Hero's welcome for Islamic Jihad hunger striker freed from Israeli jail
- 9 years ago
Early on Sunday morning, jubilant supporters gathered to give a hero’s welcome to an Islamic Jihad activist freed from an Israeli jail after nearly two months on hunger strike.
Khader Adnan refused food for 56 days to protest at being held for a year without trial under so-called administrative detention, a security measure Israel says it employs to prevent violence.
“The occupier made a mistake in imprisoning me the first time and the second time and all the other times,” he told reporters.
“And today they have made a mistake freeing me unusually early in the day, thinking that this would stifle Palestinian joy. It is a cowardly act by the occupier who is afraid of the joy and love that Palestinians have for their prisoners.”
Israel releases Palestinian detainee who went on hunger strike http://t.co/qIroqvX3mR pic.twitter.com/w5lBxwTy45— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) 12 Juillet 2015
A known Islamic Jihad figure in the West Bank, Adnan, 37, was warmly received back home in Jenin.
Khader Adnan refused food for 56 days to protest at being held for a year without trial under so-called administrative detention, a security measure Israel says it employs to prevent violence.
“The occupier made a mistake in imprisoning me the first time and the second time and all the other times,” he told reporters.
“And today they have made a mistake freeing me unusually early in the day, thinking that this would stifle Palestinian joy. It is a cowardly act by the occupier who is afraid of the joy and love that Palestinians have for their prisoners.”
Israel releases Palestinian detainee who went on hunger strike http://t.co/qIroqvX3mR pic.twitter.com/w5lBxwTy45— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) 12 Juillet 2015
A known Islamic Jihad figure in the West Bank, Adnan, 37, was warmly received back home in Jenin.