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Khader Adnan

Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa (Arabic: خضر عدنان محمد موسى‎; 24 March 1978 – 2 May 2023) was a Palestinian activist and prisoner in Israel who died after an 87-day hunger strike in protest of his detention without trial. He had been held in prison 12 times under administrative detention, a procedure which allows Israel to detain people for renewable periods of 6 months without the filing of charges or trial, repeatedly being held for reasons such as "activities that threaten regional security."[1][2][3]

Khader Adnan
خضر عدنان
Adnan in 2015
Born
Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa

(1978-03-24)24 March 1978
Died2 May 2023(2023-05-02) (aged 45)
Ayalon Prison, Ramla, Israel
Cause of deathStarvation by hunger strike
NationalityPalestinian
Known forHunger strikes against his administrative detention by Israel
Political partyPalestinian Islamic Jihad
Children9[1]

Adnan was for a time a spokesman for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the West Bank,[4][5][6] a role that begin in 2000,[7] during the First Intifada,[8] and which had ended by around 2007.[8] His wife said he was not involved in militant activities during that time and was a member of the Palestinian reconciliation committee.[9] The PIJ is designated a terrorist group by a number of Western countries and Israel,[3] and Adnan had been convicted in the past by Israel for being a member of the group.[10] Though he had been detained several times since 1999 on the basis of alleged activities in a terrorist organization, he was not involved with their military wing, and was never charged for such.[11][12]

In December 2011, Adnan was arrested and again held under administrative detention. The following day, to protest the conditions of his arrest, Israel's policy of administrative detention and its treatment of Palestinians under Israeli occupation, particularly prisoners, Adnan went on a hunger strike. According to Adnan, a visit by an International Committee of the Red Cross delegation was canceled after Israeli officers insisted on being present for the visit, with Khader remaining tied to his bed.[2] On 21 February 2012, Israel agreed to release Adnan on 17 April 2012, and he agreed to immediately end his hunger strike at 66 days, then the longest in Palestinian history.[13][14][15][16][17]

Adnan died in prison on 2 May 2023, at the age of 45, following an 87-day hunger strike after his twelfth arrest and over eight cumulative years in Israeli detention.[18][1]

Early life and family

Khader Adnan hailed from the town of Arraba, near Jenin in the West Bank, where he owned a bakery and produce store,[19][20][21] and was a baker by trade.[22] He held an undergraduate degree in mathematics and was pursuing a master's degree in economics.[23][24]

During his time as a student, he became involved with political activism.[23] In 1996, while studying for his undergraduate degree in mathematics at Birzeit University, he became a political advocate on behalf of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a small Palestinian militant organization,[23][7] serving as a spokesman for the group from 2000,[7] a role that continued no later than 2011.[11] PIJ has carried out suicide bombings and paramilitary operations against civilian and military targets and is considered a terrorist group by Israel,[25][26] the US,[27] EU,[28] UK,[29] Japan,[30] Canada,[31] and Australia.[32]

Adnan married his wife Randa Adnan in 2005; by this time he had been detained five times for his affiliation with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).[11] His wife said before they married he told her that, "his life was not normal, that he might be around for 15 days and then be gone again for a long time. But I always dreamt of marrying someone strong, someone who struggles in defense of his country."[11]

They had had two daughters by the time of his 2011 detention, during which Randa gave birth to their third child, a son, and later in late 2013, she had triplets.[33][34] As of 2021, Adnan had a total of nine children.[35]

Early detentions, 1999–2010

Adnan was first arrested and detained by Israel in 1999,[7] when he spent four months under Israeli administrative detention.[7] He was arrested by the PNA eight months after being released for leading a student demonstration against Lionel Jospin in 2000.[7] At the demonstration, students threw eggs or stones at the former French Prime Minister during his visit to Birzeit to denounce his characterization of Hezbollah's military actions against the Israeli occupation as "terrorism."[7][36] His first hunger strike, 10 days long, was undertaken during his detention by the PNA.[7] He spent a year in administrative detention following his December 2002 arrest by Israel.[7] Rearrested six months after his release, he was placed in solitary confinement and went on hunger strike for 28 days until the Israel Prisons Service placed him with the general prison population.[11][7]

In June 2005, after PIJ members were killed in a shootout with Israeli troops, Adnan "called on all Palestinian militant groups to resume fighting with Israel" and accused the governing entity the PNA of collaborating with Israel.[37] In August 2005, Adnan was arrested and imprisoned by Israel for 15 months.[7] According to Addameer, he held a 12-day hunger strike to protest his isolation in Kfar Yona in 2005.[38] A YouTube video of a rally in 2007 shows him praising and encouraging suicide bombings: "Who among you will carry the next explosive belt? Who among you will fire the next bullets? Who among you will have his body parts blown all over?"[39] He was held by Israel for another six months in administrative detention beginning in March 2008.[7] Arrested by the PNA in 2010 for his political activity,[7] Gideon Levy said he undertook his first hunger strike during this 12-day detention.[40]

2011 detention and hunger strike

At the time of his 2011 arrest, Adnan was no longer an active spokesman for the PIJ.[11] Adnan had been convicted in the past by Israel for being a spokesperson for the PIJ,[11] and media reports indicate he served as a PIJ spokesman.[12][41][42][43] In 2012, Gulf News said he had served as a spokesman for the group since 2000,[7] while The Guardian said he had acted as a spokesman for the PIJ in the past.[19]

By this point, he had been detained roughly 10 times since—seven times by Israel (including his last detention), and two or three times by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).[11][40][7] The Palestinian prisoners' support group Addameer said Adnan had spent a total of six years in prison since 1999.[38][34] Alongside his time in and out of custody, Adnan continued to run his bakery in Arraba. He also worked as a banker.[44]

