Israeli authorities on Wednesday released a senior member of Hamas, Mazen Jamal Al-Natsheh, to his home in the occupied city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) after he spent three months in administrative detention.
Hamas’ Prisoners’ Information Office said in a statement that occupation forces arrested Al-Natsheh in December and transferred him to Ofer Prison. He has previously been detained and had been released four months earlier.
Joint Report: #Israel Arrested over 5500 #Palestinians in 2019 https://t.co/TJTh2cDDDf via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/qH3XnipYD2
— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) February 5, 2020
The military court in Ofer, the statement added, had issued a four-month administrative detention order against him but released him after three months.
Al-Natsheh has been arrested ten times and spent more than 15 years in Israeli jails, 12 under administrative detention without charge or trial.
Administrative Torture: Free Heba al-Labadi, a #Jordanian Citizen in Israeli Prison https://t.co/ZRQtvHZ4I9 via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/nb4PBCpvx6
— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) October 9, 2019
“Administrative detention is Israel’s go-to legal proceeding when it simply wants to mute the voices of Palestinian political activists, but lacks any concrete evidence that can be presented in an open, military court,” Palestinian journalist and editor of The Palestine Chronicle Ramzy Baroud wrote in a recent article.
These chains will be broken.#freekhalidajarrar#freepoliticalprisoners#freepalastine #IsraeliCrimes #BDS https://t.co/IbTnjGO1up
— Yafa Jarrar (@YafaJarrar) February 27, 2020
“Not that Israel’s military courts are an example of fairness and transparency. Indeed, when it comes to Palestinians, the entire Israeli judicial system is skewed. But administrative detention is a whole new level of injustice,” Baroud added.
(Palestine Chronicle, MEMO, Social Media)
