Democratic Palestine : 15 (ص 14)
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- Democratic Palestine : 15 (ص 14)
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On February 14th, a resident of
Hebron was shot in the head by an
Israeli policeman who claimed it had
been an accident. The Palestinian later
died from the injury he sustained.
On March 3rd, Zionist soldiers shot
at demonstrators in Balata camp, killing
a youth.
Fightback
Prison strike
On February 15th, Palestinian
detainees in Bir Sabi prison declared an
open-ended strike to protest harsh con-
ditions which are well below the
minimum specified for political prisoners
in the Geneva Convention. Of special
note is the situation of 27 prisoners who
were transferred to Bir Sabi prison from
Jnaid and Jenin prisons, as a punish-
ment. The prison authorities suspected
them of leading the hunger strike that
spread throughout the prisons in
occupied Palestine in December.
The 27 are kept in very crowded
cells; there are 14 beds in cells designed
for only seven beds. These prisoners
receive no reading material except for a
copy of the Jerusalem Post every ten
days for which they must pay. Despite
the prison’s desert location, they are
only allowed an average of one and a
half showers weekly. There is only one
working toilet. Most of the prisoners are
forced to wear their regular shoes con-
stantly in the cell, for only four pairs of
house slippers are provided for all 27.
Health care is extremely bad. The pris-
oners sent a letter to the prison administ-
ration and minister of police, demanding
improvement of these conditions.
In another section of the prison, 55
detainees await trial under conditions no
better than those of the 27. For example,
they are forced to stand for roll call while
eating - an obvious harassment.
Demonstration in Beit Hanina
Scores of progressive Israeli Jews
and a large number of Palestinians
demonstrated in front of the office of the
central region military headquarters in
Beit Hanina, near Jerusalem, on Feb-
ruary ist. The demonstration was
organized by the Committee to Confront
the Iron Fist, to protest the deportation
and administrative detention of Palesti-
nian citizens. The progressive Israeli
lawyer Felicia Langer described the pre-
sent iron fist policy as the most severe
policy followed by the Israeli authorities
since 1967: «This policy was not prac-
ticed even under the Likud rule. This
Jerusalem: Palestinian woman confronted by occ
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upation troops.
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cancels the illusion of the lenient policy
of the Labor government.»
Lift the
camps!
On February 24th, Palestinian resi-
dents of Balata camp, near Nablus,
traveled to Jerusalem to speak out at a
press conference organized by the
Committee to Confront the Iron Fist.
They called for an end to the ongoing
house searches and arrests in Balata.
Over 250 people, mainly youth, have
been arrested from Balata camp since
November. Most of the youth are
detained in Al Faraa which has become
notorious as a torture center. Testifying
at the press conference, one youth, who
had recently been released, described
how he was beaten, tortured and
humiliated by the Zionist forces. Another
speaker, a Palestinian lawyer, pointed
out that while a Jewish citizen of the
Zionist state can only be arrested at the
age of 16, Israeli law permits the arrest
of Palestinians at the age of 12.
Duheisha camp, near Bethlehem,
has also been heavily targeted by the
iron fist. Again, youth are specially hard
hit. On the night of January 28-9, the
Israeli occupation forces detained six
residents of the camp; four of them were
14 years old, and two were 15. @
iron fist from the
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