At the time of his detention, he was working as a baker while studying for a master's degree in economics at the Bir Zeit University.[24] He owned the bakery in nearby Qabatya and a produce store in his hometown of Arraba, near Jenin in the West Bank.[19][20] A father to two daughters, Randa was pregnant with their third child,[33] when he was arrested by the Israeli Army on 17 December 2011 from their home in Arraba in the middle of the night.[40][43] The next day he began a hunger strike that ended 66 days later on 21 February 2012.[13][14][16]

 
Adnan's 2011–12 hunger strike as depicted in a 2012 cartoon by Carlos Latuff

In a letter he gave to his lawyers for public release, Adnan explained why he was on hunger strike:

The Israeli occupation has gone to extremes against our people, especially prisoners. I have been humiliated, beaten, and harassed by interrogators for no reason, and thus I swore to God I would fight the policy of administrative detention to which I and hundreds of my fellow prisoners fell prey … The only thing I can do is offer my soul to God, as I believe righteousness and justice will eventually triumph over tyranny and oppression. I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual, but for the sake of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of their simplest human rights while the world and international community look on. It is time the international community and the UN support prisoners and force the State of Israel to respect international human rights and stop treating prisoners as if they were not humans.[15][45]

Adnan was interrogated for 18 days following his arrest;[11] he told his lawyers that during this time Israeli soldiers made sexual innuendos about his wife, mocked his Islamic faith, beat him, tied him to a chair in painful positions, ripped hair from his beard and wiped dirt on his face. Israeli authorities ignored these allegations.[43] According to his wife and lawyers, Adnan's mistreatment continued and included lengthy periods of solitary confinement, multiple strip searches, and continuous abusive interrogation.[46]

Adnan had "officially" been under administrative detention since 10 January 2012, a term that was set to last until 8 May at which point his detention could be renewed if the Israeli authorities deem it necessary.[47] As of 31 December 2011, there were 307 Palestinians in administrative detention, including 21 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, the parliament of the Palestinian Authority.[48] Under the administrative detention procedure, the Israeli military can hold detainees for renewable six-month periods without charge if it deems them to be security threats.[13] The decision to detain an individual is based on the evidence presented to military judges, but not the defendant or his lawyers, and is subject to judicial review.[49]

Adnan had not been formally charged with any crime; Israel claimed that he was arrested "for activities that threaten regional security."[3] BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera reported that Adnan was believed to be a leader of the PIJ in the West Bank.[13][14][47] Bikya Masr reported he was a "senior leader of the Islamic Jihad organization"[50] and according to Al-Ahram, He was a "leading figure in Islamic Jihad."[9]

It is not known if Adnan was directly involved in attacks on Israelis;[12][43] he had never been charged as such by Israel.[11] His wife Randa denied Adnan had any leadership role in the PIJ, or any role in militant activities, and said he was a member of a Palestinian reconciliation committee.[9] She told YNET in 2011 that, "It's true that he was the Islamic Jihad's spokesman during the intifada, but over the past four years he had nothing to do with it … He hadn't talked to anyone from the Islamic Jihad. He left that activity altogether."[8]

Adnan was transferred to a hospital on 30 December but refused treatment from Israeli doctors. After meeting Adnan in the hospital, the organization Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, expressed "grave concern" and about his situation,[13] which its doctors described as "critical."[14] About 50 days into his hunger strike his wife Randa was permitted to visit him and stated he appeared emaciated and dirty and was shackled to his hospital bed.[13]

Demonstrations and solidarity strikes

 
Demonstration in support of Adnan in Ni'lin on 17 February 2012. There have been several demonstrations supporting Adnan's hunger strike throughout the West Bank.[51]
 
Graffiti stencils of Khader Adnan on a wall by Al-Manara Square in Ramallah
 
Closeup view of graffiti stencil

Adnan's 2012 hunger strike prompted demonstrations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip,[13] and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners joined the hunger strike in solidarity.[47] Adnan's father Musa Adnan started an open-ended hunger strike on 6 February the same year, telling Ma'an News Agency it would "enable him to support his son and understand his pain."[52] His hometown of Arraba was at the center of demonstrations, with solidarity protesters camping outside his house, which Palestinian and foreign officials visiting to enquire about Adnan's health conditions.[9] Around 50–60 Palestinian protested outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to show solidarity with Adnan on 8 February.[53]

On 11 February 2012 hundreds of Palestinians staged a demonstration at the Ofer Prison where Adnan was being held. The Israeli Army dispersed the protesters using rubber bullets and tear gas, injuring 16.[54] At a separate demonstration in Beit Ummar near Hebron two Israelis and two Palestinians were arrested by Israel.[47] Dozens of students from Birzeit University that gathered outside Ofer Prison on 13 February demanding Adnan's release were dispersed by Israeli security forces resulting in the injury of 23 people.[54] On 15 February, supporters began an open hunger strike at a sit-in in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City.[55]

On 16 February 2012, the 61st day of Adnan's hunger strike, thousands of demonstrators protested throughout the Palestinian territories.[19][56] About 1,000 mostly young Palestinians protested outside of Ofer Prison before being dispersed and in Hebron, hundreds of supporters held a sit-in holding posters reading "No to administrative arbitrary detention." That same day, Palestinians observed a 10-hour hunger strike in solidarity.[56]

Around 5,000 protesters demonstrated in Gaza City on 17 February 2012 chanting "We are all Khader Adnan," with the PIJ, Hamas and Fatah factions all participating.[3] In Jenin, meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians partook in a solidarity protest.[3]

International media attention, appeal and release

Adnan's case first drew international media attention when AFP ran a report was 44 days into his hunger strike. A week and a half after that, the Associated Press also ran a story, followed by CNN shortly afterwards.[57]

