The world watches as tragedy unfolds beneath its gaze. Khader Adnan is nearly entering his 70th day as a hunger striker in an Israeli prison, being held under an administrative detention order without trial, charges, or any indication of the evidence against him.
The case of Khader Adnan is a revealing microcosm of the unbearable cruelty of prolonged occupation. It draws a contrast in the West between the dignity of an Israeli prisoner and the steadfast refusal to heed the abuse of thousands of Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails through court sentence or administrative order.
And who is Khader Adnan? We do not know very much about him except that he is a member of the Islamic Jihad Party. There are no accusations against him that implicate him in violence against civilians. His fellow prisoner from an earlier period of confinement in Ashkelon Prison, Abu Maria, recalls his normalcy and humanity while sharing a cell, emphasising his interest in informing other Palestinians: "Prison was like a university in those times and he was one of the professors." Commenting on his hunger strike that has brought him extreme pain, Abu Maria says he is convinced that Khader Asnan wants to live, but will not live in humiliation: "He is showing his commitment and resistance in the only way he can right now, with his body."
Adameer, the respected Palestinian NGO concerned with prisoners, "holds Israel accountable for the life of Khader Adnan, whose health has entered an alarmingly critical stage that will now have irreversible consequences and could lead to his fatal collapse at any moment". Physicians who have observed his current condition conclude that, at most, he could live a few more days, saying that such a hunger strike cannot be sustained beyond 70 days in any event. Any attempt at forced feeding to keep a prisoner from dying is widely viewed as an additional abuse, a form of torture.
Have we not reached a stage in our appreciation of human rights that we should outlaw such state barbarism? Let us hope that the awful experience of Khader Adnan does not end with his death, and let us hope further that it sparks a worldwide protest against both administrative detention and prisoner abuse. The Palestinian people have suffered more than enough already.
Khader Adnan represents not only how demoralized this world is, but represents the Palestinian struggle, an illegal occupation that the world SUDDENLY turns blind to. He represents the language of freedom and how humanity struggles to breake the chains that are wrapped around us.
It is obvious that Khader Adnan is in critical danger, but unfortuntaly only a minority know, the role that media have played is appalling. But its certainly not surprising, when have you have ever seen western media potraying Israeli for WHAT IT REALLY IS? So we, as muslims, we, as humanity, acted together and spreaded the harshness of reality through social networks such as twitter, facebook etc. From us organizing protests throughout the world to have Khader Adnan trending number 1 worldwide, if anything, the suffering of Khader Adnan is bringing out the BEST OF HUMANITY.
But as the days go by, our freedom will be restricted, SOPA & PIPA will act and things will change. And they won't change for the better.
Khader Adnan is only an example of what humanity is today, how we struggle for just an ounce of freedom, how we struggle for happiness, and I fear it will only get worse. Regardless, the Muslims are growing some sort of unity,something that I can't describe. From all walks of the earth, its something that we muslims haven't felt for a long time, Zionists & western intervention have taken serious measures to prevent this but they fear that its not in their control. Since the split of the Ottoman empire western intervention has so far succeeded. But they have forgotten that we people have our own minds, and we are NOT controlled like out pupper leaders.
You these chains on our hands? THEY WILL BE BROKEN
Emancipating our self and breaking free ? WELL WE HAVE SPOKEN
You see the blood that bleeds? IT BLEEDS FOR FREEDOM.
You see the tears that fall? THEY SPEAK OF OUR DEMONS
Khader Adnan will be free, unfortuately only clocks have mouths
And only time will tell.
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This post was written by me on 19th of February 2012
Khader Adnan was released from his cell and ended his 66 days of hunger strike on 21st of February 2012,
For God looks after those who believe in him.
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