Protect the Palestinian Resistance

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6/23/2009 01:37:00 AM Reporter: Editor Publisher Hiyam Noir

By Hiyam Noir

Jerusalem - Muhammad Barakeh, a Knesset member, who visited the imprisoned PFLP leader Ahmad Sa’adat on Monday, said that after ending his hunger strike Sa’adat’s health conditions has improved. After that Israeli prison authorities placed Sa’adat in solitary confinement in the beginning of June Sa’adat began a hunger strike

Ahmad Sa’adat said to Barakeh that there is no rational motivation to place detainees in solitary confinement, as the political prisoners already are under forced isolation from the outside world by the virtue of being in prison. Both Ahmad Sa’adat and Muhammad Barakeh emphasized the essential to “protect the Palestinian resistance".

Sa’adat said he is at unease with the internal political Palestinian situation. When the PFLP leader was informed by Barakeh about upcoming meetings between Hamas and Fatah, Samara said that, with reference to the Palestinians and the communication between parties in a political context, all Palestinian factions should be included in the formation of the next Palestinian government.

Ahmad Sa’adat also called attention to the necessity of the Palestinian radical left movement's reorganization. He said that the Palestinian people are confronted by racial discrimination. Regarding the racial profiling of the Palestinians and the aspect of Palestinian identity, Mohammad Barakeh said he could not enough emphasize the importance of unity.

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