18 apr 2015
Head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Mishaal stated Friday that his group refuses any future prisoner swap deal with Israel before the release of the ex-prisoners who were rearrested after their release during Wafa al-Ahrar deal in 2011.
“Trust your brothers’ experience in negotiating with the Israeli occupation authority”, he said addressing Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
“We shall double our ongoing efforts to force your release. The prisoners’ issue is always on the top priorities of Hamas Movement.”
Hamas is working and following in the steps of Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal, he continued.
“We will continue attempting to capture Israeli soldiers until the occupation is forced to release all prisoners”, Mishaal affirmed.
“I realize how much you are eager to know more information about the new swap deal’s timing and details. Don’t bother yourself with the details and rumors.”
“We are not only working for the release of our prisoners, but also to hold Israeli leaders accountable for committing crimes against them”, he said.
The senior Hamas leader also called for uniting ranks of prisoners in face of the oppressive jailers.
Mishaal’s statement came in commemoration of the Palestinian Prisoner Day observed in every single inch of the occupied Palestinian territories, to pay homage to the 6,500 detainees held at the Israeli occupation jails.
“Trust your brothers’ experience in negotiating with the Israeli occupation authority”, he said addressing Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
“We shall double our ongoing efforts to force your release. The prisoners’ issue is always on the top priorities of Hamas Movement.”
Hamas is working and following in the steps of Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal, he continued.
“We will continue attempting to capture Israeli soldiers until the occupation is forced to release all prisoners”, Mishaal affirmed.
“I realize how much you are eager to know more information about the new swap deal’s timing and details. Don’t bother yourself with the details and rumors.”
“We are not only working for the release of our prisoners, but also to hold Israeli leaders accountable for committing crimes against them”, he said.
The senior Hamas leader also called for uniting ranks of prisoners in face of the oppressive jailers.
Mishaal’s statement came in commemoration of the Palestinian Prisoner Day observed in every single inch of the occupied Palestinian territories, to pay homage to the 6,500 detainees held at the Israeli occupation jails.
A court hearing in January 2014 rejected an appeal of six Palestinian prisoners who were rearrested after they had been freed in the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap in 2011.
Hadi al-Fakhri was 26 the first time he hugged his father, one of thousands of Palestinians serving time in Israeli prisons for alleged militant activity in the occupied West Bank.
A decade later, more than 30 years into a life sentence, Fakhri's father was freed when more than 1,000 prisoners were swapped for an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for five years.
The landmark 2011 deal to free Gilad Shalit sparked hope for thousands being held in Israeli prisons.
But more than three years on, with the peace process in tatters and ties with Israel severely strained, Palestinian hopes of seeing their prisoners released look more remote than ever.
Almost every Palestinian family is touched by the prisoners issue.
"Every Palestinian family has experience of the occupation's prisons -- people have either been locked up themselves, or they have a family member who's been in jail at some point," said Nojood Qassem, 40, whose husband is serving life.
Her daughter, who is now 13, has grown up knowing her father only through the glass of a prison window.
"My daughter doesn't even know her father. She only sees him behind glass panes on prison visits, and talks to him via a telephone only then. It's maybe a couple of times a month," she told AFP.
Growing up with his father in prison was a tough experience for Fakhri too.
"When you're a child you want to play with your dad, you want his love, his physical presence, his hug.
"I only got that after 26 years and, instead of being normal, it was a bizarre feeling for me."
Day of resistance
The fate of those held in Israeli jails is a highly emotive topic for Palestinians. Prisoners Day, marked every April 17, is widely observed with marches and rallies.
"Prisoners Day is a national day where the Palestinian people express their opposition to occupation, and their support for those resisting it," said Qadura Fares, a former inmate and head of the Prisoners Club.
Fares was released during a prisoner swap as part of the 1993 Oslo peace accords.
"Palestinian prisoners are in jail precisely because they resisted the occupation. They're a symbol of resistance," he said.
On Wednesday, about 200 protesters paid homage to them, waving flags and demanding "freedom" for relatives and friends.
"Today, as we approach Prisoners Day, there are some 6,000 Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails," a speaker declared through a microphone.
