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The man who underwent the longest ever hunger strike in Palestine has been freed.
GOD certainly is good and to Him is certainly owed all the glory and praise for this.
BREAKING: Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi released from Israeli Jail
Ahram Online, Monday 23 Dec 2013
"Palestinian political prisoner and resistance icon Samer Issawi was released on Monday after spending over 17 months in the Israeli occupation detention centre Shatta Prison."
"Samer Issawi's family was ordered by Israeli terror police earlier today not to celebrate and to take down the flags raised at their home," this is according to The Free Samer Issawi Campaign page on Facebook. It was also reported on by Maan.
Samer Issawi ended his 277-day long hunger strike on April 23, 2013 after accepting a deal brokered by Israeli and Palestinian officials to serve 8 months on charges of violating bail conditions for an earlier release.
In October 2011, Samer Issawi, then serving the ninth year of a 30-year jail sentence for involvement in resistance activities against Israel, was released as part of the Egypt-brokered prisoner swap between Hamas and Israeli authorities.
The Shalit deal led to the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
However, Issawi was rearrested in July of 2012 under Israel’s so-called administrative detention law.
The administrative detention law, which has been in place since the end of the British mandate in Palestine in 1948, allows for the arrest of Palestinians if they are deemed a "threat" to Israel's national security.
Amnesty International has classified Israel's administrative detention practices as unlawful under international law.
BREAKING: Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi released from Israeli Jail - Region - World - Ahram Online
GOD certainly is good and to Him is certainly owed all the glory and praise for this.
BREAKING: Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi released from Israeli Jail
Ahram Online, Monday 23 Dec 2013
"Palestinian political prisoner and resistance icon Samer Issawi was released on Monday after spending over 17 months in the Israeli occupation detention centre Shatta Prison."
"Samer Issawi's family was ordered by Israeli terror police earlier today not to celebrate and to take down the flags raised at their home," this is according to The Free Samer Issawi Campaign page on Facebook. It was also reported on by Maan.
Samer Issawi ended his 277-day long hunger strike on April 23, 2013 after accepting a deal brokered by Israeli and Palestinian officials to serve 8 months on charges of violating bail conditions for an earlier release.
In October 2011, Samer Issawi, then serving the ninth year of a 30-year jail sentence for involvement in resistance activities against Israel, was released as part of the Egypt-brokered prisoner swap between Hamas and Israeli authorities.
The Shalit deal led to the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
However, Issawi was rearrested in July of 2012 under Israel’s so-called administrative detention law.
The administrative detention law, which has been in place since the end of the British mandate in Palestine in 1948, allows for the arrest of Palestinians if they are deemed a "threat" to Israel's national security.
Amnesty International has classified Israel's administrative detention practices as unlawful under international law.
BREAKING: Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi released from Israeli Jail - Region - World - Ahram Online
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