On 9 February, CNN reported that in response to criticism from human rights groups, the Israeli Prison Authority stated Adnan's case was being handled "strictly according to the law … with special attention being given to his humanitarian situation."[13] The prison service also stated that Adnan agreed to take potassium pills and does not want to die.[14]

Randa Adnan appealed to Egyptian authorities to help release her husband stating "Hope is now in Egypt to release Adnan. There's talk about Egyptian efforts to do so and I hope it's true. Egypt had an active role in the last prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel – it is our older sister and we hope it intervenes."[9] The Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs confirmed that Egypt was intervening with Israel to release Adnan.[58] She had also said that Adnan will not backtrack on his decision, and that, "When I married him I knew I should expect anything. I am proud of him whether he is under the ground or above it."[11]

Almost two months into his hunger strike, it was reported that Adnan agreed to have electrolytes, vitamins, glucose, and salts added to the water he was drinking.[19][43] His doctors noted that, "A fast in excess of 70 days does not permit survival. Infusion of liquids, adjustment of salts, and the addition of glucose and vitamin cannot prevent certain death due to such a protracted hunger strike."[19]

An Israeli military court judge rejected his first appeal against detention in a session convened at a hospital in Safed where he was being held on 13 February 2012.[47]

 
2012 Carlos Latuff sketch showing Khader Adnan alongside Mahatma Gandhi against the backdrop of the Palestinian flag, inked after Adnan went viral as a "Palestinian Gandhi"[57]

On 16 February, Adnan's lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel to release him, citing that Adnan was in "immediate danger of death." Lawyer Mahmoud Kassandra stated "This is the last chance. The medical report says he could die at any minute. We hope this will succeed but I am not optimistic." Following a visit to Adnan by Rebecca Ziv from Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, she said of his situation:[19]

He has lost 30kg and weighs 60kg. He suffers from stomach aches, vomiting, sometimes with blood, and headaches … His general condition is pale and very weak, his tongue is smooth, he has slight bleeding from the gums, dry skin, loss of hair, and significant muscular atrophy. His pulse is weak, blood pressure 100/75. He is permanently connected to a heart monitor.

On 20 February, in a media coup for Palestinian online activists,[57] former Obama official Anne-Marie Slaughter and Roseanne Barr condemned Adnan's detention on Twitter, and Adnan's plight began trending.[57][59]

Peter Hart, the activism director for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), authored a comment criticizing the corporate media's silence on this "Palestinian Gandhi",[57][60] while activists targeted Nicholas Kristof for his silence despite writing a 2010 New York Times opinion piece calling for a "Gandhi" in the Palestinian context.[57][61]

On 21 February, the Supreme Court moved forward an emergency hearing for Adnan after initially scheduling it for 23 February, citing concern for his health.[62] Moments before the hearing was convened, it was announced that a deal had been reached between Adnan's lawyers and the Israeli prosecution lawyers whereby Adnan would stop his hunger strike in exchange for his 4-month detention being counted from the day of his arrest and a promise not to renew his administrative detention barring the presentation of any new evidence.[63]

Human rights and international response

Adnan's hunger strike drew critical scrutiny of Israel's practice of administrative detention by a number of human rights groups, international bodies and Palestinian leaders and protesters. He has garnered a large following on Facebook and Twitter. Several of Adnan's supporters argue his case has not received proper coverage in the international and Israeli media.[19]

Addameer, a Palestinian prisoners' support group expressed "utmost concern about the health" of Adnan, holding Israel accountable for his life.[64] The head of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society Qadura Fares condemned the Israeli court's refusal of Adnan's appeal.[54]

Human Rights Watch stated Israel must "immediately end its unlawful administrative detention" of Adnan and "charge or release him." Spokeswoman Sarah Leah Whitson said "Israel should end, today, before it's too late, its almost two-month-long refusal to inform Adnan of any criminal charge or evidence against him."[47] Amnesty International condemned Israel's policy of administrative detention,[13] and the Israeli human rights group B'tselem sent an urgent request to Israeli Minister of Intelligence, Dan Meridor, to either immediately release or try Adnan to "prevent a needless tragedy to him and his family."[65]

Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, criticized "authority figures, from the UN Secretary General on down," who he said expressed empathy for Gilad Shalit, while being "notably silent in the much more compelling ordeal being experienced before our eyes in the form of Mr Adnan's captivity, seemingly unto death."[66]

Political response

The Palestinian National Authority condemned his arrest and demanded his immediate release.[67] In response to Israel's refusal of Adnan's appeal, Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe stated the decision showed "utter disregard for Adnan's life, effectively condemning him to die."[68] He praised Adnan for "taking a stand" against the use of administrative detention.[67] At a rally on 16 February, Qaraqe said, "Khader Adnan has become a national symbol, an Arab symbol and an international symbol for his defence of the dignity of free men throughout the entire world."[56]

Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti, who was injured after being shot in the foot with a rubber bullet by Israeli security forces during a solidarity protest,[69] called for an international campaign demanding Adnan's release.[70] Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders Sheikh Nafez Azzam, Dawood Shihab, Khader Habib and Ahmad Mudallal participated in the open hunger strike that began on 15 February saying it was the "least we can do for this legendary symbol."[55]

At a Friday sermon at the Great Mosque of Gaza, PIJ leader Nafez Azzam stated Adnan was "not fighting for a personal cause, but for the defence of thousands of prisoners."[20] Furthermore, he accused Arab and Western countries of ignoring Adnan's case saying "Shame on the nations of hundreds of millions (of Muslims) for the fact that Khader Adnan is still in prison."[20] Gaza-based Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, declared at a rally in Gaza that same day that, "The Palestinian people, with all its components and its factions, will never abandon the hero prisoners, especially those who lead this hunger strike battle."[3]

