The leader detainee Kareem Younis is free today after spending 4 decades in prison.
He left the banner of detainees deanship to his cousin Maher Younis, leaving 4700 detainees waiting their freedom.
We receive today a hero who sacrificed himself to defend his cause, where he was arrested while being in university in 1983,under the charge of the affiliation to Fatah Movement, weapon possession and killing an Israeli soldier.
The court of Lod sentenced him to execution by hanging, and then adjusted the sentence to life imprisonment, which was specified later to 40 years.
Over the last years, the Israeli authorities refused to release him as with all detainees who were arrested before the Oslo Accord, in spite of many exchange bargains.
Despite the obstacles he faced in prison, he completed his education in prison, and became a supervisor on the education process for detainees.
He released two books during his detention, the first one "the political reality in Israel" in 1990, and " the ideological conflict and settlement" in 1993.
He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement in 2017.
He was deprived of bidding farewell to his beloved ones, where his father died in 2013 and his mother died in 2022.
The Commission of Detainees' Affairs announced the martyrdom of the leader Naser Abu Hmaid, 50, from Amaari Camp/ Ramallah, at Assaf Harofeh Hospital, due to the policy of deliberate medical ignorance pursued by the prison service against sick detainees.
The Israeli authorities transferred Abu Hmaid from Ramla prison to Assaf Harofeh hospital after the deterioration of his health condition.
The Commission of Detainees' Affairs warned earlier if the martyrdom of Abu Hmaid at any moment.
It is worthy to mention that his health condition was getting worse since August 2021, where he started to suffer from pain in his chest , and he had a surgery to remove the tumour, and then he got transferred to Ashkelon prison. Then, he started chemotherapy, but the prisons service was delaying his treatment.
It must be stated that Naser Abu Hmaid was sentenced to (7) life imprisonment in addition to (50) years. He was arrested for the first time in the First Intifada in 1987 for 4 months, and then for two years. He got released and rearrested in 1990, and sentenced to life imprisonment and was released under negotiations.
He was rearrested later and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, Qadri Abu Baker, holds the Israeli authorities responsible for the martyrdom of the detainee Naser Abu Hmaid, and he called on the world and international community to stop the Israeli massacre against Palestinian detainees.
The head of the Commission, Qadri Abu Baker, warned of the overt policy pursued by the Israeli occupation, in chasing and murdering Palestinian former detainees.
He pointed out that the consecutive crimes, the last of which was committed against the former detainee Mujahed Hamed, in addition to the former detainees Ata Shalabi, Sedqi Zakarna and Tareq Damj from Jenin.
These actions indicate that the racism of the occupation feed on the blood of Palestinians, especially those who sacrificed their lives for their nation.
Abu Baker said that the statements of the extremist Ben Gvir, who greeted the soldiers who committed this crime today in Jenin, describing them as heroes .
Abu Baker paid tribute to the tournaments and struggle of our people, especially detainees and former detainees and their families.
Abu Baker called on the international community to respond to the demands of Palestinian leaders and people represented in providing international protection, and stopping the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
Detainees' institutions: The occupation authorities arrested 7000 Palestinians in 2022
( The Commission of Detainees' Affairs, The Palestinian Society Prisoner's Club, Addameer Association for Human Rights, and Wadi Hilweh Information Center) pointed out, in the joint annual report, that 2022 was the bloodiest year full of crimes and violations.
The report showed that there are a lot of changes across arrest campaigns implemented by the Israeli forces, which were basically connected to the escalation of struggle against the occupation.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested (7000) Palestinian people, including Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, where this was the highest rate of arrests in comparison with last year, especially in the West Bank. Last year, arrest cases in the West Bank and Jerusalem were (6000) cases, including (2000) arrests in the lands occupied in 1984.
(882) minors have been detained in 2022, in addition to (172) women and (2409) administrative detention orders. There are (40) injured persons who got arrested in 2022,including children.
Arrests increased on April 2022, with (1228) cases, and May and October 2022 with (690) cases. With regard to the number of arrests in Palestinian cities, Jerusalem had the highest number with (3000) cases, and (106) cases in Gaza Strip, including (64) Fishermen.
