Abd al-Aziz Dweik, a Hamas member and Palestinian parliament speaker, has been given an extended detention by the Israeli military court even though his health is deteriorating. The 57-year-old was hospitalized due to chest pain after he was kidnapped on the 7th of August from his home in Ram Allah. Dweik shouted to television cameras at his court trial, “I am the elected representative of the people. This is unjust treatment by an occupation which lacks legitimacy. We do have the right and the legitimacy, but these [Israelis] are unjust and usurpers [of land] who do not observe human dignity or human rights. My rightful place is among the people.”

Dweik is currently being held in solitary confinement, and is verbally opposing the extension until he receives medical check-up and treatment. His defense team is worried about his deteriorating health, claiming that his chest pain is due to a beating he underwent. He was also forced by Israeli soldiers to take a medication that affected his concentration and balance. Dweik, who is an academic, said, “My health condition is bad, but my determination is stronger than Israel ’s injustice. Justice will triumph, the oppression will end, while the Palestinian people will remain heroes”. Over one third of the Palestinian goverment has been illegally kidnapped and jailed.
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