On 18 February, it was reported that in meetings with officials from China, Russia, the United Kingdom and the European Union, President Mahmoud Abbas and PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat pressed for Adnan's release.[71]

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry instructed Israel "to do everything in its power to preserve the health of the prisoner and resolve this case while abiding by all legal obligations under international law."[47] On 18 February, European Union head Catherine Ashton called on Israel to preserve Adnan's health and reiterated the EU's concern over "the extensive use by Israel of administrative detention without formal charge."[72]

Further detentions and hunger strikes, 2014–2021

In spite of the agreement to end his first hunger strike (see above), Adnan was arrested again on 8 July 2014, at the beginning of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, and has been held in detention ever since, beginning his second hunger strike on 5 May 2015.[34][73] The government of Israel was seemingly determined to break Adnan's hunger strike using force-feeding techniques similar to those used by the USA in its Guantanamo Bay prison camp.[73] Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan was quoted as saying "Security prisoners are interested in turning hunger strikes into a new kind of suicide attack that would threaten the State of Israel. We cannot allow anyone to threaten us and we will not allow prisoners to die in our prisons."[73] However, the Israeli Medical Society and various human rights groups were deploring this planned course of action by Israel, with the Medical Society issuing orders to Israeli doctors to not participate in any planned forced feedings except under certain limited circumstances not applicable to Adnan at this point in time.[73]

Adnan was again detained without charge in 2015 and again started a hunger strike on 4 May that lasted 56 days until Israel agreed to release him in July.[74] He was arrested again in 2017 and again immediately began a hunger strike that lasted 58 days.[75] Arrested once more in 2021 after being detained at an Israeli checkpoint, and he again went on hunger strike in protest, this strike lasting 25 days.[76]

2023 detention and hunger strike

Adnan was arrested, for the final time, on 5 February 2023, following which he began the hunger strike that lasted 87 days until his death.[77] Physicians for Human Rights Israel said that, in the lead up to his death, its medic visited Adnan and raised his "life-threatening condition and the need for immediate hospital transfer".[78] An appeals court however ruled that there was no evidence of urgency in Adnan's medical condition.[79]

Death

Adnan died in prison on 2 May 2023, following an 87-day hunger strike at the age of 45. Adnan was the first Palestinian prisoner to die from a hunger strike since 1992.[79]

Reaction

Following his death, various media outlets called Adnan a political prisoner.[80][81][82]

The Israeli rights group B'Tselem described his hunger strike as "a form of non-violent protest against his arrest and the injustices of the occupation. The fact that a person whose life was in danger remained in prison despite repeated requests to transfer him to a hospital reflects the absolute disregard Israel held for his life."[78] Addameer released a statement from the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) calling Adnan's death a killing and his fate as a political prisoner a call to the international community "to realize its moral and legal responsibilities towards the Palestinian people, especially Palestinian political prisoners captive within illegal occupation prisons".[83]

The United Nations Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary General called for a thorough investigation and said the Secretary General "reiterates his call on Israel to end the practice of administrative detention. All those held in administrative detention should be promptly charged and tried in a court of law or released without delay".[84]

Adnan's wife called for violence to be avoided, in accordance with her husband's peaceful protests. She said: "Not a drop of blood was spilled during the prisoners' previous hunger strikes, and today we say with the rise of the martyr and his accomplishment of what he wished for, we do not want a drop of blood to be spilled."[85] In other reported comments, she stated: "We don't want anyone to respond to the martyrdom. We don't want someone to launch rockets and then (Israel) strikes Gaza."[78]

Conflict escalation

Despite his wife's pleas, Adnan's death nevertheless sparked an exchange of fire between militants in the Gaza Strip and Israel.[78] Militants in Gaza fired rockets at Israel and clashes erupted in the West Bank as news of his death spread, with a general strike called for throughout the occupied territories.[75][86] In total, Palestinian militant groups launched over twenty rockets from the Gaza Strip, and clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces in the West Bank.[87][88]

See also

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  • Timeline of major events in the life of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan Al Jazeera

