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On Thursday, Israel released Palestinian Maher Al-Akhras, 49, who has been on a hunger strike since his arrest on July 27 and was detained on July 6, according to an agreement. The Israeli authorities suspect that Al-Akhras, a father of six, is associated with the “Islamic Jihad” movement. Tel Aviv faced much criticism from non-governmental organizations in condemning his arrest.
Captive Club Reported Palestinian On Thursday, Israeli authorities released Palestinian Maher Al-Akhras (49 years old), who went on a hunger strike that lasted 103 days, refusing to be administratively detained in an Israeli prison.
Al-Akhras was transferred after his release to Al-Najah University Hospital in the city of Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
Al-Akhras was arrested on July 27 at his home in Silat al-Dhahr in Jenin and placed in the Hawara camp near Nablus. He went on a hunger strike from the first day of his arrest, as soon as an administrative detention order was issued against him for a period of four months. He ended his strike on November 6 after an agreement that he would be released.
Al-Akhras was transferred during his detention between several prisons, the last of which went to the Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, since 9 September, after his health condition deteriorated due to the hunger strike. . The International Committee of the Red Cross said in October that his condition was “critical.”
The medical director of Al-Najah Hospital, Dr. Abdul Karim Al-Barqawi, said in press statements that the hospital is awaiting “the medical evaluation of his condition by the doctor who supervises him, and will then decide whether to remain in the hospital. or leave it at home. “
Israeli authorities suspect that Al-Akhras is linked to the “Islamic Jihad” movement, which Israel, the European Union and the United States consider a “terrorist” organization.
His case, who is a farmer and father of six children, has sparked criticism from some NGOs against Israel, and protests in the occupied Palestinian territories and among Israeli Arabs.
The Al-Asir club claimed that Al-Akhras “won his freedom with his firmness and his confrontation with the most dangerous policies of the occupation practiced against our people, represented by the policy of systematic administrative detention.”
He noted that there are currently around 350 administrative detainees in Israeli prisons, including three inmates.
Administrative detention is inherited from the British mandate and during which no charges are brought against the detainee, as it is based on “classified information”, and can be renewed several times, so it can last for years.
France 24 / AFP