"It is our right to live in freedom!"
But that right is being trampled, the Palestinians say, as the number of inmates increases.
The current number of at least 6,200 is the biggest for at least five years, according to figures from rights groups.
Since the Shalit deal, Israel has rearrested some of those freed and has rounded up hundreds more following the kidnapping and murder of three teens in the West Bank last June.
This month alone, Israel has arrested 49 Hamas members as well as a female MP.
Since 1967, a total of 800,000 Palestinians have spent time inside, according to the Palestinian foreign ministry.
International action
Few hold much hope of getting their loved ones out of jail any time soon.
Peace talks collapsed last year and many Palestinians feel hopes of resuming some kind of process ended last month after the re-election of hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who pledged during the campaign that there would be no Palestinian state on his watch.
Netanyahu subsequently back-tracked, saying conditions were not right at the moment.
But Qassem was pessimistic.
"There's no hope of release for many prisoners, especially now there are no more talks with Israel. Netanyahu has closed all doors to peace," she said.
Palestinian officials agree a political solution appears unlikely.
"With a rightwing Israeli government being formed, and with a halt in talks, the political route is closed," said Issa Qaraqe, head of prisoners affairs for the Palestinian government.
But senior foreign ministry official Majed Bamya alluded to international steps the Palestinians could make on the prisoners issue.
"A new element is that we've joined the International Criminal Court. We consider the prisoners issue as one of the priorities" there, he said.
The Palestinians formally joined the ICC this month, and intend to sue Israeli officials for alleged war crimes.
"Mass imprisonment can be considered a war crime, a crime against humanity," Bamya warned.
Hadi al-Fakhri was 26 the first time he hugged his father, one of thousands of Palestinians serving time in Israeli prisons for alleged militant activity in the occupied West Bank.
A decade later, more than 30 years into a life sentence, Fakhri's father was freed when more than 1,000 prisoners were swapped for an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for five years.
The landmark 2011 deal to free Gilad Shalit sparked hope for thousands being held in Israeli prisons.
But more than three years on, with the peace process in tatters and ties with Israel severely strained, Palestinian hopes of seeing their prisoners released look more remote than ever.
Almost every Palestinian family is touched by the prisoners issue.
"Every Palestinian family has experience of the occupation's prisons -- people have either been locked up themselves, or they have a family member who's been in jail at some point," said Nojood Qassem, 40, whose husband is serving life.
Her daughter, who is now 13, has grown up knowing her father only through the glass of a prison window.
"My daughter doesn't even know her father. She only sees him behind glass panes on prison visits, and talks to him via a telephone only then. It's maybe a couple of times a month," she told AFP.
Growing up with his father in prison was a tough experience for Fakhri too.
"When you're a child you want to play with your dad, you want his love, his physical presence, his hug.
"I only got that after 26 years and, instead of being normal, it was a bizarre feeling for me."
Day of resistance
The fate of those held in Israeli jails is a highly emotive topic for Palestinians. Prisoners Day, marked every April 17, is widely observed with marches and rallies.
"Prisoners Day is a national day where the Palestinian people express their opposition to occupation, and their support for those resisting it," said Qadura Fares, a former inmate and head of the Prisoners Club.
Fares was released during a prisoner swap as part of the 1993 Oslo peace accords.
"Palestinian prisoners are in jail precisely because they resisted the occupation. They're a symbol of resistance," he said.
On Wednesday, about 200 protesters paid homage to them, waving flags and demanding "freedom" for relatives and friends.
"Today, as we approach Prisoners Day, there are some 6,000 Palestinian inmates in Israeli jails," a speaker declared through a microphone.
"It is our right to live in freedom!"
But that right is being trampled, the Palestinians say, as the number of inmates increases.
The current number of at least 6,200 is the biggest for at least five years, according to figures from rights groups.
Since the Shalit deal, Israel has rearrested some of those freed and has rounded up hundreds more following the kidnapping and murder of three teens in the West Bank last June.
This month alone, Israel has arrested 49 Hamas members as well as a female MP.
