinenet news website reported that Abdul-Rahim Mallouh, the jailed member of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, vice-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, is still hospitalized at an Israeli hospital after suffering fractures in his jaw. Three jailed leaders of the PFLP, Nidal Abu Aker, Mohammad Al Qassas, and Yamin Tneina, were forcedly transferred from Ofer to Hadarim detention facility near Haifa. The family of detainee Abu Aker, received a phone call from the detainees on Ofer who informed them that he and the two other detained leaders were confined to solitary in Hadarim. Israeli Courts Sentence 5 Palestinian Prisoners WAFA 12/1/2005 TULKAREM, December 1, 2005 (WAFA)-Two Israeli military courts sentenced Thursday 5 Palestinian prisoners from Tulkarem in the West Bank (WB,) to different terms imprisonment, Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said. PPS added that Salem Military Court, near Jenin, sentenced Awad Awad (19), from Tulkarem refugee camp, to 8 years in prison, Tariq Samara to 15 months and postponed the trial of Rassem Akkawi and Mohammed Kharouf from Allar town, north of Tulkarem. Akkawi''s father said that the Israeli soldiers prevented his mother from attending the trial, forcing her to wait outside the court. Azzam Azzam enjoying his freedom YNetNews 12/2/2005 Released Israeli prisoner, who sat in Egyptian jail for eight years, summarizes first year outside ''grave'' in interview with Ynet -- Azzam Azzam, an Israeli citizen who was convicted of espionage by an Egyptian court, sat in jail for 2,950 days. Israel''s arguments that he is an innocent person, resident of the Druze village of Maghar, who has nothing to do with spying or with any Israeli security organization, did not help. The Egyptian legal system, relying on evidence about "concealed ink written on underpants," found him guilty. |
Free Marwan Barghouti to curtail the power of Hamas By Yossi Beilin, Daily Star 12/10/2005 During the mid-1990s, Marwan Barghouti and his close friend Qaddoura Fares initiated a number of meetings with representatives of the Israeli peace camp. They presented themselves as people committed to turning the Oslo process into a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine by May 1999, the date that had been determined in bilateral negotiations. Barghouti and Fares came across as young, confident leaders whose long years in prison had made them immune to criticism of excessive dovishness or cooperation with Israel. The next generation of Fatah that they represented considered itself prepared to support the peace agreement once it was signed, even in the face of Hamas and the other rejectionist organizations that had pledged to thwart any final accord. The permanent-status agreement, as is now well known, was not signed by May 1999 as had been agreed. When Ehud Barak replaced Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, he signed an additional agreement with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat pursuant to which the signing of the permanent-status agreement was deferred to September 2000.
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