The Italian pro-Palestine activist Samantha Comizzoli, who has been detained in an Israeli jail since Friday, threatened to start hunger strike protesting Israel's decision to deport her outside of Palestine.
Ahrar Center for Prisoners and Human Rights revealed that Samantha Comizzoli was arrested on Friday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Nablus while she was taking part in a peaceful march in Kafr Qadoum in Qalqilya on a makeshift barrier.
She was questioned in the field for six hours then, on Sunday, brought to Tel Aviv airport where she is now detained, the center added.
Samantha was working as an activist in the field of journalism and documenting the Israeli violations against Palestinians especially the children. She is an activist at Solidarity for Free Palestine (SFP) and has been in Palestine for over a year.
The center also condemned the arrest of Samantha and called the Palestinian highest official organizations to intervene in order to release her and to pressure Israel not to deport her out of Palestine.
Prisoner Adnan in critical condition on 41st day of hunger-strike
The health of the Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan has reached critical condition as he entered his 41st day of hunger strike, Adnan’s defense committee warned Sunday.
Adnan, who staged one of the longest hunger strikes in history in 2012, is showing sharp weight loss, low heart rate, hypotension, and hypoglycemia as a result of his ongoing protest at being held in Israeli jails under administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial, the committee added.
Hunger-striking Adnan has also become unable to stand on his feet on his own, the same source further reported.
The committee urged the human rights and civil institutions to mobilize mass support, nationwide and overseas, for Adnan’s cause without further delay.
They further pushed for internationalizing the cause of some 500 Palestinian administrative detainees held in Israeli lock-ups without trials and for saving their life before it is too late.
“Adnan has been standing up for and fighting on behalf of human rights violated by the Israeli occupation forces under the so-called emergency law,” the committee said.
Hamas urges release of hunger-strikers
The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has called for the release of hunger-striking inmates held by the Israeli regime and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Gaza-based Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya on Sunday demanded the release of Khadar Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for about 40 days in protest against his administrative detention by the Israeli regime. He is said to be in critical condition.
Administrative detention is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows the Tel Aviv regime to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for indefinite periods of time.
Haniya also called for Islam Hamad to be set free. Hamad has been imprisoned by the West Bank-based PA, with reports saying that he has been refusing to eat for more than 60 days.
Israel “arrests and kills our sons and our brothers, while our brothers use the same means,” Haniya said.
The call for the release of hunger-strikers comes as the Israeli cabinet has approved a proposed law authorizing the force-feeding of Palestinians who are on hunger strike in Israeli jails.
Proposed by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, the legislation says Palestinian prisoners will be fed forcibly if their life is in danger. The bill also states that a doctor can apply the force-feeding measure upon the approval of a district court judge.
The World Medical Association as well as the Israel Medical Association (IMA) has denounced the proposed law, while the Physicians for Human Rights, an NGO, described the bill as a “disgraceful” move.
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