Once caught up in the cycle of administrative detention, the detainees cannot know when they will be released. Today, more than half of the detainees are completing their second and third extensions. In addition, the detainees have organized protest activities inside the jail. They did the same last Wednesday, September 25, when Dirar al-Aza's and Ibrahim Shaqarna's detentions were also extended for six months. On Friday, September 27, the detainees held a one-day hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian community, under siege by Israeli military forces.
Administrative detention is a legal euphemism for long-term imprisonment without trial.
Not one of the detainees has been tried or convicted of any offense. The Israeli security apparatus is quietly exploiting the limits of their powers by continuing to administratively detain Palestinians without trial. Two weeks ago Mufid finished a three year prison sentence and was about to return to his wife and children. On the last day of his sentence, the Shabak handed him a six-month administrative detention order. The issue of the administrative detainees is another time-bomb facing the Israelis.