Dear friends,
Many of you may be following the Kafkaesque story of my friend Walid who is being detained by Israel under Administrative Detention. My latest update was posted here: http://bit.ly/Walid_Update1.
Today, Walid's adorable daughter, Mays, 15 years old, emailed me the letter below. She asked that I share it with anyone who can help. To me, that means each and every one of us.
Help me answer Mays by sharing this letter with your local Jewish community; Israel is, after all, holding him her father in their name. Ask for their assistance in bringing the issue to the nearest Israeli consulate or embassy with a simple request, send Walid home to his wife and daughters today!
Ending the injustice, one case at a time,
Sam
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Many of you may be following the Kafkaesque story of my friend Walid who is being detained by Israel under Administrative Detention. My latest update was posted here: http://bit.ly/Walid_Update1.
Today, Walid's adorable daughter, Mays, 15 years old, emailed me the letter below. She asked that I share it with anyone who can help. To me, that means each and every one of us.
Help me answer Mays by sharing this letter with your local Jewish community; Israel is, after all, holding him her father in their name. Ask for their assistance in bringing the issue to the nearest Israeli consulate or embassy with a simple request, send Walid home to his wife and daughters today!
Ending the injustice, one case at a time,
Sam
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Can you help me to know my future with my dad?!
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Mays Hanatsheh, 15 years old
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The phone
rang. It was unexpected. It was the lawyer. When we answered his voice was
happy, flying in the sky, and he was so excited. We asked him what is going on
and he said that today he received a verdict that is one of the best verdicts
ever made for someone being held by Israel under Administrative
Detention.
We were
surprised and kind of mixed up so we asked what is going on one more time and he
answered simply that my dad, Waleed, was going to be released in two weeks, on
June 22! The next question was: what happened? He said the judge in the last
court hearing said that dad didn’t have any new confidential evidence presented
against him and the Israeli military judge decided that he should be released.
This is why the lawyer was so happy and he was sure that dad was going to be
released on June 22.
From that
moment, me, my sister, and my mom started to prepare for the reception on June
22nd. We started thinking of what were going to wear and which food my dad
prefers and the way we are going to meet him in front of the prison and many
other small details.
But this
happiness was short. Sunday was gone and we were happy because another day passed
and only a few days were left. This was on Sunday, but Monday came and it
wasn’t a good day because we got bad news. Israel extended my dad’s
detention by three more months. This is the reason I have lost all hope toward
these courts. The problem is that the judge, himself, said that there was no
new confidential evidence and there was no reason to keep my dad in prison. So
why did they extend his time? I need an answer!
Christmas
is gone and he is not with us. Also, Easter is gone and he still not with us. Summer
is going and he is not with us. All our birthdays are gone and he didn’t attend
them. Ramadan is coming soon and he will not be with us.
So I need
a person to tell me when my father is going to be with us in order for me to
know how to plan for my future. I can’t plan anything because I don’t have a
specific day of being with my father, so can you help me?
Mays Hanatsheh
July 6, 2012
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