Gaza, November 4, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) - Nobody can deny the pain of feeling cold in every winter, foots and fingers freezing despite wearing heavy clothes and heating machines in houses , in the last week in Gaza strip rain fall, winds take everything in it's way. During these condition I thought of the Gazan prisoners in the Israeli prisons after I read the news about - Isrealis-preventing their families from sending the prisoners' clothes for the winter.When I met the prisoner Nafith Harb 's wife , She complained that she was prevented from visiting her husband - since 2007. She said, " every visit I was leaving home early in the morning and have to come back in the middle of the night , all of this to see him for a five and forty minutes . Many hard situation happened during the visits one - of them I'll never forget it - my prisoner husband didn't know our daughter because she was unable to visit him before ".
This family is one of many in Gaza strip .(This is the situation) In Israeli prisons there are 780 prisoners, specially in Nafha, Remon and ALnaqab prisons. 128 of them are in the list of the oldest prisoner, all of them prevented of visits since 2007.
Nafith spent 25 years in prison, many things happened to his family .One incident was-His son was injured during the war, the lonely mother said " I felt I'm unable to save my son, I was unable to go abroad for treatment, it was a hard fall, we need him beside us". God help those prisoners' wives, facing the life in such miserable conditions, alone and are completely responsible for a family -while/as they can do nothing for their beloved.
The lovely grandmother said," our six sons and daughters married, now we have 21 grandchild , not one of them has seen their grandfather except in a photo, I'm waiting for them to grow up- to tell them about their grandfather , our hero "
In the same place while it was raining, I talk to Khaled Abu Asha 's wife, According to her: he spent three years in prison despite not being adjudge(Convicted)till now. The Israeli part, appeals that he should be imprisoned for the rest of his life.
She said " I was pregnant ( six months)- when he was arrested.My husband asked me to name him (Mamoon). My child does not know his father , he think his big brother is his father and calls him Daddy , I fell sorry when I look to him .If his father spents the rest of his life in prison ( Mamoon ) will never see him"
Who can imagine the feelings of (Mamoon ) when his mother tells him the truth ?, Will he understand why - that he will never see his Daddy again ! ,How can one explain to this child that - His father is alive but he can't touch him because he is in prison ! .
The sad wife told that she is still prevented from visiting her husband or to send him money or clothes . At first she was sending the money to other prisoner families in West Bank to buy him his needs, but now even those families can't send him any thing .
The prisoners' families feel worry for their' sons' in prison. They urge the prison authorities to provide them with clothes, shoes and covers to protect their bodies from cold and diseases ,which will attack them easily in such 'bad' conditions,.The management of the prisons must provide for the poor prisoners and meet their needs.
All these stories about Prisoners and their families disrupt lives and all these 'old' methods of dealing with prisoners is unjust?
By Noor Swairki
Pal Telegraph Reporter in Gaza
