Mahmoud al-Sharaan-Amman
Jordanian Abdel Rahman Merhi, 28, did not expect that his visit to occupied Palestine on September 2 to attend a social event for a relative would put him behind bars in Israeli jails.
Merhi, who faces cancer and was arrested at the King Hussein Bridge crossing, began a new confrontation with the occupation. An Israeli court ruled that he was administratively detained for four months without charge, but lawyer Mahmoud al-Halabi concluded that his charge could be "participating in celebrations against the occupation." According to his family.
Wadih Mar'i (uncle Abdel Rahman) recounted his suffering that began in 2007. He discovered a cancerous tumor in the soft tissues of the right nasal cavity, and underwent several surgeries, most recently at Rambam Hospital in the occupied Haifa after obtaining a medical exemption from the Palestinian Authority. .
Another victim
Abd al-Rahman's case coincided with the story of Jordanian Hiba al-Labadi, 32, who went to Nablus on a family visit on August 20 with her mother, and was detained at King Hussein Bridge without knowledge of her charges for three weeks.
| The occupation turned Abdul Rahman Marei into administrative detention for four months (websites) |
Hiba has visited the exotic bank many times, and has never faced any obstacles. Heba met her lawyer for the first time in an appeal hearing at the Ofer Military Court, following a 23-day detention at the Petah Tikva interrogation center.
Hatem's brother Hatem quotes her lawyer to Al Jazeera Net that the charges against her are "incitement to conduct military actions and contact with a foreign agent", but his sister has no activity in this, which he also denies.
On 22 of this month, the Israeli occupation court decided to transfer Heba to administrative detention for five months, which the Jordanian prisoner saw an arbitrary and unjust verdict according to her brother, and decided to face the injustice of the occupation to enter a hunger strike since last Tuesday, which raised fears for her health, According to her brother.
With the arrest of Abdel Rahman Wahba, the list of Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails rose to 22, according to the National Committee for Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons in Israeli Prisons.
Official failure exacerbates the suffering of prisoners
The people of Merhi and al-Labadi complain about the weakness of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry's communication with them, in addition to the lack of clarity of Jordanian procedures in the cases of Heba and Abdul Rahman.
| Heba al-Labadi began a hunger strike to protest her administrative detention (websites) |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that it continues to follow up daily the two arrests of Jordan's Abdel Rahman Marei and Heba Labadi, and that the Jordanian consul in Tel Aviv visited Heba in her detention center for the third time since her arrest.
The ministry added that the Foreign Ministry is continuing its efforts to release them. It also follows through diplomatic channels investigations to ensure their legal rights, and it puts this on top of its priorities.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman, Amir Weisbrod, demanding the immediate release of Mari and Labadi, and informing the ministry of all the details of the arrest and the charges against them and the investigations and ensuring their legal rights.
The Rapporteur of the National Committee for Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons in Israeli Prisons, Fadi Farah, describes the detention of Heba and Abdel Rahman as an "arbitrary decision" and that their transfer to administrative detention indicates the weak pretext of detention.
Farah adds to Al Jazeera Net that the Jordanian Foreign Ministry promised the committee to arrange and coordinate a visit to Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails, but this has not happened so far.