khader, adnan, mohammad, musa, arabic, خضر, عدنان, محمد, موسى, march, 1978, 2023, palestinian, activist, prisoner, israel, died, after, hunger, strike, protest, detention, without, trial, been, held, prison, times, under, administrative, detention, procedure, . Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa Arabic خضر عدنان محمد موسى 24 March 1978 2 May 2023 was a Palestinian activist and prisoner in Israel who died after an 87 day hunger strike in protest of his detention without trial He had been held in prison 12 times under administrative detention a procedure which allows Israel to detain people for renewable periods of 6 months without the filing of charges or trial repeatedly being held for reasons such as activities that threaten regional security 1 2 3 Khader Adnanخضر عدنانAdnan in 2015BornKhader Adnan Mohammad Musa 1978 03 24 24 March 1978Arraba Jenin Israeli occupied West BankDied2 May 2023 2023 05 02 aged 45 Ayalon Prison Ramla IsraelCause of deathStarvation by hunger strikeNationalityPalestinianKnown forHunger strikes against his administrative detention by IsraelPolitical partyPalestinian Islamic JihadChildren9 1 Adnan was for a time a spokesman for Palestinian Islamic Jihad PIJ in the West Bank 4 5 6 a role that begin in 2000 7 during the First Intifada 8 and which had ended by around 2007 8 His wife said he was not involved in militant activities during that time and was a member of the Palestinian reconciliation committee 9 The PIJ is designated a terrorist group by a number of Western countries and Israel 3 and Adnan had been convicted in the past by Israel for being a member of the group 10 Though he had been detained several times since 1999 on the basis of alleged activities in a terrorist organization he was not involved with their military wing and was never charged for such 11 12 In December 2011 Adnan was arrested and again held under administrative detention The following day to protest the conditions of his arrest Israel s policy of administrative detention and its treatment of Palestinians under Israeli occupation particularly prisoners Adnan went on a hunger strike According to Adnan a visit by an International Committee of the Red Cross delegation was canceled after Israeli officers insisted on being present for the visit with Khader remaining tied to his bed 2 On 21 February 2012 Israel agreed to release Adnan on 17 April 2012 and he agreed to immediately end his hunger strike at 66 days then the longest in Palestinian history 13 14 15 16 17 Adnan died in prison on 2 May 2023 at the age of 45 following an 87 day hunger strike after his twelfth arrest and over eight cumulative years in Israeli detention 18 1 Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Early detentions 1999 2010 3 2011 detention and hunger strike 3 1 Demonstrations and solidarity strikes 3 2 International media attention appeal and release 3 3 Human rights and international response 3 3 1 Political response 4 Further detentions and hunger strikes 2014 2021 5 2023 detention and hunger strike 6 Death 6 1 Reaction 6 1 1 Conflict escalation 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksEarly life and familyKhader Adnan hailed from the town of Arraba near Jenin in the West Bank where he owned a bakery and produce store 19 20 21 and was a baker by trade 22 He held an undergraduate degree in mathematics and was pursuing a master s degree in economics 23 24 During his time as a student he became involved with political activism 23 In 1996 while studying for his undergraduate degree in mathematics at Birzeit University he became a political advocate on behalf of Palestinian Islamic Jihad PIJ a small Palestinian militant organization 23 7 serving as a spokesman for the group from 2000 7 a role that continued no later than 2011 11 PIJ has carried out suicide bombings and paramilitary operations against civilian and military targets and is considered a terrorist group by Israel 25 26 the US 27 EU 28 UK 29 Japan 30 Canada 31 and Australia 32 Adnan married his wife Randa Adnan in 2005 by this time he had been detained five times for his affiliation with Palestinian Islamic Jihad PIJ 11 His wife said before they married he told her that his life was not normal that he might be around for 15 days and then be gone again for a long time But I always dreamt of marrying someone strong someone who struggles in defense of his country 11 They had had two daughters by the time of his 2011 detention during which Randa gave birth to their third child a son and later in late 2013 she had triplets 33 34 As of 2021 Adnan had a total of nine children 35 Early detentions 1999 2010Adnan was first arrested and detained by Israel in 1999 7 when he spent four months under Israeli administrative detention 7 He was arrested by the PNA eight months after being released for leading a student demonstration against Lionel Jospin in 2000 7 At the demonstration students threw eggs or stones at the former French Prime Minister during his visit to Birzeit to denounce his characterization of Hezbollah s military actions against the Israeli occupation as terrorism 7 36 His first hunger strike 10 days long was undertaken during his detention by the PNA 7 He spent a year in administrative detention following his December 2002 arrest by Israel 7 Rearrested six months after his release he was placed in solitary confinement and went on hunger strike for 28 days until the Israel Prisons Service placed him with the general prison population 11 7 In June 2005 after PIJ members were killed in a shootout with Israeli troops Adnan called on all Palestinian militant groups to resume fighting with Israel and accused the governing entity the PNA of collaborating with Israel 37 In August 2005 Adnan was arrested and imprisoned by Israel for 15 months 7 According to Addameer he held a 12 day hunger strike to protest his isolation in Kfar Yona in 2005 38 A YouTube video of a rally in 2007 shows him praising and encouraging suicide bombings Who among you will carry the next explosive belt Who among you will fire the next bullets Who among you will have his body parts blown all over 39 He was held by Israel for another six months in administrative detention beginning in March 2008 7 Arrested by the PNA in 2010 for his political activity 7 Gideon Levy said he undertook his first hunger strike during this 12 day detention 40 2011 detention and hunger strikeAt the time of his 2011 arrest Adnan was no longer an active spokesman for the PIJ 11 Adnan had been convicted in the past by Israel for being a spokesperson for the PIJ 11 and media reports indicate he served as a PIJ spokesman 12 41 42 43 In 2012 Gulf News said he had served as a spokesman for the group since 2000 7 while The Guardian said he had acted as a spokesman for the PIJ in the past 19 By this point he had been detained roughly 10 times since seven times by Israel including his last detention and two or three times by the Palestinian National Authority PNA 11 40 7 The Palestinian prisoners support group Addameer said Adnan had spent a total of six years in prison since 1999 38 34 Alongside his time in and out of custody Adnan continued to run his bakery in Arraba He also worked as a banker 44 At the time of his detention he was working as a baker while studying for a master s degree in economics at the Bir Zeit University 24 He owned the bakery in nearby Qabatya and a produce store in his hometown of Arraba near Jenin in the West Bank 19 20 A father to two daughters Randa was pregnant with their