I read your words, Khader, at a student meeting at the University of Michigan.

I read your words, Khader, at a student government meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I asked them to boycott Israel for their barbaric treatment of you.

“The only thing I can do is offer my soul to God as I believe righteousness and justice will eventually triumph over tyranny and oppression,”
“I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual, but for the sake of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of their simplest human rights while the world and international community look on.”

-Mozhgan

Mai from Egypt

Mixed feelings of hope, despair, anger, and solidarity swirl in the pit of my heart. I cry sometimes, but not over your possible loss... no, they are tears of wonder at the courage and determination a single human being can show in the face of so much hatred and injustice. The only thing I can say now is that God is Great.

Please live. We need more, not less, people like you in the world. But if you die, please know that not only will you live on in your children's veins, but you will live on in millions of us. We have been touched and our eyes are open. There is no turning back. We may get caught up in daily life, but when challenges arise, we will remember you and you shall renew our strength.  

We are all Khader. We are all Randa.

Eugene Egan, Birmingham, England

Dear Khader and family,

When I was a young man growing up in Birmingham, England I became aware of a courageous Irishman who was on hunger strike protesting against the British Government's withdrawal of political status of IRA prisoners. His name was Bobby Sands and hitherto I didn't have a clue about my Irish roots and Ireland's historic struggle against British rule. However, Bobby Sands and the other hunger strikers who all paid the supreme sacrifice changed all that. Their sacrifice was a defining time in my life, it not only politicised me but made me aware not just of Ireland's struggle but Palestine's struggle too. I fear that unless the Israelis do the just and right thing and release you then history could be about to repeat itself in terms of what happened to the hunger strikers in Ireland in 1981 and now your courageous stand against Israeli injustice. Whatever happens, you have brought international attention to the terrible plight that the Palestinian prisoners have to endure in Israeli prisons. No matter what, you are an inspiration to all oppressed peoples and your courage will never be forgotten. You will go down in history as a symbol of resistance against injustice and oppression.

"It is not those who inflict the most, but those who endure the most who shall prevail," Terence MacSwiney, IRA hunger striker who died after 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in October, 1920.

Yours in solidarity

Eugene Egan

for you and your family

dear khader, I send prayers and love to you in this time of suffering
and I pray you will be saved. May your dignity and the dignity of your
people be upheld and strengthened. May the angels of God surround you
and hold you in God's love, teresa rogers, new york city, USA

from Fatima Batook in Saudi Arabia

Truly an inspiration, We are with him; heart and soul.. It's one persons struggle but not for himself but for all of us. Being the courageous person he his will give back sooner or later.. We all recognize this hero today and forever.

Fatima Batook
Saudi Arabia

Rena - USA

Khader Adnan - you made the greatest sacrifice, your own life, for the dignity of the Palestinian people and our struggle for the most basic of rights. Your act of civil disobedience will always be part of Palestinian history, and our unending struggle for justice. I am humbled by your courage and have no doubt that your story will be carried on amongst our people with pride. We will realize this vision for Palestinian rights - in your name and the names of so many who have sacrificed their lives for the cause.

Salam

Dear Adnan, 

Assalaamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu

May Allah grant you sabr during the inhuman detention you are suffering at the hands of the Israeli government. In Islam and in the civilised world people are innocent until proven guilty. Inshallah there will be justice for you and you will be reunited with your family. Millions of us are remembering you in our prayers and we hope than no-one else has to go through your ordeal again inshallah.

Waslam 

Dr Raghib Ali
U.K.

Message of Solidarity (Brendan Work, USA)

I am writing from my home in snowy Montana in the United States to express my admiration for Khader Adnan. Sayed Adnan, every hour you live inspires hope in me about the resilience of the Palestinian people. Your struggle will show us that against men and women who love freedom and cherish dignity, Israel must back down. Allah yubarak fik.

Diana Shuman USA

Khader,

Each day that I watch as you continue to fight, and to win my eyes fill with tears. You are more of an inspiration to everyone that hears about you than you will ever know. I pray that Allah swt will reward you for your struggle and will give strength to your beautiful and honorable family as they continue in their lives knowing that their husband, son, father, and brother fought for the rights of Palestinians everywhere. Allah yinajeek ya Khader, we love you and will pray for you always.