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May 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda An example of silent war began in Israeli camps in late 2011 when a Palestinian prisoner, Khader Adnan, went on a two-month-old hunger strike as a token of protest against Israel’s colonizing policies in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the five-year ruthless siege of the Gaza Strip.
A father of two daughters, Khader Adnan was arrested by the Israeli Army on 17 December 2011 while at his home in Arraba in the middle of the night. The next day he went on a hunger strike. Speaking to Ma’an News Agency, Adnan spoke of his ordeal in prison.
“During the first days, I lost appetite and suffered headaches for several hours, especially after the fifth day. The sense of smell became very strong and I could smell food from a long distance. From day five to 38, I was stable, but from day 38 to 57, I suffered severe vomiting and yellow secretions from the stomach and liver. On day 58, I vomited seven times and suffered from severe pain in the lower abdomen.”
While in prison, Adnan spoke of his ordeal through a letter translated and provided by the Ma’an news agency. The letter reveals his innermost anxiety and feeling of humiliation. He says:
“The Israeli occupation has gone to extremes against our people, especially prisoners. I have been humiliated, beaten, and harassed by interrogators for no reason, and thus I swore to God I would fight the policy of administrative detention to which I and hundreds of my fellow prisoners fell prey…. Here I am in a hospital bed surrounded with prison wardens, handcuffed, and my foot tied to the bed. 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.”
The silent war, which began with Khader Adnan and Hana Shalabi in February, has now found an army of protesters in the Israeli prisons. Over 1600 Palestinians have joined the hunger strike campaign in the Israeli military prisons. The prisoners demand better conditions and an end to imprisonment without charges.
Following the legacy of British colonial rule, Israel lays its legal basis on the British Mandate 1945 Law on Authority in States of Emergency’ as amended in 1979. The Defense Regulations refer to a group of regulations set forth by the British authorities in mandatory Palestine in 1945. Later, these regulations were forced into Israel’s domestic legislation. By definition, administrative detention applies to an act of arrest and detention of people by the state without trial, usually for security reasons. Those who practice administrative detention justify their action under the guise of combating terrorism, control illegal immigration, or protecting the ruling regime.
In Israel, suspects are detained for days or even months without any solid evidence as to their alleged crime. In fact, the Israeli Defense Ministry has the authority to issue order of detainment up to six months provided that they have acceptable evidence available. However, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, any local commander enjoys the latitude to issue an administrative detention order. The Zionist regime often detains people on the strength of the information it obtains from the notorious the Shin Bet, and exploits this tactic as a means of intimidation and torture and incarcerates individuals for indefinite periods of time.
While the US and the West are busy with the Arab Spring, and have even advertently dragged the spring into Syria, they never seem to notice a plight crippling the Palestinian nation. What is happening in Bahrain is an offence to the heart but the West blatantly supports the tyrannical regime. Instead, it focuses on Syria in which a US-fabricated crisis is taking hold of the country.
Apartheid is not dead and the western version of democracy is on the wane. What is happening in Palestine is a celebration of human values and a condemnation of the vices practiced by Israel. If only the collective conscience would wake up and plant a firm slap in the ugly face of Zionism.
IS/JR
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