third child 33 when he was arrested by the Israeli Army on 17 December 2011 from their home in Arraba in the middle of the night 40 43 The next day he began a hunger strike that ended 66 days later on 21 February 2012 13 14 16 Adnan s 2011 12 hunger strike as depicted in a 2012 cartoon by Carlos Latuff In a letter he gave to his lawyers for public release Adnan explained why he was on hunger strike The Israeli occupation has gone to extremes against our people especially prisoners I have been humiliated beaten and harassed by interrogators for no reason and thus I swore to God I would fight the policy of administrative detention to which I and hundreds of my fellow prisoners fell prey The only thing I can do is offer my soul to God as I believe righteousness and justice will eventually triumph over tyranny and oppression I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual but for the sake of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of their simplest human rights while the world and international community look on It is time the international community and the UN support prisoners and force the State of Israel to respect international human rights and stop treating prisoners as if they were not humans 15 45 Adnan was interrogated for 18 days following his arrest 11 he told his lawyers that during this time Israeli soldiers made sexual innuendos about his wife mocked his Islamic faith beat him tied him to a chair in painful positions ripped hair from his beard and wiped dirt on his face Israeli authorities ignored these allegations 43 According to his wife and lawyers Adnan s mistreatment continued and included lengthy periods of solitary confinement multiple strip searches and continuous abusive interrogation 46 Adnan had officially been under administrative detention since 10 January 2012 a term that was set to last until 8 May at which point his detention could be renewed if the Israeli authorities deem it necessary 47 As of 31 December 2011 there were 307 Palestinians in administrative detention including 21 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council the parliament of the Palestinian Authority 48 Under the administrative detention procedure the Israeli military can hold detainees for renewable six month periods without charge if it deems them to be security threats 13 The decision to detain an individual is based on the evidence presented to military judges but not the defendant or his lawyers and is subject to judicial review 49 Adnan had not been formally charged with any crime Israel claimed that he was arrested for activities that threaten regional security 3 BBC CNN and Al Jazeera reported that Adnan was believed to be a leader of the PIJ in the West Bank 13 14 47 Bikya Masr reported he was a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad organization 50 and according to Al Ahram He was a leading figure in Islamic Jihad 9 It is not known if Adnan was directly involved in attacks on Israelis 12 43 he had never been charged as such by Israel 11 His wife Randa denied Adnan had any leadership role in the PIJ or any role in militant activities and said he was a member of a Palestinian reconciliation committee 9 She told YNET in 2011 that It s true that he was the Islamic Jihad s spokesman during the intifada but over the past four years he had nothing to do with it He hadn t talked to anyone from the Islamic Jihad He left that activity altogether 8 Adnan was transferred to a hospital on 30 December but refused treatment from Israeli doctors After meeting Adnan in the hospital the organization Physicians for Human Rights Israel expressed grave concern and about his situation 13 which its doctors described as critical 14 About 50 days into his hunger strike his wife Randa was permitted to visit him and stated he appeared emaciated and dirty and was shackled to his hospital bed 13 Demonstrations and solidarity strikes Demonstration in support of Adnan in Ni lin on 17 February 2012 There have been several demonstrations supporting Adnan s hunger strike throughout the West Bank 51 Graffiti stencils of Khader Adnan on a wall by Al Manara Square in Ramallah Closeup view of graffiti stencil Adnan s 2012 hunger strike prompted demonstrations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip 13 and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners joined the hunger strike in solidarity 47 Adnan s father Musa Adnan started an open ended hunger strike on 6 February the same year telling Ma an News Agency it would enable him to support his son and understand his pain 52 His hometown of Arraba was at the center of demonstrations with solidarity protesters camping outside his house which Palestinian and foreign officials visiting to enquire about Adnan s health conditions 9 Around 50 60 Palestinian protested outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to show solidarity with Adnan on 8 February 53 On 11 February 2012 hundreds of Palestinians staged a demonstration at the Ofer Prison where Adnan was being held The Israeli Army dispersed the protesters using rubber bullets and tear gas injuring 16 54 At a separate demonstration in Beit Ummar near Hebron two Israelis and two Palestinians were arrested by Israel 47 Dozens of students from Birzeit University that gathered outside Ofer Prison on 13 February demanding Adnan s release were dispersed by Israeli security forces resulting in the injury of 23 people 54 On 15 February supporters began an open hunger strike at a sit in in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City 55 On 16 February 2012 the 61st day of Adnan s hunger strike thousands of demonstrators protested throughout the Palestinian territories 19 56 About 1 000 mostly young Palestinians protested outside of Ofer Prison before being dispersed and in Hebron hundreds of supporters held a sit in holding posters reading No to administrative arbitrary detention That same day Palestinians observed a 10 hour hunger strike in solidarity 56 Around 5 000 protesters demonstrated in Gaza City on 17 February 2012 chanting We are all Khader Adnan with the PIJ Hamas and Fatah factions all participating 3 In Jenin meanwhile hundreds of Palestinians partook in a solidarity protest 3 International media attention appeal and release Adnan s case first drew international media attention when AFP ran a report was 44 days into his hunger strike A week and a half after that the Associated Press also ran a story followed by CNN shortly afterwards 57 On 9 February CNN reported that in response to criticism from human rights groups the Israeli Prison Authority stated Adnan s case was being handled strictly according to the law with special attention being given to his humanitarian situation 13 The prison service also stated that Adnan agreed to take potassium pills and does not want to die 14 Randa Adnan appealed to Egyptian authorities to help release her husband stating Hope is now in Egypt to release Adnan There s talk about Egyptian efforts to do so and I hope it s true Egypt had an active role in the last prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel it is our older sister and we hope it intervenes 9 The Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners Affairs confirmed that Egypt was intervening with Israel to release Adnan 58 She had also said that Adnan will not backtrack on his decision and that When I married him I knew I should expect anything I am proud of him whether he is under the ground or above it 11 Almost two months into his