[mobglob-discuss] Update: The Case of Palestinian worker Jihad Abu Id

[Macdonald Stainsby]

Update: The Case of Palestinian worker Jihad Abu Id

[Original article included below.]

JERUSALEM, December 19, 2002 -- In a decision described as "embarassing"
by Israeli human rights observers, Palestinian worker Jihad Abu Id was
denied bail today in Tel Aviv District Court.

Judge Michal Rubinstein ruled that Abu Id, who has been in detention for
six months while waiting for deportation to Jordan, will remain in custody
until the Israeli Supreme Court rules on his status as a Palestinian.
The Interior Ministry in Israel is arguing that Abu Id has forfeited his
status as a Palestinian because he's married to a Jordanian.

Rubinstein reasoned that Abu Id might flee to Palestine if released on
bail.

Abu Id's lawyer, Leah Tsemel, called his case "a typical Palestinian
story" and vows to appeal the decision.

Meanwhile, Israeli human rights lawyer Shamai Leibowitz pointed out that
individuals accused of bribery, fraud and even manslaughter are regularly
granted bail, while Abu Id, who was only caught working in Israel without
a permit, and has not been even been charged with any crime, has now been
detained for half-a-year.

Leibowitz scoffs, "Any legal student knows there is no basis for unlimited
detention. This is beyond reason."

Abu Id waits for his Supreme Court hearing in Maasiyahu Prison in Israel.

-- reported by Jaggi Singh in East Jerusalem

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