ZIONIST FORCES ARREST PALESTINIAN PRISONER’S WIFE

Occupied West Bank, 3 Jumadil Awwal 1435/4 March 2014 (MINA) – Israeli occupation forces arrested Monday prisoner Mahmoud al-Sowity’s wife from the West Bank city of Hebron while she was heading to visit her husband in Nafha prison.

Prisoner’s Club Society reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested Maisoon al-Sowity,heading to visit her husband, at al-Zaheriyya checkpoint.

Prisoner al-Sowity was transferred to Ramla prison’s clinic yesterday, ALRAY, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

He suffers disease in nerves and partial loss of memorydue to medication mistakes happened at the beginning of his detention.

This is the second time al-Sowity,34 and a mother of four children, was arrested while her husband, who was sentenced 22 years, has been in custody for seven years.

Since 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel.

This represents approximately 20% of the total population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), and 40% of all males.

Despite prohibition by international law, Israel detains Palestinians in prisons throughout Israel, far from their families, who almost never obtain the necessary permits to leave the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit them. (T/E01/IR)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)