Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urged all who stand with Palestine and justice for the Palestinian people to join the week of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners between 15 and 23 January 2021.
The network said in a statement, a copy of which obtained by Safa, the week of action comes as it marks the 12th anniversary of the Israeli sentencing of Palestinian national liberation and international Left leader Ahmad Sa’adat, and the 12th anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, “Operation Cast Lead.”
Ahmad Sa’adat is the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Palestinian national liberation movement leader and a symbol of the international left and revolutionary movements. He was sentenced to 30 years in Israeli prison on 25 December 2008 after being violently abducted from the Palestinian Authority’s Jericho prison in 2006, accused of leading a prohibited organization and “incitement.” The PFLP, like all Palestinian political parties and resistance organizations, is labeled a “prohibited organization” by the Israeli authorities.
"On 15 January 2021, we will mark the 19th anniversary of Sa’adat’s arrest by the Palestinian Authority in the context of security cooperation with the Israeli occupation, a practice that continues to this day, despite broad Palestinian rejection," said the network.
It added that "the Palestinian Authority kidnapped Sa’adat and his comrades under false pretenses and imprisoned them for four years before its prison was attacked by the Israeli occupation. This is just one of the devastating consequences for Palestinians of the Madrid-Oslo path and the creation of the Palestinian Authority in the so-called peace process that has been in reality a project for the liquidation of Palestine."
"While held in the PA’s Jericho Prison, Sa’adat and his comrades were held under U.S. and British guards, making clear the involvement of the US and Britain in his imprisonment. This illustrates why international action, in this case, is so necessary," it highlighted.
Moreover, it reaffirmed that "the support of the United States, Britain, Canada, the European Union, Australia, and others for the Israeli colonial project continues to perpetuate its impunity as it carries out land confiscations, home demolitions, mass imprisonment, extrajudicial executions, the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, the siege on Gaza and further crimes against humanity and war crimes."
"The normalization project being promoted by the United States and its partners, particularly reactionary Arab regimes, is an attempt to legitimize the illegitimate: the theft of Palestinian land and the expulsion of the Palestinian people at the hands of reactionary regimes in league with imperialism. Standing with the Palestinian prisoners is part and parcel of confronting normalization."
"We also note that prisoners of the Palestinian liberation movement continue to be held in international jails as well, especially Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed in France for 36 years despite being eligible for release since 1999, and we join the call for their liberation," it stated.
"On 15-23 January 2021, join our collective call for the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, with action and global solidarity to escalate the boycott of Israel, end aid and support to Israel, organize for justice in Palestine, and resist imperialism and colonialism," the network confirmed.
Source : Safa