She's been on hunger strike for 27 days. Scary enough just reading about that. But this isn't even her first time being arrested! Hana is a member of the Islamic Jihad. She had been held in administrative detention for over 30 months between 2009 and 2011 before finally being released during the four month long prisoner exchange that freed 1,027 Palestinians and the lone Israeli soldier captive, Gilad Shalit. Then in February 2012, she was rearrested in an abusive manner and was supposedly strip-searched by a male soldier. And on February 16th, Hana announced her decision to go on hunger strike until she is released. Not great. To top it off, she hasn't even been told why exactly she was arrested.
Sadly, Israel is ignoring her hunger strike, and sadly so is the West. Palestine has been reaching out to liberals to try and get Hana released, but no one's been helping. The UN hasn't mentioned anything about intervening in this. Her parents are trying to get help while also going on hunger strike until she's released.
Hana is doing everything she can to get back her freedom and the only people who are trying to help her don't have the media focused on her story and can't make a big enough impact on the government to force them to release her. She needs our help. Her hunger strike has been going on for days, and she's getting weaker and sicker because of it, although her resolve hasn't broken.
Tweet at news anchors you may know, even those you don't! Hana needs help. The Israeli government hasn't told her why she's been arrested; I don't know about you but that doesn't bode well with me. Either way, she's being unjustly punished and is fighting back in the only way she can: starving herself.
I'll have more of an analyis of her story next time. But for now I just really need to get this out there.
Leslie out! (my catchphrase)
@see_you_sLATER
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Articles used:
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/03/12/hana-shalabi-the-bravest-form-of-nonviolence/
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