Palestinian prisoner Alaa Addin Ahmad Bazian, from Jerusalem, who was arrested by the Israeli forces on 20 April 1986, has described to his lawyer his mistreatment at the hands of the Israelis before and during his various stages of imprisonment in Israeli jails. Oh, good, there's a form. That makes things easier. Do I just check off what they did to me?
During a visit by a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) to Jalbo'a jail, Bazian described how he was born in 1958 and raised in Jerusalem. He studied in schools in Jerusalem. In 1975 he started to think differently regarding the Israeli occupation. He told the PPS lawyer that he began to think about "the revolutionary concept." That is why he joined the Fatah movement, he said.
Not the best move you ever made, eh, Alaa?
In 1979, he said that he was planning with another man to kill a collaborator but for some reason an error occurred during the manufacture of a bombing device during which he lost his sight. As a result, he was left blind and suffered injuries in the chest, head and his right foot. His comrade was killed instantly.
Yeah, "for some reason"? Maybe because you're a fuckin idiot?
Bazian then described to his lawyer how he was tortured by Israeli intelligence men in Hadassa Hospital in Jerusalem, just hours after he was admitted to the hospital for treatment. He said that he complained to the doctor about this abuse. As a result, he said he was taken, just one day later, to the Moskobiya (Russian Compound) Israeli police station where he was held in a cell for 18 days.
Running with scissors? Sorry, kid, we ain't buyin it...
Bazian recounted how he told the Israeli interrogators that he had been injured while walking in the area.
Yeah...I was...walking down the street and...all of a sudden I was blind and full of shrapnel. I don't know what the hell happened.
After 18 days, Bazian was transported to Ramla jail where he spent two years imprisoned, he told his lawyer. When he was released, he went to Jordan and then to Lebanon for medical treatment. Since then, he has been in direct contact with Fatah leaders, he informed his PPS lawyer.
Have you been injured in a work accident? Perhaps from defective components or incompetent manufacture of your homemade bomb? Received no satisfaction from Fatah or Mutual of Gaza? Then call us, PPS Lawyers, at 1-800-KABLOOIE. Se habla espanol...
When he returned to the Palestinian territories, he was arrested and sentenced to 20 years. However, he was then released in 1985 in a prisoners' swap at the time. In April 1986, however, he was arrested again and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jeez, everything happens to Alla. Poor kid just can't get a break. And I'll bet he was "turning his life aroud" too.
At the end of his story, Bazian said that he hoped that all Palestinian prisoners will be freed in the anticipated swap with the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.
I wouldn't bet on it.