Since 1967, a total of 800,000 Palestinians have spent time inside, according to the Palestinian foreign ministry.
International action
Few hold much hope of getting their loved ones out of jail any time soon.
Peace talks collapsed last year and many Palestinians feel hopes of resuming some kind of process ended last month after the re-election of hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who pledged during the campaign that there would be no Palestinian state on his watch.
Netanyahu subsequently back-tracked, saying conditions were not right at the moment.
But Qassem was pessimistic.
"There's no hope of release for many prisoners, especially now there are no more talks with Israel. Netanyahu has closed all doors to peace," she said.
Palestinian officials agree a political solution appears unlikely.
"With a rightwing Israeli government being formed, and with a halt in talks, the political route is closed," said Issa Qaraqe, head of prisoners affairs for the Palestinian government.
But senior foreign ministry official Majed Bamya alluded to international steps the Palestinians could make on the prisoners issue.
"A new element is that we've joined the International Criminal Court. We consider the prisoners issue as one of the priorities" there, he said.
The Palestinians formally joined the ICC this month, and intend to sue Israeli officials for alleged war crimes.
"Mass imprisonment can be considered a war crime, a crime against humanity," Bamya warned.
17 apr 2015 Prisoners Day
A senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip called on Thursday for the abduction of Israelis, who would be swapped for Palestinians held by Israel.
"We tell the Zionist enemy: you are all a target for us and the resistance, we will fight you until we finally get rid of you and take as many captives as possible to free our heroes," said Khalil al-Haya, whose movement de facto rules the Palestinian enclave.
"Our men, our women, our children all envision kidnapping your soldiers and settlers, wherever they are," he said on the eve of Prisoners Day which Palestinians mark April 17.
"And it is our right because we have no other way to free our heroes, and it is the Zionist enemy responsible for this state of affairs," Haya told hundreds of Palestinians.
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rally each year on April 17 in solidarity with the nearly 6,000 prisoners held by Israeli.
Haya said Palestinian prisoners should "rest assured" because militant groups led by Hamas's military wing al-Qassam Brigades "will release you as they did your brothers" in 2011.
Ahmed al-Mudalal of the militant Islamic Jihad movement promised told the rally that "the resistance will not falter until Israeli prisons are emptied of their Palestinian prisoners."
"We tell the Zionist enemy: you are all a target for us and the resistance, we will fight you until we finally get rid of you and take as many captives as possible to free our heroes," said Khalil al-Haya, whose movement de facto rules the Palestinian enclave.
"Our men, our women, our children all envision kidnapping your soldiers and settlers, wherever they are," he said on the eve of Prisoners Day which Palestinians mark April 17.
"And it is our right because we have no other way to free our heroes, and it is the Zionist enemy responsible for this state of affairs," Haya told hundreds of Palestinians.
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip rally each year on April 17 in solidarity with the nearly 6,000 prisoners held by Israeli.
Haya said Palestinian prisoners should "rest assured" because militant groups led by Hamas's military wing al-Qassam Brigades "will release you as they did your brothers" in 2011.
Ahmed al-Mudalal of the militant Islamic Jihad movement promised told the rally that "the resistance will not falter until Israeli prisons are emptied of their Palestinian prisoners."
A
human rights group has called on the Palestinian institutions to
patronize the rights of the Palestinian prisoners, especially those with
medical conditions, and ensure their access to appropriate medical
treatment.
This came during a sit-in staged by Palestinian factions on Thursday in the northern West Bank city of Tubas to mark the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, annually observed on April 17.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas, Mahmoud Sawafta, said the Palestinians should make use of their recent membership in the International Criminal Court to step up pressure on the Israeli occupation and force it to abide by all international laws and treaties, particularly the ones related to the prisoners’ cause.
The prisoners’ cause is a national issue that has to be backed by the government and the community alike, he said, recalling ex-detainee Mohamed al-Taj who had been exposed to medical neglect inside Israeli jails.
Sawafta further called for working on ending the suffering endured by the 23-year-old ex-prisoner Imad al-Masri, who had spent a total of 23 years in Israeli jails and was exiled to Gaza in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal.
