Israeli forces imprison deaf – mute man accused of involement with Islamic Jihad

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PNN English - Israeli forces imprison deaf – mute man accused of involement with Islamic Jihad

Israeli soldiers did not believe that Farid Mahmoud Suleiman son was deaf – mute. Despite the protestations of fellow passengers in the car at the Nablus area checkpoint, he was bound, arrested, and taken to several detention centers before Jalameh Prison.

Israeli forces tried to make Suleiman read a statement aloud saying that he was a part of Islamic Jihad and involved in “endangering the security of Israel.” He refused to sign anything either, and is still in prison.

Suleiman is a married farmer with children and no particular political ties, and none at all to the armed resistance. Israeli investigators did not believe he was deaf – mute and hooked him up to a polygraph. They then brought in an officer with the ability to sign. During interrogation the Israelis accused him of affiliation with Islamic Jihad, giving him a pre-written statement confessing to instigation against the occupation.

Political prisoner Khalid Abdel Rahman met Suleiman in Jalameh Prison in a military installation near Jenin in the northern West Bank. Abdel Rahman spoke in sign language with Suleiman for a week. Abdel Rahman said that Suleiman had high spirits in spite of having had the flu for the past month for which the Israeli prison administration has allowed no medication.

During interrogation Israeli intelligence officers forced Suleiman to undress and threw cold water on him. He was not allowed food or water for long periods of time and was not allowed to bathe for a week. Israeli forces also would not allow him to meet with a lawyer, but took him to military court to extend his sentence several times under the pretext that he is a “threat to Israeli security,” without allowing him any legal representation.

Suleiman told Abdel Rahman that it was crazy that he was in prison, and that he could not possibly have read a statement about being involved with Islamic Jihad, that he has been unable to utter a word his entire life. He said that is the reason that Israeli forces are still keeping him; for revenge, and as a part of the general practice of repression against the Palestinian people.
 
If those are all the facts of the case then the Israeli authorities are certainly handling this case in the wrong way.

However, I would like to get another viewpoint on this story. The source for this post is the Palestine News Network, and I suspect they may have a bias in their report.
 
I'm curious. If the guy is still in prison, and they don't allow him an interpreter, how did this report get out?
 
Not always, sometimes even the Israeli newspapers do actually report the Israeli soldier's wrongdoings. I am inclined to believe the report because the IDF are very aggressive in their security at the borders towards the Palestinians, with good reason, of course to prevent shahid suicide bombers from crossing the border into Israel.
 
I searched the guy's name on the internet and found nothing more.

The only source seems to be this Palestine website. I don't have much faith in a source that refers to Palestinian terrorists as "political prisoners", the jihad as "armed resistance", and "general practice of repression against the Palestinian people". Also, the article makes no reference to a date or time frame of these events.
 
Well, I happen to believe that story is true for several reasons. Go back and re-read the story. People were not making up a story about him being Deaf also, the Israelis brought in a sign language interpreter and found him to really be Deaf so why are the Israelis denying him legal representation and locking him up in jail as if he was a terrorist, which I believe he was not a terrorist. Just a Deaf boy in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong type of characters in the authorities that were on hand.

Also Reba, keep in mind I am not for or against and I happen to believe this report is true for several reasons. When alots of people are telling the police he is really Deaf and the police arrest him then deny him legal representation. Something is fishy there and the police don't want to admit their mistake and let him go.
 
Yeah Reba,
Isreal's human rights aren't exactly kosher (pardon the pun) .....there's been demonization on BOTH sides. One of my friends(otherwise very OK with Jewish things) totally dislikes Isreal's stance on human rights.
 
I believe the story because I know for sure Israeli Soldiers can do as they see fit and not worry about legal reprisals unlike the US soldiers have to face back home if they do the same things.

Richard
 
Reba said:
If those are all the facts of the case then the Israeli authorities are certainly handling this case in the wrong way.

However, I would like to get another viewpoint on this story. The source for this post is the Palestine News Network, and I suspect they may have a bias in their report.
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I want to know if anyone has found anything on any other site to verify this story.

Can anyone tell me how the Palestine News Network got the information for this story? Who was their source? How do we know what anyone said? There is NO attribution in this story.

I guess over 20 years experience as a professional journalist makes me suspicious of biased reporting.

Israeli soldiers did not believe that Farid Mahmoud Suleiman son was deaf – mute. Despite the protestations of fellow passengers in the car at the Nablus area checkpoint, he was bound, arrested, and taken to several detention centers before Jalameh Prison. [Source/attribution please.]

Israeli forces tried to make Suleiman read a statement aloud saying that he was a part of Islamic Jihad and involved in “endangering the security of Israel.” He refused to sign anything either, and is still in prison. [Source/attribution please.]

Suleiman is a married farmer with children and no particular political ties, and none at all to the armed resistance. [They know that for a fact? How? Who said it?] Israeli investigators did not believe he was deaf – mute and hooked him up to a polygraph. They then brought in an officer with the ability to sign. [That's not the same as a certified interpreter. What was the officer's skill level?] During interrogation the Israelis accused him of affiliation with Islamic Jihad, giving him a pre-written statement confessing to instigation against the occupation. [Who witnessed that?]

Political [???] prisoner Khalid Abdel Rahman met Suleiman in Jalameh Prison in a military installation near Jenin in the northern West Bank. Abdel Rahman spoke in sign language with Suleiman for a week. Abdel Rahman [a reliable source???] said that Suleiman had high spirits in spite of having had the flu for the past month for which the Israeli prison administration has allowed no medication.

During interrogation Israeli intelligence officers forced Suleiman to undress and threw cold water on him. He was not allowed food or water for long periods of time and was not allowed to bathe for a week. [What did the Israelis say? Did anyone try to find out?] Israeli forces also would not allow him to meet with a lawyer, but took him to military court to extend his sentence several times under the pretext that he is a “threat to Israeli security,” without allowing him any legal representation.

Suleiman told Abdel Rahman that it was crazy that he was in prison, and that he could not possibly have read a statement about being involved with Islamic Jihad, that he has been unable to utter a word his entire life. He said that is the reason that Israeli forces are still keeping him; for revenge, and as a part of the general practice of repression against the Palestinian people.[Opinion, not fact.]
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You see, there are too many unanswered questions about the veracity of this "story".

If it's true, then there should be no problem verifying its source. That's all I ask.
 
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