Israeli court renews administrative detention of Hamas leader for 4th time

[ 22/06/2009 - 09:38 AM ]

RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- An Israeli military court has renewed the administrative detention of Sheikh Saleh Al-Aruri, one of the prominent Hamas leaders in the West Bank, for the fourth consecutive time without indicting him. The judge of the Ofer court approved the extension request filed by the Israeli general security apparatus the Shabak on Sunday depending on the so-called secret file, which the prisoner and his lawyer could not have access to at the pretext of protecting the source of information against Aruri. The Israeli military prosecutor only mentioned that Aruri constituted a "threat to Israel's security". Legal institutions condemned the illegal administrative detention, calling on the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) to immediately free Aruri especially when the administrative detention rule was in violation of international norms and doctrines. The Israeli occupation forces kidnapped Sheikh Aruri on 26/6/2008 from his home after three months of his release from IOA jails where he served 15 years at the charge of establishing the armed wing of Hamas in the West Bank.