This came during a sit-in staged by Palestinian factions on Thursday in the northern West Bank city of Tubas to mark the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, annually observed on April 17.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas, Mahmoud Sawafta, said the Palestinians should make use of their recent membership in the International Criminal Court to step up pressure on the Israeli occupation and force it to abide by all international laws and treaties, particularly the ones related to the prisoners’ cause.
The prisoners’ cause is a national issue that has to be backed by the government and the community alike, he said, recalling ex-detainee Mohamed al-Taj who had been exposed to medical neglect inside Israeli jails.
Sawafta further called for working on ending the suffering endured by the 23-year-old ex-prisoner Imad al-Masri, who had spent a total of 23 years in Israeli jails and was exiled to Gaza in the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal.
On Thursday evening, just a few hours before April 17, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the release of all political prisoners, held by Israel, is a top priority and one of the cases to be filed to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Abbas added that the 6000 Palestinian detainees must be released under any future peace agreement with Tel Aviv.
“We demanded, and we are demanding again, all governments and every international institution, to act and provide the detainees with the legal protection they need,” Abbas said, “The detainees must be released, and must enjoy their full rights.”
“The Israeli violations against the detainees are known, and are documented by all related United Nations and Human Rights institutions,’ he added, “The detainees’ case, without a doubt, will be one of the files submitted to the ICC.”
He also said the Israel must realize that its violations, prisons, its settlements, its illegal annexation of Lands, crimes and withholding Palestinian tax money, will just lead to more tension, and will distance the region further away from a just and comprehensive peace.
Abbas stated that peace is based on ending the Israeli occupation, Israel’s withdrawal from all of the territories it captured in 1967, including Jerusalem, and the establishment of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital.
He also said that the Right of Return of the Palestinian refugees, as stated by UN General Assembly resolution #194 and the Arab Peace Initiative, is a legitimate right that cannot be abandoned, or ignored.
“We are still extending our hands for peace, real peace between neighbors,” Abbas added, “A peace based on sovereignty, stability and justice.”
The Palestinian president also stressed that the suffering of the refugees in Syria, especially in the Yarmouk refugee camp, is of a serious concern to the Palestinians, and that the Palestinian leadership has constantly demanded to keep the refugees out of internal conflicts.
“We strongly condemn groups and parties responsible for dragging the refugees into this conflict,” Abbas added, “We demand them all to leave the refugee camps, to stop attacking and killing them; the refugees are temporary guests who must be able to return to Palestine.”
Abbas added that the 6000 Palestinian detainees must be released under any future peace agreement with Tel Aviv.
“We demanded, and we are demanding again, all governments and every international institution, to act and provide the detainees with the legal protection they need,” Abbas said, “The detainees must be released, and must enjoy their full rights.”
“The Israeli violations against the detainees are known, and are documented by all related United Nations and Human Rights institutions,’ he added, “The detainees’ case, without a doubt, will be one of the files submitted to the ICC.”
He also said the Israel must realize that its violations, prisons, its settlements, its illegal annexation of Lands, crimes and withholding Palestinian tax money, will just lead to more tension, and will distance the region further away from a just and comprehensive peace.
Abbas stated that peace is based on ending the Israeli occupation, Israel’s withdrawal from all of the territories it captured in 1967, including Jerusalem, and the establishment of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital.
He also said that the Right of Return of the Palestinian refugees, as stated by UN General Assembly resolution #194 and the Arab Peace Initiative, is a legitimate right that cannot be abandoned, or ignored.
“We are still extending our hands for peace, real peace between neighbors,” Abbas added, “A peace based on sovereignty, stability and justice.”
The Palestinian president also stressed that the suffering of the refugees in Syria, especially in the Yarmouk refugee camp, is of a serious concern to the Palestinians, and that the Palestinian leadership has constantly demanded to keep the refugees out of internal conflicts.
“We strongly condemn groups and parties responsible for dragging the refugees into this conflict,” Abbas added, “We demand them all to leave the refugee camps, to stop attacking and killing them; the refugees are temporary guests who must be able to return to Palestine.”
