{"id":4151,"date":"2012-03-23T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:01:44","slug":"epalestine-my-friends-daughters-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2012\/03\/epalestine-my-friends-daughters-still\/","title":{"rendered":"My friend\u2019s daughters still wait!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend’s daughters still wait!!!  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Many of you have been following my reporting of the arrest of my friend Walid Abu Rass ( <\/span> <\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/walidaburass<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> ) who was taken from his home by Israeli occupation forces in the middle of the night on November 22, 2011.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Afterwards, I reported an update from his failed appeal hearing and his daughter’s visit to him in prison ( <\/span> <\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/zQUUAF<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> ).  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lastly, I updated you all on his attempt to take his case to the Israeli High Court ( <\/span> <\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/A5HReu<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> ). In this hearing, his 6-month Administrative Detention was reduced by two months because the state had no case against him. His release date was set for yesterday, March 22, 2012.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Like what usually happens to Administrative Detention prisoners, on the day of their release, an extension was made. Walid’s was for another four months! Again, with no reason why, no charges, no trial, no anything!  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Walid’s<\/span><\/span>  two beautiful daughters, Mays, 13 years old, and Malak, 4 years old, are crushed!!!  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I spoke to Walid’s wife Bayan yesterday. She is a strong woman. She softly reminded me of what she told me several weeks ago: “Administrative detention has a beginning but doesn’t have an end.” <\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One person could end this nightmare today:  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Deputy Prime Minister &<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Minister of Defense<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ehud Barak<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Defense<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

37 Kaplan Street<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hakirya, Tel Aviv 61909<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Israel<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fax: +972.3.691.6940<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Email: minister@mod.gov.il  <\/strong><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Write\/call him directly or send a message via your local Israeli embassy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Let’s all redouble our efforts to free Walid. Common sense, international law, and humanity has all failed…it is us, each of us, that must rise to the occasion.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Shocked at the stupidity of occupation,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My friend’s daughters still wait!!!  Many of you have been following my reporting of the arrest of my friend Walid Abu Rass ( http:\/\/bit.ly\/walidaburass ) who was taken from his home by Israeli occupation forces in the middle of the night on November 22, 2011.  Afterwards, I reported an update from his failed appeal hearing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4151"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}