Federman, who is being held in administrative detention and is therefore not being allowed to see the charges against him, if any, ended his 53-day hunger strike last Thursday. He did so after being informed that he would be transferred out of Ashmoret Prison and that his conditions would be eased. In the Netanya-area Ashmoret prison, he is being held in isolation, in a cell near Arab terrorists, and has been allowed neither phone calls with his family nor food with the kosher standards that he requested.
Noam's wife Elisheva told Arutz-7 today that she had heard indirectly from the Israel Prison Service that "it was just a matter of time," and that she understood that the transfer could occur even today.
Several rabbis publicized a declaration at the end of last week calling for Federman's outright release. "We call upon all law and judicial agencies in the State of Israel," the statement reads, "to stop the administrative detention of Noam Federman. If there is evidence against him, he must be made to stand trial like any other citizen." Among the signatories are Rabbis Nachum Rabinowitz, Dov Lior, Moshe Levinger, Eliezer Melamed, and Shmuel Eliyahu. More names are to be gathered in the coming days. The Professors for a Strong Israel made a similar call last week.
Chairman Prof. Ron Breiman said that one need not agree with Federman's politics to demand his release. Meretz MK Zahava Gal'on is proof of this; she called last week for the police to either indict or release him. "It is shameful that I, head of [left-wing] Meretz, have to demand his release," she said.
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Noam's wife Elisheva told Arutz-7 today that she had heard indirectly from the Israel Prison Service that "it was just a matter of time," and that she understood that the transfer could occur even today.
Several rabbis publicized a declaration at the end of last week calling for Federman's outright release. "We call upon all law and judicial agencies in the State of Israel," the statement reads, "to stop the administrative detention of Noam Federman. If there is evidence against him, he must be made to stand trial like any other citizen." Among the signatories are Rabbis Nachum Rabinowitz, Dov Lior, Moshe Levinger, Eliezer Melamed, and Shmuel Eliyahu. More names are to be gathered in the coming days. The Professors for a Strong Israel made a similar call last week.
Chairman Prof. Ron Breiman said that one need not agree with Federman's politics to demand his release. Meretz MK Zahava Gal'on is proof of this; she called last week for the police to either indict or release him. "It is shameful that I, head of [left-wing] Meretz, have to demand his release," she said.
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