10 apr 2015
Member of Hamas political bureau Mahmoud Zahhar lashed out at the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) and held it responsible for the death of the ex-detainee Jafar Awad shortly after his release from Israeli jails.
"We do not treat Israeli prisoners as they do with our prisoners who are subjected to systematic medical negligence and isolation policies," he said in his Friday Khutba (sermon).
Awad’s martyrdom came while the Palestinian Authority continues its security coordination with the IOA, he continued.
Zahhar stressed the urgent need to stop security coordination that only harms the Palestinian national project including the prisoners’ issue.
In another context, Zahhar denied the rumors claiming that his group seeks to establish an independent state in Gaza. "Neither Gaza nor West Bank is enough for us. We want each single inch of Palestine," he said.
“Hamas could only accept negotiation with the occupation over its removal from Palestine. We have fought to end the occupation of the whole of Palestine and nothing less than that”.
On the other hand, he renewed his Movement’s total rejection of intervening in any Arab country’s internal affairs. "We, in Hamas Movement, do not intervene in any other country’s affairs as we refuse any intervention in our affairs," he underlined.
"Our weapon is only used against the occupation," he pointed out.
Following the Friday prayers, the worshipers offered the absentee funeral prayer on the martyr Jafar Awad, 22, who died on Friday only three months after his release from Israeli jails due to sharp health deterioration.
"We do not treat Israeli prisoners as they do with our prisoners who are subjected to systematic medical negligence and isolation policies," he said in his Friday Khutba (sermon).
Awad’s martyrdom came while the Palestinian Authority continues its security coordination with the IOA, he continued.
Zahhar stressed the urgent need to stop security coordination that only harms the Palestinian national project including the prisoners’ issue.
In another context, Zahhar denied the rumors claiming that his group seeks to establish an independent state in Gaza. "Neither Gaza nor West Bank is enough for us. We want each single inch of Palestine," he said.
“Hamas could only accept negotiation with the occupation over its removal from Palestine. We have fought to end the occupation of the whole of Palestine and nothing less than that”.
On the other hand, he renewed his Movement’s total rejection of intervening in any Arab country’s internal affairs. "We, in Hamas Movement, do not intervene in any other country’s affairs as we refuse any intervention in our affairs," he underlined.
"Our weapon is only used against the occupation," he pointed out.
Following the Friday prayers, the worshipers offered the absentee funeral prayer on the martyr Jafar Awad, 22, who died on Friday only three months after his release from Israeli jails due to sharp health deterioration.
3 apr 2015
Israeli statements about burying the bodies of 19 Palestinians killed during al-Asf al-Maakoul battle in 2014 raised questions about the possibility of new talks between Israel and the Palestinian resistance to conduct a new swap deal in exchange for the Israeli soldiers missing in Gaza.
In their statements to the PIC, experts and political analysts unanimously agreed that Israel's announcement of burying the bodies of martyrs killed during al-Asf al-Maakoul battle comes in the framework of the Israeli efforts to conduct negotiations over its missing soldiers in Gaza.
Mustafa al-Sawaf, a writer and a political analyst, believes that these announcements indicate that Israel started to put an end to the denial and neglect it has been showing recently.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper unveiled on Wednesday April 1 that the Israeli army is holding the bodies of 19 Gazan martyrs killed during the last war on the Strip, according to the Israeli Ministry of War.
Four days ago, the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) checked the lists of the Palestinian martyrs buried in the so-called cemeteries of numbers to consider the possibility of handing over their bodies.
German mediation
Al-Sawaf pointed out that this news report affirms the information he already has in this regard, and mentioned that the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked German mediators to intervene in the expected swap deal, and pointed to the Egyptian intelligence possible contacts with Hamas over the new swap deal.
A German delegation contacted a Hamas prominent figure as a prelude for a visit which may have already been made, the PIC reporter said.
During the preparation of this report; a delegation of five German diplomats arrived in Gaza through Erez crossing, according to PIC sources.
Negotiations' price
Professor of mass media studies Iyad al-Qara agreed with al-Sawaf in believing that Israel is trying to activate this file especially after the information leakage regarding the Israeli attempts to pressure European parties to contact Hamas so as to know the fate of the Israeli soldiers; however, Hamas demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners who were arrested during last year as a precondition for taking part in any new swap deal talks.
