Concern grows for teen held by Zionist entity

Concern grows for teen held by Zionist entity

AL-JALAZUN REFUGEE CAMP: Palestinian teenager Amal Nakhleh’s first name means “hope” in Arabic, but his parents are in despair because he is chronically ill and one of the few minors held without charge by the Zionist entity. “Since his arrest last year I have only seen him twice, including last week when he told me he wanted to go on hunger strike,” journalist Moammar Nakhleh said of his 17-year-old son. “This scares me because he is already very weak,” from myasthenia, a rare neuromuscular disease, and underwent surgery in 2020 to have a tumor removed from his rib cage, Nakhleh said.

Zionist authorities accuse Amal of throwing stones at soldiers and have held him for a year in administrative detention. The practice allows for suspects to be detained without charge for renewable six-month terms while investigations are ongoing. Amal faces a new hearing today, and his father is worried that his detention could be renewed.

Administrative detention has been criticized by the Palestinians, human rights groups and foreign governments, who charge that the Zionist entity abuses it. Leading Zionist newspaper Haaretz joined the fray days ago with an editorial entitled “Enough with administrative detentions”. “It’s time for (the Zionist entity) to learn to forgo