(600) orders of house custody have been issued, the majority of them are from Jerusalem. There are currently ( 4700) detainees in Israeli prisons, distributed to (23) prisons and detention centres, including (29) women in Damoun prison, (150) minors and (850) administrative detainees, including (7) minors and (2) women.
Moreover, there are (330) detainees who spent more than 20 years in prison, (25) of them are imprisoned before the Oslo Accord, such as the detainees Kareem Younis and Maher Younis, who were imprisoned since 1983. Furthermore, there are (552) detainees who are sentenced to life imprisonment, the highest of which goes for the detainee Abdullah Barghouthi, with (67) life sentences.
With regard to the martyrs of the Captive Movement, the number has increased to (233) martyrs by 2022, the last of whom was the detainee Naser Abu Hmaid. In terms of withholding remains, the martyrs who's remains are withheld risen to 11.
Regarding the sick detainees, there are more than (600) detainees who suffer from different diseases, including (24) detainees who have cancer. As for solitary confinement, (70) detainees got isolated throughout this year, and (40) of them are still isolated.
Moreover, there are (5) members of the Legislative Council imprisoned in Israeli prisons, (2) of them are under the administrative detention, and (15) journalists, including (5) under the administrative detention.
The prison service holds the the detainee Yaser Zaid Salahat, 22, from Jenin at the cells of Jelboa prison in terrible conditions.
The lawyer of the Commission, Shiren Eraqi, demonstrated the details of his detention and point out that he's isolated in awful circumstances, where the prisons service deliberately transferred him every three months to different solitary confinement.
The lawyer stated that she had waited one hour to allow visiting him, and when he came to the visit he was handcuffed, under the pretext that he constitutes a threat to the security of the state.
The Commission pointed out that after the operation of Jelboa tunnel, the standards and the criteria have changed a lot, and since then, the prisons administration did not stop to take revenge from detainees and imposed punitive measures against them.
The Israeli authorities have issued (242) administrative detention orders last November, including (120) new orders and (122) renewal orders for between 2_6 months.
The Commission pointed out that (2050) administrative detention orders have been issued since the beginning of this year, which confirms that the occupation authorities are proceeding to implement this unjust policy against the Palestinian people, claiming the presence of a confidential file.
Thereby, the Israeli authorities deprive detainees of their freedom and hold them in prisons without informing them of the reasons of their arrest, and without putting them on fair prosecution.
(830) detainees are currently held under the administrative detention, including 5 minors and 3 women, ( Bushra Taweel, Shurouq Badan and Raghad Fanni).
The occupation authorities arrested (490) Palestinians on November 2022, including (76) minors and (12) women. The highest rate of arrests goes for Hebron, followed by Jerusalem, Ramallah, Jenin and Nablus.
Detainees' institutions and human rights organisations ( The Commission of Detainees' Affairs, the Palestinian Society Prisoner's Club, Addameer Association and Wadi Hilweh Information centre) pointed out that there are currently (4700) detainees in Israeli prisons, including (34) women, (150) minors and (835) administrative detainees including (3) women and (4) minors.
The highest rate of arrests on November 2022 was in Hebron with (135) cases, followed by Jerusalem with (123) cases, and Ramallah with (52) .
(242) administrative detention orders have been issued on November 2022, including (120) new orders and (122) renewal orders.
The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated today that the list of long-term detainees has risen to (314) ,after the join of (21) detainees on November 2022. There are (39) detainees who spent more than 25 years in Israeli prisons, where the detainee Jamal Alhour joined the list of " generals of patience " last month.
The list also includes (25) detainees who are imprisoned since before the Oslo Accord and the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority. The Commission stated that the list of "iconic detainees " , those who were imprisoned since more than 30 years respectively, has risen to (19) detainees after the join of Mohammad Falana, from Ramallah, and he is detained since 29/11/1992.
(8) detainees have served more than 35 years in Israeli prisons, the oldest of whom are the detainees Maher and Kareem Younis, who are imprisoned since 40 years.
It must be pointed out that there are tens of detainees who have been released under the shalit bargain, but they got rearrested in 2014. The detainee Nael Barghouthi is a case in point, where he spent more than 42 years in Israeli prisons.
The Commission confirmed that these numbers are unprecedented, and likely to rise during the coming months.