“Although he was standing several meters away, I was sure that it was his goal to see that I was kicked and pushed down the stairs. He wanted to see me fall.”

Date of birth: 15 April 1981
Place of residence: Tiyasir Tubas, near Jenin
Date of arrest: 4 December 2007
Place of detention: Ofer Prison

Postal Address: Ofer Prison, Givat Zeev, P.O. Box 3007, via Israel

ARREST

On 14 December 2007, Hassan Yusef Hassan Dabak was accosted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) as he walked down a Jericho street. He found himself suddenly surrounded by military vehicles on either side and faced with a barrage of raised weapons. An Israeli military commander approached Hassan, asked him for his name and slapped him across the face. The soldiers then handcuffed him, placed a black bag over his head and transported him to the Israeli police station at the Jericho District Coordination Office (DCO). Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 25 September 1982
Place of residence: Deir Ghassaneh Village, Ramallah district
Occupation: Third year university student at Birzeit University; Sociology Major
Date of arrest: 30 August 2009
Place of detention: Ofer Prison

Postal address:
Ofer Prison
Givat Zeev, P.O. Box 3007
via Israel

ARREST AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

Number of order renewals: One
Expected end of current administrative detention order: 27 August 2010

Arafat Mudar Mohammad Daoud was arrested by Israeli soldiers from his family home in the early morning hours of 30 August 2009. This arrest occurred less than four months after his release from more than a year in Israeli detention, parts of which he spent as an administrative detainee. Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 19 August 1966
Date of arrest: 22 June 2007
Date of release: 17 March 2010
Previous place of residence: ‘Aroura, West Bank
Place of exile: Damascus, Syria
Residency status: Refugee
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Since 1990, when he was just 24 years old, Saleh Mohammad Suleiman Al-‘Arouri has spent a total of almost eighteen years in Israeli detention. These  detention periods have been imposed through a combination of 20 administrative detention orders and two prison sentences, measures that each time were taken in relation to his alleged affiliation with Hamas, which along with all other Palestinian political parties including Fatah are illegal under Israeli law.(1)

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Sabti Khawaja (Left)
Date of birth: 10 September 1989
Place of residence: Ni’lin
Occupation: Student
Date of arrest: 2 February 2010
Detained at Ofer: 80 days
Released on bail: 8,500 NIS (USD $2,270)

Mahmoud Nafa’ (Right)
Date of birth: 20 May 1991
Place of residence: Ni’lin
Occupation: Student
Date of arrest: 2 February 2010
Detained at Ofer: 77 days
Released on bail: 5,000 NIS (USD $1,340)

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INTIMIDATION, ARREST AND DETENTION
Mahmoud Nafa’ and Sabti Khawaja were arrested by Israeli security authorities on 2 February 2010 at Ofer Military Base after appearing for interrogation as ordered in Israeli summonses delivered to both.
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Date of birth: 14 December 1976
Place of residence: Saida, Tulkarem
Occupation: Aluminum light-structures designer and maker
Date of arrest: 9 April 2008
Place of detention: Megiddo Prison

Postal address:

Megiddo Prison
Section 9, Cell # 12
P.O. Box 2424, Israel
Expected end of current administrative detention order: 14 April 2010
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Date of birth: 2 July 1982
Place of detention: Hasharon prison
Date of arrest: 14 September 2009
Place of residence: Burqin, Jenin

Postal address: Hasharon Prison, Even Yehuda, P.O. Box 7, 40330 Israel

Number of order renewals: One
Expected end of administrative detention order: 12 September 2010

On Tuesday, 16 March 2010, a military judge confirmed Hana Yahya Shalabi’s second administrative detention order for a period of six months, from 13 March 2010 to 12 September 2010.
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MEDIA RELEASE
Ramallah, 21 December 2009
Palestinian political prisoners must be released, categories of “security detainees” must be cancelled and political offenses must be defined if peace between Israel and the Palestinians is to be achieved.

Reaching the ‘No-Peace’ Agreement: The Role of Palestinian Prisoner Releases in Permanent Status Negotiations (Download PDF ~0.5 MB), a briefing paper from Addameer, examines Israel’s failure to comply with the bilateral agreements regarding the release of Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli detention for their involvement in activities related to the ongoing belligerent Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. It concludes that prisoner releases can be instrumental in achieving a lasting peace, but only if prisoners themselves are recognized as political partners in the process. Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 3 September 1980
Place of residence: Deir Sweidan, Ramallah
Occupation: Skilled tradesman
Date of arrest: 7 November 2007
Place of detention: Ofer prison
Postal address: Ofer Prison, Section 8, Givat Zeev , P.O. Box 3007, via Israel
File #: 3651/07

ARREST AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION
Number of order renewals: Six
Expected end of seventh administrative detention order:  31 October 2009
Date of release: 29 October 2009

Israeli soldiers arrested Ismat from his family home in the early hours of the morning on 7 November 2007. The soldiers ordered his family members to crowd into one room while they proceeded to conduct a search of the house. After an hour, they left the house, taking a blindfolded and shackled Ismat with them. A few days later, Ismat was informed that his detention would be one without charge or trial: a six-month administrative detention order had been issued against him after an Israeli military judge deemed Ismat “dangerous for the security of the region”. Addameer attorneys filed an appeal on 26 November 2007 in an attempt to challenge the military judge’s decision. The appeal was denied and Ismat was detained for the entirety of his original detention order, which ended 6 May 2008. However, instead of being released at that point, Ismat’s administrative detention order was renewed again and again, a total of six times. Although a military judge held on 4 May 2009 that Ismat should be released, this order was overruled following the prosecution’s successful appeal to the Military Court of Appeals. For nearly two years, the Military Court of Appeals has consistently rejected Addameer’s appeals against Ismat’s ongoing administrative detention. Read the rest of this entry »

Date of birth: 1 January 1970
Place of residence: Jenin refugee camp
Date of arrest: 31 March 2009
Place of detention: Hasharon prison
Postal address: Hasharon prison, Ben Yehuda, P.O. Box 7, 40 330 Israel

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

Number of order renewals: two
Expected end of administrative detention order: 30 July 2010

On 31 March 2010, Raja’ Nazmi Qasim Al-Ghoul’s administrative detention order was renewed for six months for a second time, set to expire on 30 September 2010. The order was reduced at the judicial review to five months, and again at the Administrative Detainees Appeals Court to four months. At present, Raja’s administrative detention is set to expire on 30 July 2010. Read the rest of this entry »