AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry on
Tuesday summoned the Israeli ambassador in
Amman to “deliver a harshly-worded
message regarding the detention of two
Jordanian citizens in Israel and the way
the case and the two men are being treated by the Israeli authorities”.
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In a statement, ministry said it
demanded the Israeli side to allow diplomats from the Jordanian embassy in Tel
Aviv to visit the arrestees and offer the support they need in line with
relevant international laws.
The ministry’s spokesperson,
Dheifallah Al-Fayez, said in the statement that the embassy was in contact with
the lawyer representing the men, who had been arrested after crossing the border
into Israel “with knives”.
More than 10 days after two men
crossed the Jordanian-Palestinian border, the conditions of the detainees were
deteriorating under interrogation, their lawyer told Jordan News over the
phone.
The two young men "have been subjected
to harsh interrogation methods from the first day of their arrest, been thrown
into individual cells in conditions that lack the minimum humane requirements,
in addition to the poor quality and quantity of meals provided to them,” said
Khaled Mahajneh, the lawyer representing the currently detained men, in the
interview.
The detainees are named Musab Daajah
and Khalifa Al-Anouz, aged 38 and 29, respectively. According to Human Rights Watch,
tens of thousands of Palestinians have been subject to torture or severe
interrogation by Israel. Israeli military law holds that detainees can be held under interrogation for up to 75 days without
being officially charged.
"The occupation authorities tie
their hands and feet for long hours during the day,” added Mahajneh. “They are
interrogated 10 times per day by more than five interrogators."
Mahajneh claimed that "those
interrogators want them to confess to false charges that they are innocent
of."
"One of the two men is sick and
tired," Mahajneh said. "He suffer from a terrible headache since the
first day of the arrest. They gave him some painkillers but that is not enough;
he needs real medication.”
"I cannot foresee when they are
going to be released,” the lawyer went on. “The Israeli Court extended the detention
order for the fourth time, and according to them, they are treating the two men
according to the laws. This is the investigation phase and it is the hardest
and longest. When the investigation ends, these two men may be moved to another
prison where they will be in better conditions."
According to a report issued by the
Commission of Detainees Affairs, the two men entered Israel last Saturday, and
then crossed the Jordan River, which is located on the border fence near the
town of Sama. After crossing the border, they walked about 30-35km. It took
them about a day and a half to walk until they reached a populated area between
Tiberias and Beit She'an.
The report added that they were
arrested by Israeli police who passed near that area, and then taken to the
police station for initial interrogation. They were finally transferred to the
investigation centers of the occupation intelligence.
The ministry also protested to the
Israeli envoy over continued Israeli violations in Jerusalem, and a plan to
forcibly evict Palestinian Jerusalemite families from their home in Sheikh
Jarrah neighborhood.
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