Contributions:

"אוסרים עליה לדבר עם אסירות אחרות ולקבל בגדים", אומרים בני משפחת פחימה, יובל אזולאי, "הארץ", 10 בפברואר 2005

טלי פחימה דורשת לבטל חלקים ניכרים מכתב האישום נגדה, צבי הראל, "הארץ"

10/08/04

Tali Fahima’s detention

was extended for nine more days

Tali Fahima was arrested on Monday, 9^th August around noon, in Einav roadblock (SE of Tulkarm, West Bank) and was brought on Tuesday to a hearing before judge Lev-On in Petah-Tikva, in order to extend her detention, according to the request of the General security Service (GSS, AKA Shabak, AKA Shin Bet). The Shabak claims that she is suspected of conspiracy of terror attack, and poses a security threat to the state and the public. Following secretive inquiery material, some of it recent, the judge decided to extend her detention in nine (9) more days for interrogation. The decision was reasoned by fear of rendering disorder in the inquiery and fleeing the inquiery.

Ten days before that, Tali received a phone call from a Shabak agent that was involved in her previous detention and inquiery, an inquiery and detention had finished in void. He asked to meet her, informally, and mentioned that he knows she has difficulty finding a job. Tali was fired from her previous work because of her political activity a few months ago, and indeed since then finds it difficult to find a job and meanwhile she stays at relatives and friends. Following the advice of her lawyers, she refused to meet him, and insisted that the Shabak will get a warrant if he thinks further inquiery is needed. Tali was interrogated on Monday after her arrest, a fact that was omitted from the report the Shabak handed the court on Tuesday.

                Tali’s lawyers, adv. Gabby Lasky and Smadar Ben-Natan were not allowed, as is done in these state security cases, to study the secretive interrogation material. In the hearing adv. Ben Natan claimed that had the Shabak indeed suspected that Tali Fahima is a security threat, it would not wait for her to enter the occupied territories to arrest her, but would arrest her as soon as possible within the state of Israel.

The picture is clear – her refusal to collaborate with the Shabak as an informer, or withdraw from her political stance exposes her to a grave political harassment. The series of harassments by the security apparatuses, accompanied by hostile media, cause Tali tremendous damage and prevent her from continuing with her initial goal – to serve as a bridge between the peoples, to overcome hatred and hostility, and help the residents of the destroyed West Bank town of Jenin. That is Tali’s most serious crime, for which she is about to pay a high price.

Please write letters to the press,

express your opinion on radio shows –

It is not only about Tali, it is about us all.

Why should we be afraid of Tali Fahima? Lin Dovrat about Tali, Walla portal, 12th August 2004
NRG article about the extension of Tali's detension until 23 August.