by Omar Obeidat and Zain Khasawneh
Aug 11, 2013
AMMAN – Four Jordanian prisoners (click here) in Israeli jails ended their hunger strike on Sunday after reaching a deal with Israeli Prison Service (ISP), said Fadi Farah, spokesperson of the National Committee for Prisoners in Israel.
Farah said the prisoners reached a deal to end their 102-day hunger strike as Israeli authorities agreed to meet some of the main demands of the prisoners.
On the details of the deal, Farah told The Jordan Times on the sidelines of a press conference on Sunday evening that a lawyer from a Palestinian foundation to defend prisoners in Israel represented the Jordanian prisoners in negotiations with the IPS and the Red Cross that ended the hunger strike of four prisoners.
On May 2, five out of the 26 Jordanian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli prisons began a hunger strike to press the Israeli authorities to release them and to demand familial visits and healthcare provided by Jordanian doctors.
The prisoners decided to stop their battle of empty stomachs after Israelis agreed to allow regular visits for the families of prisoners, with the first visit to be on August 27, representatives from media team supporting Jordanian prisoners jailed in Israel, Fedaa, said at the press conference held at Professional Associations Complex in Amman....
‘Families of prisoners in Israel still waiting for promised visit’ (click here)
by Zain Khasawneh | Sep 03, 2013 | 22:41
AMMAN
— Families of Jordanian prisoners in Israel are still waiting for their
promised visit to their relatives to materialise, activists said on
Tuesday.
In
mid-August, four Jordanian prisoners in Israel ended their “battle of
empty stomachs” strike that lasted for 102 days, after reaching a deal
with the Israeli Prison Service (ISP).
The
main demand that was agreed on by both sides was allowing regular
visits from the detainees’ families, with the first visit scheduled for
August 27.
Under
the deal, each prisoner would be able to meet five members of his
family during each visit that would last for an hour-and-a-half
“Unfortunately,
September has started and we are yet to visit them,” said Shaheen
Merei, brother of prisoner Muneer Merei, and head of the families of
prisoners committee.
Shireen
Nafe, spokesperson of the media team supporting prisoners in Israel
(Fedaa), said the deal was made between the prisoners and the ISP
without any intervention from the Foreign Ministry.
However,
the ministry is now arranging for the visit, Shaheen noted, but added
that the government has not announced a date for the visit....