hunger strike it was reported that Adnan agreed to have electrolytes vitamins glucose and salts added to the water he was drinking 19 43 His doctors noted that A fast in excess of 70 days does not permit survival Infusion of liquids adjustment of salts and the addition of glucose and vitamin cannot prevent certain death due to such a protracted hunger strike 19 An Israeli military court judge rejected his first appeal against detention in a session convened at a hospital in Safed where he was being held on 13 February 2012 47 2012 Carlos Latuff sketch showing Khader Adnan alongside Mahatma Gandhi against the backdrop of the Palestinian flag inked after Adnan went viral as a Palestinian Gandhi 57 On 16 February Adnan s lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court of Israel to release him citing that Adnan was in immediate danger of death Lawyer Mahmoud Kassandra stated This is the last chance The medical report says he could die at any minute We hope this will succeed but I am not optimistic Following a visit to Adnan by Rebecca Ziv from Physicians for Human Rights Israel she said of his situation 19 He has lost 30kg and weighs 60kg He suffers from stomach aches vomiting sometimes with blood and headaches His general condition is pale and very weak his tongue is smooth he has slight bleeding from the gums dry skin loss of hair and significant muscular atrophy His pulse is weak blood pressure 100 75 He is permanently connected to a heart monitor On 20 February in a media coup for Palestinian online activists 57 former Obama official Anne Marie Slaughter and Roseanne Barr condemned Adnan s detention on Twitter and Adnan s plight began trending 57 59 Peter Hart the activism director for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting FAIR authored a comment criticizing the corporate media s silence on this Palestinian Gandhi 57 60 while activists targeted Nicholas Kristof for his silence despite writing a 2010 New York Times opinion piece calling for a Gandhi in the Palestinian context 57 61 On 21 February the Supreme Court moved forward an emergency hearing for Adnan after initially scheduling it for 23 February citing concern for his health 62 Moments before the hearing was convened it was announced that a deal had been reached between Adnan s lawyers and the Israeli prosecution lawyers whereby Adnan would stop his hunger strike in exchange for his 4 month detention being counted from the day of his arrest and a promise not to renew his administrative detention barring the presentation of any new evidence 63 Human rights and international response Adnan s hunger strike drew critical scrutiny of Israel s practice of administrative detention by a number of human rights groups international bodies and Palestinian leaders and protesters He has garnered a large following on Facebook and Twitter Several of Adnan s supporters argue his case has not received proper coverage in the international and Israeli media 19 Addameer a Palestinian prisoners support group expressed utmost concern about the health of Adnan holding Israel accountable for his life 64 The head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society Qadura Fares condemned the Israeli court s refusal of Adnan s appeal 54 Human Rights Watch stated Israel must immediately end its unlawful administrative detention of Adnan and charge or release him Spokeswoman Sarah Leah Whitson said Israel should end today before it s too late its almost two month long refusal to inform Adnan of any criminal charge or evidence against him 47 Amnesty International condemned Israel s policy of administrative detention 13 and the Israeli human rights group B tselem sent an urgent request to Israeli Minister of Intelligence Dan Meridor to either immediately release or try Adnan to prevent a needless tragedy to him and his family 65 Richard Falk the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights criticized authority figures from the UN Secretary General on down who he said expressed empathy for Gilad Shalit while being notably silent in the much more compelling ordeal being experienced before our eyes in the form of Mr Adnan s captivity seemingly unto death 66 Political response The Palestinian National Authority condemned his arrest and demanded his immediate release 67 In response to Israel s refusal of Adnan s appeal Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe stated the decision showed utter disregard for Adnan s life effectively condemning him to die 68 He praised Adnan for taking a stand against the use of administrative detention 67 At a rally on 16 February Qaraqe said Khader Adnan has become a national symbol an Arab symbol and an international symbol for his defence of the dignity of free men throughout the entire world 56 Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti who was injured after being shot in the foot with a rubber bullet by Israeli security forces during a solidarity protest 69 called for an international campaign demanding Adnan s release 70 Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders Sheikh Nafez Azzam Dawood Shihab Khader Habib and Ahmad Mudallal participated in the open hunger strike that began on 15 February saying it was the least we can do for this legendary symbol 55 At a Friday sermon at the Great Mosque of Gaza PIJ leader Nafez Azzam stated Adnan was not fighting for a personal cause but for the defence of thousands of prisoners 20 Furthermore he accused Arab and Western countries of ignoring Adnan s case saying Shame on the nations of hundreds of millions of Muslims for the fact that Khader Adnan is still in prison 20 Gaza based Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared at a rally in Gaza that same day that The Palestinian people with all its components and its factions will never abandon the hero prisoners especially those who lead this hunger strike battle 3 On 18 February it was reported that in meetings with officials from China Russia the United Kingdom and the European Union President Mahmoud Abbas and PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat pressed for Adnan s release 71 United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry instructed Israel to do everything in its power to preserve the health of the prisoner and resolve this case while abiding by all legal obligations under international law 47 On 18 February European Union head Catherine Ashton called on Israel to preserve Adnan s health and reiterated the EU s concern over the extensive use by Israel of administrative detention without formal charge 72 Further detentions and hunger strikes 2014 2021In spite of the agreement to end his first hunger strike see above Adnan was arrested again on 8 July 2014 at the beginning of the 2014 Israel Gaza conflict and has been held in detention ever since beginning his second hunger strike on 5 May 2015 34 73 The government of Israel was seemingly determined to break Adnan s hunger strike using force feeding techniques similar to those used by the USA in its Guantanamo Bay prison camp 73 Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan was quoted as saying Security prisoners are interested in turning hunger strikes into a new kind of suicide attack that would threaten the State of Israel We cannot allow anyone to threaten us and we will not allow prisoners to die in our prisons 73 However the Israeli Medical Society and various human rights groups were deploring this planned course of action by Israel with the Medical Society