By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
Nazi Occupied Palestine: With the spread of Corona virus in Palestine, the declaration of a state of emergency and calls to adhere to the quarantine, it was not until two weeks ago that the families began wondering about the ability of five thousand prisoners to live isolated from everything that is abroad for years in the occupation prisons, and how Prisoners spend their time?
“The prisoner is willing to pay his full life, in exchange for him to live among his family members in their house. Now I can move freely in my house, I see my family, if I feel hungry I open the refrigerator and eat what I desire, but everything that we have today while we are in the house is missing Have prisoners in Israeli jails, ” says liberated prisoner Bilal Kayed.
The editor, Kayed, adds to ” Quds News “, that social relations are a basis in our society, and that those relationships are almost the most important thing for a prisoner, but in families he lacks everything including the human dimensions and his ability to communicate even with his family, sitting with them in one room and talking to them But the prisoners were able to program their lives on the basis of the existing reality, and so that they could overcome the harshness of reality.
On the families ’diaries, as Kayed experienced, the prisoners wake up in the morning. Those who wish to practice morning sports go out to the spree, then the prisoners return to the section, they take a group breakfast, and after the completion they hold an educational morning session that deals with the political, intellectual and militant reality of the prisoner inside and outside the families.
And in the afternoon, the time for nap will come, during which the rest of the prisoner will be provided as much comfort as possible, until after the time of the outburst and it will be from one to two hours, and the prisoners will meet each other and talk, to return after the end of the time to the department and lunch, and in the evening program the prisoners will be seen Newsletters, which are a way for them to communicate with the outside and learn about everything that happens, to hold the educational evening session, and then the prisoners will sleep.
Fifteen years was the life of Bilal in this manner, the most cruel when he spent in solitary confinement a whole year, he was forbidden by a decision from the “Shin Bet”, from television and radio, and he had a novel every three days, he used to spend time retrieving the stories of the prisoners, and recalling images in his mind You put him in his cell.
Today Bilal can enjoy freedom in the period of domestic isolation in light of the spread of corona, and the time has become his possession, as well as what he wants food, unlike the prisoners, and if the prisoners desire the “tomato tray”, they have to wait six days until they collect the tomatoes, in all One day they get one pill, but there are many things that are available to us, but they are forbidden and lost in captivity, that the captive sees in his imagination and does not taste it.
Female prisoners inside the prison walls
In prisons where women prisoners are held, the situation is not much different, as it is the same policy that the occupation pursues in all its prisons. At exactly six o’clock in the morning, the prisoners are forced to wake up and wear their clothes in preparation for what is known as the number.
The freed prisoner Salam Abu Sharar tells “Quds Al-Akhbariya ” about the diaries of the captives in Damoon Prison. Every day at 7:30 am, what is known as the examination and the roads begin on the walls, after they are taken out of the rooms without taking into account their circumstances, then the captives go out to the yard Narrow to accommodate 26 prisoners, the walls are high and covered by a net that does not see the sky and the sun.
“Your life in captivity is determined by the warden, you are not free, but forced, do not have the will, and you lose all means of communication with the outside, privacy is also lost, if the warden wants to break into the room and search in your possessions and your clothes have freedom.” Peace says.
As for the time inside families, it is heavy for them, and most of it is spent in the process of cleaning rooms, preparing food, and reading permitted stories. As for television, the channels were limited, and with dialogues and paper games their day was spent.
As for Eid for them, it is the day of the family’s visit, and in the bloody prison it was every two weeks. Today, in light of the closure of prisons and the prevention of visiting, the prisoners have lost their means of communicating with the outside and knowing what is new, at a time when their families live in fear for their unknown fate And, in light of the news received, that two prisoners and investigators were wounded and mixed with a number of prisoners.
The most difficult thing for peace was during her presence in the cells of the investigation of the maskobiya, there is no air and no sun there, do not communicate with the prisoners, a closed grave as you describe it, the detainees are continuously insulted, the food is very bad, and all amenities are lost. It was a dream of peace in the cells to see her family or hear their voice.
As for the dreams of prisoners and female prisoners in prisons, they are simple and we see them every day. They wish to see the spring of the country and roses, to see the sky clear without clasping, or even to see the sunrise and sunset.
Salam says: “When I retrieve my memories of isolation and imprisonment, I tell myself that I am in absolute luxury. Now, in the period of domestic isolation, I enjoy the freedom and will that I have been missing in captivity, I eat whatever food I want while we are deprived of many kinds, I stand across the window and see the streets or mountains, sit with my family and communicate with my friends over the phone, if anyone in us is bored with all the amenities and options, he can walk in his garden, you are free inside your house and have dignity. ”
