[Pnews] Palestinian prisoners to refuse medicine as boycott escalates

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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/palestinian-prisoners-refuse-medicine-boycott-escalates 



  Palestinian prisoners to refuse medicine as boycott escalates

Tamara Nassar <https://electronicintifada.net/people/tamara-nassar> - 16 
May 2018

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Palestinian prisoners have decided <https://www.qudsn.co/article/148485> 
not to take medicine as part of an escalating protest.

As well as boycotting Israeli military courts, detainees will now refuse 
health care until their demands are met.

Detainees will also begin a wave of hunger strikes in the coming months.

The boycott of military courts started 
<https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/palestinian-prisoners-boycott-israeli-military-court> 
on 15 February. Some human rights activists and lawyers are supporting 
the prisoners’ action by refusing to cooperate with Israel’s military 
court system.

Prisoners said the boycott will last until Israel ends its practice of 
administrative detention – the imprisonment of Palestinians without 
charge or trial that can be renewed indefinitely 
<https://www.btselem.org/topic/administrative_detention>.

Israeli occupation forces threatened 
<https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/israeli-threats-fail-end-detainees-boycott-military-courts> 
and beat detainees in an attempt to pressure them to end the boycott 
mid-April. Israel also threatened lawyers with punishment, including 
financial penalties, for complying with the boycott.

Israel has arrested 
<https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-800-000-palestinians-jailed-since-67-1.5245393> 
more than 800,000 Palestinians and issued more than 52,000 
administrative detention orders since 1967.

    52,000 Administrative Detention orders have been issued since 1967.
    That represents at least 15,000 years of jail time. #BornaPrisoner
    <https://twitter.com/hashtag/BornaPrisoner?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

    — Addameer –الضمير (@Addameer) April 16, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/Addameer/status/985771002457214977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>


    Israel’s war on the Tamimi family

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces have arrested 
<https://www.facebook.com/BassemTamimi2020/posts/10214882361644877> yet 
another member of the Tamimi family.

Waed Tamimi, 21, was taken by the Israeli army from his home in the 
occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh during an early morning raid 
last week.

After Israeli soldiers beat and bruised Waed, he was taken to hospital, 
his father Bassem wrote in a Facebook post 
<https://www.facebook.com/BassemTamimi2020/posts/10214898074197681>.

Waed is the brother of 17-year-old prisoner Ahed Tamimi 
<https://electronicintifada.net/tags/ahed-tamimi>, who has been jailed 
by occupation authorities for shoving and slapping heavily armed 
occupation soldiers in December, hours after the army shot her 
15-year-old cousin Muhammad Fadel Tamimi 
<https://electronicintifada.net/tags/muhAMMAD-fadel-tamimi> in the face.

Ahed and Waed’s mother Nariman was also arrested in December for filming 
her daughter’s interaction with the soldiers and broadcasting it on the 
Internet.

Now, the two siblings and their mother Nariman are detained by Israel.

Their father Bassem Tamimi argued 
<http://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/877736/> that the Israeli army 
is seeking to break the will of the Tamimi family.

“On a morning heavy with longing for Ahed and Nariman, the occupation 
forces stormed my house and arrested Waed,” Bassem wrote in a Facebook 
post <https://www.facebook.com/BassemTamimi2020/posts/10214882361644877>.

Ahed and Nariman were sentenced to eight months in prison 
<https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/israel-sentences-ahed-tamimi-eight-months-prison> 
in March, including time served.


    Celebrating an extrajudicial executioner

Meanwhile, the Israeli army medic Elor Azarya 
<https://electronicintifada.net/tags/elor-azarya> was released 
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-hebron-shooter-elor-azaria-released-from-prison-after-nine-months-1.6070371> 
from prison on 8 May after serving nine months for the point blank 
execution 
<https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/netanyahus-hypocritical-condemnation-videotaped-hebron-execution> 
of an incapacitated Palestinian, Abd al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif 
<https://electronicintifada.net/tags/abd-al-fattah-yusri-al-sharif>, on 
a Hebron street in 2016.

The army medic’s original 18-month sentence was shortened a couple of 
times. He was also released two days early to attend his brother’s wedding.

    אלאור אזריה מלווה בבני משפחתו הגיעו לחתונת אחיו אדיר בחצר נצר, צ'רלי
    האב אמר בשמחה: "שהחיינו וקיימנו והגייענו לזמן הזה". @WallaNews
    <https://twitter.com/WallaNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    pic.twitter.com/RujBVzic5I <https://t.co/RujBVzic5I>

    — Or Ravid אוֹר רביד (@OrRavid) May 9, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/OrRavid/status/994249819781771265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

    וזאת החולצה שבחר ללבוש אלאור אזריה בחגיגות החתונה של אחיו אדיר.
    pic.twitter.com/x1Gpv52hYw <https://t.co/x1Gpv52hYw>

    — Or Ravid אוֹר רביד (@OrRavid) May 9, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/OrRavid/status/994320973737463809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

The chief prosecutor in the case stated that Azarya had shown no remorse 
and taken no responsibility for his actions but posed no danger to the 
public, according 
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/prosecution-agrees-to-cut-sentence-for-hebron-shooter-by-a-third-1.5908468> 
to the Tel Aviv daily /Haaretz./

Al-Sharif’s family remarked that “the soldier had received a more 
lenient sentence than a Palestinian child would receive for throwing 
stones,” according <http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=780093> to 
Ma’an News Agency.

