The head of the Prisoners' and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs Authority, Qaddoura Fares, discussed with the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wensland, the latest developments related to the issue of male and female prisoners, and the seriousness of the Israeli occupation prison administration's procedures against them.

During the meeting held in the city of Ramallah, today, Thursday, Fares informed Wensland of the life and health conditions that our male and female prisoners live in, which are constantly worsening as a result of systematic Israeli policies aimed at undermining their steadfastness and determination, by complicating their daily lives and depriving them of their health rights. .

Fares spoke about the issue of prisoners as a whole and the dangers that threaten their lives, focusing on the fascism of the extremist minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who seeks to impose decisions on the prisoners that affect their privacy and rights, such as demanding that visits be reduced to once every two months, the reduction of food supplies in the “cantina,” and the withdrawal of cleaning supplies. Bathing shampoos, abolishing the representation of prisoners, reducing outbursts and other retaliatory decisions.

He affirmed the categorical rejection of “our male and female prisoners being turned into a tool in Israeli public policy, or for electoral propaganda and material for partisan competitions to gain votes and supporters. This is what exposes the composition of the current occupation government, which was formed with bets of revenge on the prisoners, and with the acquiescence of Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose government is in a state of crisis.” Confusion and open confusion.”

He added: "We have thousands of humanitarian and human rights cases for our male and female prisoners. Today, a number of them are on an open hunger strike against their administrative detention, some of them approaching 50 days in a row. Ahmed Manasra has also been exposed and is being exposed to a comprehensive crime in which the entire occupation system participated, and medical crimes occur every day." It results in casualties among the ranks of our freedom fighters and women, and the detention of the bodies of martyred prisoners and the resulting lack of respect for their human and religious privacy, in addition to the torment and pain it causes to their families and families. All of the above are crimes for which the occupation leaders must be held accountable.”

Fares called on the United Nations to assume all its responsibilities towards the Palestinian people, especially male and female prisoners in the occupation prisons, and to have the courage to intervene with the prison administration to stop the attacks and violations, to stop singling out our freedom fighters, and to force the occupying state to adhere to international agreements and covenants, so that the situation develops. The General International, to be able to confront the escalating Israeli crime, and for the United Nations, with all its organs, to be effective and bold in confronting Israeli fascism and extremism.

He stressed "the need to deal with our prisoners on purely humanitarian grounds, far from political gains and disputes, and to allow them to manage their lives calmly, far from any annoyances or racist vindictive tendencies, because the reality they are living in is difficult and cannot bear further pressure."

Fares warned of the general international silence regarding the practices of the occupation leaders in dealing with our prisoners, “because the situation is imminent to explode inside and outside the prisons, and this time the confrontation will be open and fierce and no one will be spared from it, and the Palestinian street will be loyal, sacrificial and supportive of its prisoners in any upcoming battle, and will not be stingy.” In his resistance and confrontation of this occupation.”