The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees' Affairs stated on Tuesday that Major General Fuad Al-Shobaki the oldest Palestinian detainee in the Israeli jails has turned 80 years.
The Head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs Qadri Abu Baker, the member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement Muhammad Al-Madani, Dr. Muhammad Odeh, Reyad Qasrawi and Al-Shobaki's family has lighted a candle of freedom celebrating his 80th birthday. The cartoonist Ossama Nazzal made a portrait for him in this occasion.
Abu Baker stated: "Abu Hazem the oldest detainee in Israeli jails is sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment and he is detained since 2006. He suffers from many diseases and he was exposed to a deliberate medical negligence. The occupation bears full responsibility for his life, especially after refusing to release him, despite recognizing the deterioration of his health condition".
Abu Baker added "it is a shame on all the free people all over the world that Al-Shobaki enters his 80th year in the Israeli jails, while they just watch without taking a serious action towards the violations that he and all detainees are exposed to".
The Commission pointed out that the Military Court of Ofer Prison decided on September 2015 to mitigate his sentence by deducting three years of the sentence to be 17 years of imprisonment. Another session has been held on May 2018 to hear the final sentence, but it was postponed.