He also highlighted that Netanyahu is keen on achieving this goal which would make him look like a hero especially that the soldiers went missing during his presidency of the government.
Ibrahim al-Madhoun, a writer and a researcher, told the PIC: "Hamas has learned a lesson from Shalit deal which is not to reveal any information without a price," and added: " Israel has woken up from the shock of losing a huge number of its soldiers in al-Asf al-Maakoul battle, internal political changes have taken place, a new government was re-elected in addition to the pressure practiced by the missing soldiers' families, all these factors led to forcing Israel to deal with this issue differently."
The experts and researchers agreed on the need for benefiting from the experience of the previous negotiations which led to Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal, and stressed the importance of having guarantees from Israel not to re-arrest the released prisoners.
In their statements to the PIC, experts and political analysts unanimously agreed that Israel's announcement of burying the bodies of martyrs killed during al-Asf al-Maakoul battle comes in the framework of the Israeli efforts to conduct negotiations over its missing soldiers in Gaza.
Mustafa al-Sawaf, a writer and a political analyst, believes that these announcements indicate that Israel started to put an end to the denial and neglect it has been showing recently.
Haaretz Hebrew newspaper unveiled on Wednesday April 1 that the Israeli army is holding the bodies of 19 Gazan martyrs killed during the last war on the Strip, according to the Israeli Ministry of War.
Four days ago, the Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) checked the lists of the Palestinian martyrs buried in the so-called cemeteries of numbers to consider the possibility of handing over their bodies.
German mediation
Al-Sawaf pointed out that this news report affirms the information he already has in this regard, and mentioned that the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked German mediators to intervene in the expected swap deal, and pointed to the Egyptian intelligence possible contacts with Hamas over the new swap deal.
A German delegation contacted a Hamas prominent figure as a prelude for a visit which may have already been made, the PIC reporter said.
During the preparation of this report; a delegation of five German diplomats arrived in Gaza through Erez crossing, according to PIC sources.
Negotiations' price
Professor of mass media studies Iyad al-Qara agreed with al-Sawaf in believing that Israel is trying to activate this file especially after the information leakage regarding the Israeli attempts to pressure European parties to contact Hamas so as to know the fate of the Israeli soldiers; however, Hamas demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners who were arrested during last year as a precondition for taking part in any new swap deal talks.
He also highlighted that Netanyahu is keen on achieving this goal which would make him look like a hero especially that the soldiers went missing during his presidency of the government.
Ibrahim al-Madhoun, a writer and a researcher, told the PIC: "Hamas has learned a lesson from Shalit deal which is not to reveal any information without a price," and added: " Israel has woken up from the shock of losing a huge number of its soldiers in al-Asf al-Maakoul battle, internal political changes have taken place, a new government was re-elected in addition to the pressure practiced by the missing soldiers' families, all these factors led to forcing Israel to deal with this issue differently."
The experts and researchers agreed on the need for benefiting from the experience of the previous negotiations which led to Wafa al-Ahrar swap deal, and stressed the importance of having guarantees from Israel not to re-arrest the released prisoners.
1 apr 2015
Salem
military court has unexpectedly sentenced on Tuesday the female
prisoner Mona Ka’adan (Qa'dan), 43, to 70 months in prison and imposed on her a
fine of 30,000 shekels.
Ka’adan family told the PIC reporter that the court’s verdict ran contrary to the Israeli Attorney General’s promise that her confinement would not exceed 36 months.
Ka’adan was convicted of affiliation with the Islamic Jihad Movement and leading a women organization affiliated with the movement.
The court’s ruling was extremely unfair and out of expectations, the family said.
Ka’adan was arrested more than once most recently in 2012 from her home in Jenin’s town of Arraba. Both her brother and fiancé are currently held in Israeli jails.
She spent five years as a whole behind Israeli bars.
Ka’adan family told the PIC reporter that the court’s verdict ran contrary to the Israeli Attorney General’s promise that her confinement would not exceed 36 months.
