Hamas, Islamic Jihad Underline Priority of Issue of Palestinian Prisoners
In a statement released on Monday on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner Day, the Islamic Jihad said the release of the prisoners is a responsibility on the shoulder of all resistance groups.
The statement said that the Palestinian Prisoner Day comes as Palestinians being held in Israeli jails have shown heroic resistance against the criminal policies of the Zionist regime.
The Islamic Jihad called on the Palestinian nation and the noble people of the world to mobilize all political, diplomatic, media and human capabilities to support the prisoners.
The movement also reiterated its commitment to continue resistance and struggle until the full liberation of the Palestinian lands, release of all prisoners, and return of all Palestinian refugees to their motherland.
In a separate statement, the Hamas resistance movement described the release of prisoners as a national issue in Palestine and a top priority for the movement.
According to a recent report, 4,900 Palestinian prisoners are currently being held in Israeli prisons, while the occupation’s authorities continue to hold onto the bodies of 12 inmates who have died in its prisons since 1980.
Human rights organizations say Israel violates all the rights and freedoms granted to prisoners by the Fourth Geneva Convention. They say administrative detention violates their right to due process since the evidence is withheld from prisoners while they are held for lengthy periods without being charged, tried, or convicted.
Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt to express outrage at their detention.
Israeli jail authorities keep Palestinian prisoners under deplorable conditions without proper hygienic standards.
Palestinian inmates have also been subject to systematic torture, harassment, and repression.
4134766
