Israeli Hanging Judge Sentences Khader
Adnan to Death
04 Feb 2012By Stephen
Lendman
On Monday, military Judge Moshe Tirosh rejected
Adnan's appeal as expected. Israel wants him dead. In
his 59th day without food, his life hangs by a thread.
Tirosh called his decision "balanced." He claimed
secret evidence justified him. He also called him an
Islamic Jihad party political leader. Doing so
effectively designated him a terrorist unjustly.
He ignored legal arguments, including no evidence
warranting detention.
At one demonstration, Israeli security forces
viciously attacked protesters, injuring 23 and making
arrests. It's standard official thuggishness against
Palestinians expressing their views nonviolently.
Following Tirosh's decision, 600 Gilboa Prison
detainees hunger struck in solidarity. Other West Bank
demonstrations were held. Israeli forces confronted
them violently. Islamic Jihad promises "painful
revenge" if Adnan dies.
The Addameer prisoner support group calls
administrative detention use arbitrary. It also
affirmed everyone's free expression, assembly and
association rights, regardless of political
affiliation.
Tirosh downplayed accusations about Adnan's torture,
inhuman and degrading treatment. He said they're
inflated and magnified. He accused Adnan of
exaggerating what happened. He called his
life-threatening condition his own fault. His
deteriorating health didn't influence his ruling. He
got orders and followed them.
Tirosh showed appalling contempt for human life. He
decision condemned Adnan to death.
His lawyer Jawad Boulus accused him of ignoring his
fading health, never mind his innocence and
victimization.
"We head to military courts without any hope of any
type of justice," he said. "This ruling cannot be
justified, especially since Khader is facing death due
to his deteriorating health condition."
Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Prisoners
Affairs Issa Qaraqe said the ruling showed "utter
disregard for Adnan's life, effectively condemning him
to die. This decision is premeditated murder. With
this decision, Israel has decided to kill" Adnan.
"What it has been doing for the past 57 days is a
crime against humanity as a result of its decision to
arbitrarily detain him" uncharged.
Qaraqe also called for solidarity protests and hunger
strikes across Palestine. The Palestinian Prisoners
Society (PPS) is appealing to Israel's High Court. PPS
head Qaddoura Fares called on international
organizations to intervene on his behalf.
The PA's in talks with the UN, Jordan, and other
nations for help. Tirosh's decision shows official
contempt for human life. Daily policies confirm it.
After 57 to 75 days without food, internal organ death
follows. Birzeit University's Munir Nasser expects
acid build-up to cost Adnan his sight. Kidney failure
and coma are next. In his 59th day without food, he's
weak and fading fast. He's vulnerable to infection.
His heart muscles face hypertrophy. Doing so causes
death.
Dozens of Birzeit University students protested
outside Ofer military base supportively. Israeli
security forces attacked them with tear gas and rubber
bullets.
Journalists and dozens of others were injured while
protesting. A weekly march was attacked with tear gas,
rubber bullets, and waste water to stop them from
reaching land earmarked for confiscation. Children,
women and foreign human rights activists were
affected.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights group finalized a
report condemning administrative detention. It pledged
efforts to internationally criminalize Israeli policy.
It took special note of Adnan's struggle and Israel's
contempt for human life and welfare.
Adnan's wife Randa said:
"My husband is dying inside an Israeli jail. The world
should make sure I am able to see him....And it should
pressure the Israeli government to release him before
it's too late."
In mid-December, he began hunger striking against
Israel's lawless detention. Prison authorities
responded by beatings, painful interrogations, ripping
hair from his beard, rubbing dirt on his face, and
isolating him in a "punishment cell" with bright
lights and loud noises to prevent sleep.
He also was denied medical treatment for gastric and
back disc problems, as well as injuries soldiers and
prison authorities caused. After his family members
were insulted, including his children and elderly
mother, he stayed silent and wouldn't talk.
On January 8, he was sentenced to administrative
detention until May 8. His imprisonment can be
extended indefinitely. No time limit's imposed. He and
others can rot forever uncharged in gross violation of
international law. He's willing to die opposing this
abuse.
On February 7, Randa saw him for 15 minutes. He was
too weak to greet her. His shrunken, ulcerated body
resembled a lifeless shell. She was shocked, and their
daughters were scared. He said prison authorities
prevented him from bathing, grooming, or changing his
clothes since arrest.
Angry about his shocking treatment, Randa said:
"Israel has treated my husband without any humanity or
compassion for his deteriorating health. It's
obviously very bad, yet they're not only preventing
him from receiving any treatment, but also attacking
his basic dignity as a human being."
In a letter from prison hospital, Adnan expected to
die, saying:
"The only thing I can do is offer my soul to God as I
believe righteousness and justice will eventually
triumph over tyranny and oppression."
"I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers
not for my own sake as an individual, but for the sake
of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of
their simplest human rights while the world and
international community look on" dismissively.
After Tirosh's ruling, Randa clung to hope saying,
"Israel denied Khader any fairness or decency. But
maybe the rest of humanity will show more mercy." So
far, it's letting Israel torture him to death.
On February 13, prison authorities threatened to
painfully shackle his four limbs to his bed without
explanation.
On Monday, Addameer lawyer Samer Sama'n got to see him
briefly at Zif Medical Center. Physicians for Human
Rights - Israel got to examine him for the third time
since food intake stopped. Daily, his life force
fades. He's also experiencing extreme pain.
Addameer condemned Tirosh's decision. He brazenly
ignored Adnan's condition. His ruling defiled
international law, including by "categoriz(ing)" all
Palestinians as "terrorist parties."
He downplayed Adnan's claims of torture, abuse and
degrading treatment. "Addameer holds Israel
accountable for" his life, "whose health has entered
an alarmingly critical stage that will now have
irreversible consequences and could" take him any
time.
Addameer also holds international officials
responsible for inaction. Doing so makes them
complicit with Israeli crimes.
Nonetheless, Addameer demands EU/UN/ICRC intervention
on his behalf immediately before it's too late. The UN
special coordinator for Middle East peace's weak-kneed
statement shows how little world authorities care.
"(W)ith concern," it called on Israel "to do
everything in its power to preserve (Adnan's)
health....and resolve this case while abiding by all
legal obligations under international law."
UN, EU and other world officials let Israeli
authorities get away with murder by not intervening
with teeth. It shows their contempt for human life and
welfare.
Addameer urged global solidarity to save him before
brutal Israeli torture extinguishes his last breath.
There's precious little of it left.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be
reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. Also visit
his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to
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