Ka’adan was convicted of affiliation with the Islamic Jihad Movement and leading a women organization affiliated with the movement.
The court’s ruling was extremely unfair and out of expectations, the family said.
Ka’adan was arrested more than once most recently in 2012 from her home in Jenin’s town of Arraba. Both her brother and fiancé are currently held in Israeli jails.
She spent five years as a whole behind Israeli bars.
30 mar 2015
Ahrar Center for Prisoners and Human Rights said the Israeli occupation authority enforced the previous sentence on the 64-year-old prisoner Abdurrahman Hasan Salah who was released within the swap deal, Wafa al-Ahrar, and rearrested mid of 2014.
The head of the Center, Fuad al-Khuffash, said the IOA re-imposed the previous sentence which is 25 years of imprisonment against captive Salah, from Jenin, despite his old age.
He spent nine years out of 25 before he was released in the prisoners swap deal called Wafa al-Ahrar in 2011.
Salah’s family said he is now held at Nafha desert jail. He is suffering from several diseases including diabetes, blood pressure, backache, and foot ache. He lost vision in his left eye and barely can see in the other one, the family added.
He is a father to seven children; one of them is a martyr who died in 2003 of the age of 18, the family said.
The sick captive Salah was arrested in 2003 on charges of carrying out bombing operations against the Israeli occupation.
Khufash said Israel rearrested 80 captives of those released in the swap deal and reinforced previous verdicts against 37 prisoners of them so far.
The rest of the eighty captives are threatened of the enforcement of the same previous sentences against them including life imprisonments and long years.
The ones, who were rearrested, have not conducted any breaches to the deal that could be considered reasonable justification for the IOA to re-arrest them, Kuffash charged.
The head of the Center, Fuad al-Khuffash, said the IOA re-imposed the previous sentence which is 25 years of imprisonment against captive Salah, from Jenin, despite his old age.
He spent nine years out of 25 before he was released in the prisoners swap deal called Wafa al-Ahrar in 2011.
Salah’s family said he is now held at Nafha desert jail. He is suffering from several diseases including diabetes, blood pressure, backache, and foot ache. He lost vision in his left eye and barely can see in the other one, the family added.
He is a father to seven children; one of them is a martyr who died in 2003 of the age of 18, the family said.
The sick captive Salah was arrested in 2003 on charges of carrying out bombing operations against the Israeli occupation.
Khufash said Israel rearrested 80 captives of those released in the swap deal and reinforced previous verdicts against 37 prisoners of them so far.
The rest of the eighty captives are threatened of the enforcement of the same previous sentences against them including life imprisonments and long years.
The ones, who were rearrested, have not conducted any breaches to the deal that could be considered reasonable justification for the IOA to re-arrest them, Kuffash charged.
The Israeli authorities have asked European mediators, who have contacts with Hamas Movement, to intervene for the release of Israeli soldiers who were captured during Israel’s summer aggression on Gaza, media sources revealed.
Diplomatic parties told Al-Araby al-Jadeed website that Israeli security officials, related to premier Benyamin Netanyahu, have made contacts with German and European mediators to intervene in the expected swap deal.
Israel has repeatedly denied the capture of Israeli soldiers in Gaza.
Contacts with Hamas Movement have already started, the sources added, without mentioning whether the talks have been done inside or outside Gaza.
Hamas has earlier demanded the release of all Palestinian ex-prisoners, who were re-arrested after being released during Wafa al-Arar Swap deal in 2011, before taking part in any new swap deal talks.
Diplomatic parties told Al-Araby al-Jadeed website that Israeli security officials, related to premier Benyamin Netanyahu, have made contacts with German and European mediators to intervene in the expected swap deal.
Israel has repeatedly denied the capture of Israeli soldiers in Gaza.
Contacts with Hamas Movement have already started, the sources added, without mentioning whether the talks have been done inside or outside Gaza.
Hamas has earlier demanded the release of all Palestinian ex-prisoners, who were re-arrested after being released during Wafa al-Arar Swap deal in 2011, before taking part in any new swap deal talks.
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