Prisoners' cause must be the top of political and diplomatic attention

Work must be done to expose the crimes of the occupation in Israeli prisons, and prisoners’ issues must be considered at the top of the political and diplomatic ladder of attention.

It must receive the priority that befits the struggle and steadfastness of our heroic prisoners in the occupation prisons and work in all areas of the international political, diplomatic and legal movement. Because the violations and crimes of the occupation authorities and their various agencies against the heroic prisoners in the occupation prisons have become a real catastrophe in light of the organized war led by the extremist government. The most recent of which was the aggressive, arbitrary measures and decisions taken by the fascist Israeli Minister Ben Gvir, especially his decision to reduce visits to the families of prisoners. Which is considered an extension of the open war of occupation against our people in general and against the heroic prisoners in particular, in flagrant violation of international law, international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and the understandings and agreements signed, and an attempt to undermine the achievements of the prisoner movement that it achieved through its long struggle.

The racist decisions of Netanyahu's government are decisions that reflect the gang mentality and criminality against heroic prisoners. It contradicts the most basic human rights laws and the Fourth Geneva Conventions. The oppressive occupation regime’s measures will not weaken the will of our male and female prisoners in the occupation prisons, and that the Palestinian people, in all their places of presence, will defend their male and female prisoners, and will confront all attempts to terrorize them, and that all occupation measures are invalid and cannot undermine the determination, will and insistence of the prisoners to obtain their rights and regain their freedom. .

The occupation government bears full direct responsibility for the escalation in Israeli aggression against prisoners, especially in light of the implementation of Ben Gvir’s racist fascist decisions. Clear positions must be taken by the Human Rights Council and all international organizations, especially the Red Cross, and the importance of condemning and rejecting these decisions, pressing for their abolition, and protecting the rights of prisoners acquired through international conventions and the struggles of our brave prisoners over many decades.

The rights of the prisoners and their sacrifices are not a favor on the part of anyone, nor are they subject to negotiation or concession. The disagreement that emerged within the ranks of the occupation government after the extremist Ben Gvir’s announcement of violating the right of prisoners to visit and reducing it is neither an acknowledgment of this right nor an acknowledgment of this achievement. Rather, it is about the timing and the mechanism for taking it, which confirms that the systematic war led by the occupation government is a comprehensive war aimed at undermining the will and determination of the prisoners in the occupation prisons, and it is not possible to compromise on the rights of the prisoners who confirm that this policy is like a flame that will burn whoever lit it.

The United Nations and its competent bodies and councils call for the necessity of action, especially by the Red Cross, and they must bear their responsibilities in pressuring the Israeli government to stop its assault on our heroic prisoners, and to take the necessary measures imposed by international law to force the occupying state to treat them as prisoners of war, and to release them immediately. . We must work with the international community and human rights organizations to ensure immediate intervention and oblige the occupation regime to comply with international law and relevant agreements, most notably the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Palestinian embassies and political and diplomatic missions must coordinate positions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, form a legal and media working team, and follow up on positions on a daily basis, with the importance of media publishing statements issued by prisoners in occupation prisons in all international languages, and working to follow up on the concerns and issues of prisoners at all levels to expose these violations and mobilize the broadest front. An international organization supporting their cause and their rights to dignity and freedom.