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In 1980, Irish man Tommy McKearney went 53 days on a hunger strike in the H Blocks. Today, in an Israeli jail, a Palestinian man, Khader Adnan, begins his 54th day on hunger strike.

Tommy sends out a message of support for Khader, and for his family. Please support Khader in any way you can, and demand the Israeli Government release Khader who is been held without charge.

By Daoud Kuttab, executive producer, Sharaa Simsim, the Palestinian version of Sesame Street – 02/09/12

Apologists for Israel’s continued occupation and control over Palestinian lives have long contended Israel is more interested in peace than the Palestinians. One exaggerated argument, repeatedly put forward to justify military rule, is that Palestinians teach their children to hate Jews.

Politicians in the U.S., especially during election campaigns, find that bashing Palestinians has no downside and yields a vote (and donation) jackpot.

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ACTION ALERT
February 8, 2012
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Khader Adnan, Palestinian political prisoner, near death after 53 days of hunger strike

Khader Adnan, 33, is on the 53rd day of his hunger strike and he has entered the fatal high-risk stage of starvation, where he is risking cardiac arrest and the inevitable shutting-down of major organs. The graduate student has been held without charge or trial since his detention on Dec. 17, and subjected to weeks of interrogation sessions and humiliation, his hands tied behind his back on a chair with a crooked back, causing extreme pain to his back. Adnan’s pregnant wife and two daughters visited him Feb. 7. She said his physical condition is horrifying, his clothes haven’t been changed, he hasn’t showered since his arrest, and his teeth and face are blotched.

(For more information see http://english.al-akhbar.com.)

Visit the Web site of Addameer (Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association) http://www.addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=428 or read below. *

Have you heard about Israel’s horrible treatment of this prisoner or Israel’s routine use of arbitrary administrative detention in your newspaper or TV news? Why not?

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Ethnic cleansing not a good enough reason for you?

A FEW OF THE LATEST STATISTICS FROM UNRWA (.pdf)

• Before 2002, dependence on UNRWA aid in the West Bank was 3.5%, currently it’s 50%;
• Before 2002, dependence on UNRWA aid in Gaza was 10%, currently it’s 70%;
• Demolitions in the West Bank quadrupled in 2011 compared to 2010;
• Israeli settler violence rose 205% in 2011 compared to 2010; (check out our petition on Change.org!)
• In 2005, Israel committed to allowing 400 truckloads of exports out of Gaza each day, today approximately 2 trucks make it out of Gaza on a daily basis; (check out Ban Ki-moon’s recent visit to Gaza where he calls on Israel to end its occupation.)
• Currently, 542 obstacles including road blocks, check points, and the separation wall, affect Palestinian movement in the West Bank;
• 600,000 refugees live below the poverty line in Gaza. 300,000 live on less than $1.60 a day.

by Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians
8 February 2012

Press Release

The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and the Cultural Coordinator for the Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum, currently detained in Ofer Prison near Ramallah.

Yousef Abdul Haq had been arrested 7/11/2011 in his home at two o’clock in the morning suffering from illness requiring medicine constantly forcing his transfer to a hospital immediately after his arrest at Ramle. He was sentenced to two months in administrative detention immediately.

This arbitrary administrative detention is legally incompatible with the most basic international standards of human rights, because it is without any specific charge against the prisoner, it also depends on the military file and secret evidence which cannot be seen by the detainee or defense lawyers; this file is prepared by the Israel intelligence service collecting intelligence information illegally.

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