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Palestinian Prisoner of War News

ISMJenin | 04.05.2003 14:45

Another case of collective punishment meted out by one of the worlds most relentlessly occupying and brutal military states.

The deportation hearing of Mahmood Sulleiman Al Saadi from Jenin Camp was held last Tuesday April 30 in Beit El military court, Ramallah. The hearing was suspended and a secret decision reached a few days ago to simply deport him. His file is at Erez Checkpoint/Border Control now and he is expected to be transfered from the West Bank to Gaza within the next few days. He will be forced to remain there for the next 2 years.

Mahmood Sulleiman Saadi, aged 29, was arrested on June 19 along with thousands of other men from Jenin camp during a major IOF operation. Every man aged between 15 and 50 was ordered to leave their homes, rounded up and herdered into the Camp's school. Men were then taken to various prisons and detained from 2 days to the present day and perhaps beyond. Mahmood is still being held without charge in Ofar prison, Israel until his deportation in a few days. There has been no reason given for the decision to deport him.

Mahmood has three children (two girls aged 10 and 8, and one boy aged 3) and a wife waiting for him in Jenin Camp.

Mahmoud's brother Ali was one of the military heads of Islamic Jihad in the West Bank. Ali is now in prison for the rest of his life after being arrested during the April invasion and massacre in the Camp last year.

Mahmoud and his family are being punished as part of the Israeli government's enduring policy of collective punishment - illegal under the 4th geneva convention - which targets the families of fighters, martyr bombers and political leaders and demolishes their homes and arrestes, tortures and imprisons their relatives.

Please try to either hold a solidarity demonstration or picket with Mahmoud and his family or contact the following:


Tips when emailing or calling

*Maybe* you work for a local paper, college magazine, underground zine, corporate news agency or peace organisation? It's always good to call up and ask for a formal statement on why exactly Mahmood is facing potential deportation to Gaza. What purpose does this service? Where did the order come from? What is the evidence for supporting the deportation on Mahmood? If it's classified then why so? And the rest you can just thrash out independently. Being from a paper or independent media outlet always helps as it shows the IOF and Israeli State that their policies and their effects on the lives of ordinary people are going to transmitted and spread far and wide. That the news will travel and influence and inform.

If you are calling or emailing as a concerned individual then it's important to stress that you heard about his case from a media source - Indymedia or something or a local newsletter or maybe just from a circulating email from a friend - it helps to have the authorities responsible know that there is information out there circulating widely and that Mahmood's case is well known.

Information you will need to quote to the relevant authorities

Name: Mahmood Sulleiman Saadi
DOB: 2/11/73
ID Card Number: 927293019
Prison he has been held in so far: Ofer

Sample Letter to cut and paste and fax/email:

Dear ............,

I am writing to express my concern about the deportation of Mahmood Sullieman Saadi (ID card number 927293019/ DOB 2/11/73) to Gaza this week. I feel it is unfair and unjustified to send Mahmood to Gaza. He also has a three young children and wife waiting for him in Jenin who miss him very much. Mahmood has not committed an offence but was arrested during the June round-up of men in Jenin Camp aged 15-50. Thus far, he has not been told of the charges against him. He is being targetted becuase his brother, currently serving multiple life sentences, was military head of Jihad Islami in the West Bank.

I strongly advise you to let Mahmood go back to his family following his release from Ofer and not to Gaza which will be yet another form of supplementary imprisonment for him and in effect a further collective punishment of Mahmood's family who have now been missing him for almost a year.

Sincerely





ADDRESSES

Ariel Sharon
Prime Minister and Minister
of Immigration Absorption
Office of the Prime Minister
3 Kaplan Street
P O Box 187
Kiryat Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem 91919, Israel
Fax: +972 2 651 2631
Telex: 25279 MPRES IL
E-mail:  rohm@pmo.gov.il


Uzi Landau
Minister of Public Security
Ministry of Public Security (Police)
Kiryat Hamemshala
PO Box 18182
Jerusalem 91181, Israel
Fax: +972 2 584 7872

Meir Sheetrit
Minister of Justice
Ministry of Justice
29 Salah al-Din Street
Jerusalem 91010, Israel
Fax: +972 2 628 8618
E-mail:  sar@justice.gov.il


Eli Yishai
Minister of the Interior and
Deputy Prime Minister
Ministry of Interior
2 Kaplan Street
PO Box 6158
Kiryat Ben Gurion
Jerusalem 91061, Israel
Fax: +972 2 670 1628
E-mail:  sar@moin.gov.il


Elyakim Rubinstein
Attorney-General/Legal
Advisor to the Government
Ministry of Justice
29 Salah al-Din Street
Jerusalem 91010, Israel
Fax: +972 2 628 5438


Israeli Defense Forces

(IDF) tel: (00972) 36 080 339

Fax: 00972 36 080 343

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Military Court in Beit El, which prosecutes hundreds of Palestinians each month for ÒviolationsÓ against the Israeli military occupation, and also detains Palestinians under interrogation:

Beit El (Ramallah and Northern West Bank) Military Court

Fax: 011-972-2-9970641
Tel: 011-972-2-9970117


For info of your nearest Israeli embassy, have a look at:

 http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/israel1.htm

ISMJenin
- Homepage: www.palsolidarity.org

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  4. Poo for brains — dale
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