Human rights group Al-Haq stated 
<http://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/topics/right-to-life-and-body-integrity/1233-impunity-for-extrajudicial-killing-israeli-soldier-and-killer-of-abdel-fattah-al-sharif-released-after-mere-9-months-in-prison> 
that the extrajudicial execution was “an implementation of Israel’s 
shoot to kill policy and amounts to willful killing.”

The group added that the International Criminal Court must quickly “open 
an investigation into Israel’s continued violations of international 
humanitarian law, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.”


    Hero’s welcome

Azarya was given a hero’s welcome in Ramle – a city in present-day 
Israel – on his release. Israeli flags were flown, alongside banners 
that read, “It’s so good to have you home, the soldier of us all,” and 
“Welcome home, Elor the hero,” according 
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-hebron-shooter-elor-azaria-released-from-prison-after-nine-months-1.6070371> 
to /Haaretz/.

    הדגלים והשלטים שתלתה עיריית רמלה, סמוך לבית משפחת אזריה, לקראת
    שחרורו הצפוי ממאסר של אלאור, "רמלה תלבש חג לכבודו של אלאור", אמרו
    התושבים. pic.twitter.com/MqzdhxncZc <https://t.co/MqzdhxncZc>

    — Or Ravid אוֹר רביד (@OrRavid) May 7, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/OrRavid/status/993434811556683776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Ramle’s mayor Michael Vidal also visited Azarya’s family home.

    ראש עיריית רמלה מיכאל וידאל הגיע לבית משפחת אזריה: "מאחל למשפחה מזל
    טוב על שחרורו של אלאור. אני מאחל לו הצלחה ונראה איך אפשר לסייע
    למשפחה" (דניאל אלעזר) pic.twitter.com/L7HAbS3XTt
    <https://t.co/L7HAbS3XTt>

    — כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 8, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/993751097239068672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

This video shows Azarya’s family and supporters rejoicing in Ramle.

    אושרה אזריה, אמו של אלאור, חוגגת את שחרורו מהכלא. משפחת אזריה
    ותומכיה יצאו בשיירה ברחובות רמלה בהובלת אופנועים (דניאל אלעזר)
    pic.twitter.com/hGGOgkeTK8 <https://t.co/hGGOgkeTK8>

    — כאן חדשות (@kann_news) May 8, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/993769300723994624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also celebrated the release, 
stating he was “glad it’s done with.”

    ראש הממשלה, @netanyahu
    <https://twitter.com/netanyahu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>, בדרכו לביקור
    מדיני בקפריסין, מתייחס לשיחרורו של אלאור אזריה ממאסר: "הסתיים
    האירוע" @BarakRavid
    <https://twitter.com/BarakRavid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
    צילום: נעה לנדאו, הארץ pic.twitter.com/kUnwwQzOjE
    <https://t.co/kUnwwQzOjE>

    — חדשות עשר (@news10) May 8, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/news10/status/993714688532930560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Other lawmakers called for the erasure of Azarya’s criminal record.

Israel Katz, the transport minister, wrote on Twitter: “It was time for 
Elor to go home to his family and friends. I appeal to President Reuven 
Rivlin to act now to delete Elor’s criminal record so that he can 
integrate into civilian life and get on with his life,” he wrote, 
according 
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-welcome-release-of-hebron-shooter-elor-azaria/> 
to /The Times of Israel/.

    מברך על שחרורו של אלאור אזריה. הגיע העת שאלאור ישוב הבייתה אל משפחתו
    וחבריו.
    אני פונה לנשיא המדינה ראובן ריבלין, לפעול כעת למחיקת הרישום הפלילי
    של אלאור על מנת לאפשר לו להשתלב בחיים האזרחיים ולהמשיך את חייו בדרך
    ראויה. pic.twitter.com/Ig6oY2y9G8 <https://t.co/Ig6oY2y9G8>

    — ישראל כץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) May 8, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/Israel_katz/status/993726841507622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Israel’s culture minister Miri Regev 
<https://electronicintifada.net/tags/Miri-Regev>, a far-right Israeli 
politician notorious 
<https://electronicintifada.net/content/dirty-dozen-israels-racist-ringleaders/11999> 
for her racism against Palestinians and Africans, also cheered Azarya’s 
release and personally called the family to congratulate them.

“I heard the sounds of joy coming from the home and I was excited for 
them,” she tweeted. “There remains just one more objective: to wipe 
Elor’s criminal record.”

    שמחתי לברך הבוקר את צ'רלי אזריה ומשפחתו. שמעתי את קולות השמחה
    הבוקעים מן הבית והתרגשתי בשבילם.
    מאחלת לאלאור ולמשפחתו לחזור למסלול חיים נורמלי. נשארה כעת עוד משימה
    אחת: למחוק את הרישום הפלילי של אלאור. https://t.co/E9Pa1G3XQN

    — מירי רגב (@regev_miri) May 8, 2018
    <https://twitter.com/regev_miri/status/993756961199022080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Naftali Bennett, Israel’s economy minister, also tweeted 
<https://twitter.com/naftalibennett/status/993722080326770688> in 
celebration of Azarya’s release.

Ahed Tamimi is likely to spend roughly the same amount of time in prison 
as Azarya did.

The difference is that Azarya carried out an extrajudicial execution on 
a wounded Palestinian, while Ahed slapped an Israeli soldier who was 
taking part in the occupation of her village.


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