Khader Adnan, a Palestinian locked behind bars by Israel and awaiting a hearing has been on a hunger strike for past 65 days. In the modern times he is the one of the few who has gone on such a strike after Irish national Bobby Sands protested against the removal of Special Category Status in 1981.
Latest reports suggest that the Israeli court could now hear appeal for the Palestinian hunger-striker detained without charge on terror suspicion.
Nauman Umair Khan, talks about Khader Adnan and his fight, while comparing him with Sands.
65 days of hunger strike
65 years of occupation
65 days of diligence
65 years of resistance
65 days of dignity
65 years of honour
65 days of pain
65 years of agony
65 days of hunger for justice
65 years of patience for freedom
65 days of self-emancipation
65 years of a people’s revival
Khader Adnan Mohammad Musa, is a Palestinian prisoner of Israel. He is a baker in his hometown of Arraba, Jenin with a Masters Degree in Economics. Midnight on December, 17, 2011, Khader was arrested by the Israeli Army. The next day, Adnan began a hunger strike in protest of the conditions that he endured. This strike has lasted more than 60 days, the longest in Palestinian history.
On December 30, 2011, Adnan were transferred to the hospital and refused treatment by Israeli doctors. Physicians at the Human Rights Israel expressed “grave concern” over his condition. Adnan’s weight dropped from 200 lbs to 121 lbs. Adnan has been under “administrative detention” since January 2012 and until 8 May, when Israeli authorities decide if his release is “necessary.”
Randa Adnan, wife and mother of two, currently expecting, stated that Adnan is emaciated, dirty and shackled to his hospital bed.
On February 16, 2011, Adnan’s lawyers petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court for release stating that Adnan is in “immediate danger of death.” A hearing has not been set.
Around 5,000 protesters demonstrated in Gaza City on February 17, 2011 chanting “We are all Khader Adnan.”
Tonight
Dignity will survive
Resistance will have a new life
Tonight
Tonight
Our dead conscience
Will once again die
Tonight
Tonight
History will be repeated
Bobby Sands will smile
Tonight
Tonight
Humanity will die to live
Buddha will cry
Tonight
Tonight
Israel will once again die
And Palestine will have a new life
Tonight
Tonight
A pregnant mother will become a widow
An unborn child will become an orphan
Tonight
Tonight
An innocent will die
To live forever
Tonight
Tonight
A 4 year old will cry
Because her father will die
Tonight
Tonight
A man will fall
So that a million could rise
Tonight
No need to cry
Just a man will die
His ideas will survive
And so will the fight