issuing orders to Israeli doctors to not participate in any planned forced feedings except under certain limited circumstances not applicable to Adnan at this point in time 73 Adnan was again detained without charge in 2015 and again started a hunger strike on 4 May that lasted 56 days until Israel agreed to release him in July 74 He was arrested again in 2017 and again immediately began a hunger strike that lasted 58 days 75 Arrested once more in 2021 after being detained at an Israeli checkpoint and he again went on hunger strike in protest this strike lasting 25 days 76 2023 detention and hunger strikeAdnan was arrested for the final time on 5 February 2023 following which he began the hunger strike that lasted 87 days until his death 77 Physicians for Human Rights Israel said that in the lead up to his death its medic visited Adnan and raised his life threatening condition and the need for immediate hospital transfer 78 An appeals court however ruled that there was no evidence of urgency in Adnan s medical condition 79 DeathAdnan died in prison on 2 May 2023 following an 87 day hunger strike at the age of 45 Adnan was the first Palestinian prisoner to die from a hunger strike since 1992 79 Reaction Following his death various media outlets called Adnan a political prisoner 80 81 82 The Israeli rights group B Tselem described his hunger strike as a form of non violent protest against his arrest and the injustices of the occupation The fact that a person whose life was in danger remained in prison despite repeated requests to transfer him to a hospital reflects the absolute disregard Israel held for his life 78 Addameer released a statement from the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council PHROC calling Adnan s death a killing and his fate as a political prisoner a call to the international community to realize its moral and legal responsibilities towards the Palestinian people especially Palestinian political prisoners captive within illegal occupation prisons 83 The United Nations Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary General called for a thorough investigation and said the Secretary General reiterates his call on Israel to end the practice of administrative detention All those held in administrative detention should be promptly charged and tried in a court of law or released without delay 84 Adnan s wife called for violence to be avoided in accordance with her husband s peaceful protests She said Not a drop of blood was spilled during the prisoners previous hunger strikes and today we say with the rise of the martyr and his accomplishment of what he wished for we do not want a drop of blood to be spilled 85 In other reported comments she stated We don t want anyone to respond to the martyrdom We don t want someone to launch rockets and then Israel strikes Gaza 78 Conflict escalation Despite his wife s pleas Adnan s death nevertheless sparked an exchange of fire between militants in the Gaza Strip and Israel 78 Militants in Gaza fired rockets at Israel and clashes erupted in the West Bank as news of his death spread with a general strike called for throughout the occupied territories 75 86 In total Palestinian militant groups launched over twenty rockets from the Gaza Strip and clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces in the West Bank 87 88 See alsoMuhammad al Qiq Bobby Sands of the 1981 Irish hunger strike Hana Shalabi Maikel Nabil SanadReferences a b c Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison Al Jazeera 2 May 2023 Archived from the original on 2 May 2023 a b Adnan The more they torture me the more determined I become IMEMC News 16 June 2015 Retrieved 2 May 2023 a b c d e f Palestinians rally in support of hunger strike prisoner BBC News 17 February 2012 Retrieved 2 May 2023 Islamic jihad leader held in West Bank Israeli troops kill one 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Court Ruling Archived from the original on 31 January 2013 Retrieved 5 January 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Israeli court to hold session for Khader Adnan in hospital Ma an News Agency 8 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 14 B Tselem to Meridor Immediately release or try administrative detainee on hunger strike B tselem 11 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 15 Falk Richard Saving Khader Adnan s life is saving our own soul Al Jazeera English 18 February 2012 a b Court delays hearing for hunger striker Adnan Ma an News Agency 9 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 15 Prisoners minister Adnan ruling shows negotiations failed Ma an News Agency 13 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 15 Palestinian official injured at rally for Khader Adnan Ma an News Agency 15 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 18 Wife Khader Adnan sticking to hunger strike Ma an News Agency 18 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 18 President minister press for world to save Khader Adnan Ma an News Agency 18 February 2012 Retrieved on 2012 02 18 EU UN decry detention of Palestinian hunger striker Jerusalem Post 18 February 2012 a b c d Doctors balk at bill to force feed Palestinian prisoners The Times of Israel 14 June 2015 Khader Adnan wins battle of empty stomachs in Israel Human Rights News Al Jazeera 12 July 2015 Retrieved 2 May 2023 a b Prominent Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody AP NEWS 2 May 2023 Retrieved 2 May 2023 Israel rearrests senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad member Khader Adnan Middle East Eye 5 February 2023 Retrieved 2 May 2023 Arrests hunger strikes protests the life of Khader Adnan Israel Palestine conflict News Al Jazeera 2 May 2023 Retrieved 2 May 2023 a b c d Death of Khader Adnan hunger striking Palestinian prisoner in Israel sparks exchange of fire with Gaza Strip AFP a b Palestinian Detainee Dies in Israeli Prison After Hunger Strike The New York Times 2 May 2023 Bank Qassam Muaddi ــ West 2 May 2023 Do not despair Palestinians react to Khader Adnan s will The New Arab Palestinian Detainee Khader Adnan Dies on Day 87 of Hunger Strike IMEMC News Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan assassinated in Isreali jail Prominent Palestinian Activist and Political Prisoner Khader Adnan Passes Away Due to Deliberate Medical Neglect at the Hands of the Israeli Occupation www addameer org 2 May 2023 UN calls for thorough investigation into death of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan Anadolu Ajansi 2 May 2023 Retrieved 2 May 2023 Regan Abeer Salman Hadas Gold Richard Allen Greene Helen 2 May 2023 Prominent Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan dies in Israeli prison after 87 day hunger strike CNN Violent clashes in West Bank after death in Israeli custody of Palestinian hunger striker Arab News 2 May 2023 Retrieved 3 May 2023 Balousha Hazem 2 May 2023 Violence flares after Palestinian hunger striker s death in Israeli prison Washington Post Retrieved 2 May 2023 Violent clashes in West Bank after death in Israeli custody of Palestinian hunger striker Arab News 2 May 2023 Retrieved 2 May 2023 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Khader Adnan Timeline of major events in the life of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan Al Jazeera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Khader Adnan amp oldid 1153116078, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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