Zionist Authorities Sent Hamas’ Barghouthi to Confinement after Radio Interview

Monday 1 June 2015

Zionist Authorities Sent Hamas’ Barghouthi to Confinement after Radio Interview

Israeli prison services on Sunday stormed the cell of Hamas leader Abdullah al-Barghouthi in Rimon prison after it was revealed that he had given a telephone interview to a Gaza-based radio station from inside the prison.

An Israeli prison spokeswoman told Ma’an that the former al-Qassam Brigades commander had been sent into solitary confinement and would face trial.

Israeli media reported that prison officers searched the prison cell for the phone.

During the interview with the Hamas-affiliated al-Rai radio station, Barghouthi called on Hamas and its military wing al-Qassam Brigades to take their time as they negotiate a prisoner swap deal with the Zionist entity. “Don’t hasten, because we are firm and perseverant,” he said.

He added,

“We won’t change and we shall remain firm regardless of whether we are released today or after a thousand years.”

In response, a spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades Abu Ubayda tweeted:

“Freeing you (all prisoners) is a duty we are committed to, and your jailers will eventually vanish.”

Barghouthi is serving 67 life terms, the highest sentence ever handed down by an Israeli military court, after he was convicted of ‘multiple attacks in Israel.’ He has been detained since March 2003.