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</font><font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>25 Octobre 2005
Palestine International Press Center (IPC) (official Palestinian National
authority news source – Agence officielle <br>
de l’Autorité Nationale palestinienne)<br>
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40,000 Residents Arrested during Al Aqsa Intifada Mostly were from W.
Bank<br>
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GAZA, Palestine,October 25, 2005, (IPC) --- The statistics issued by the
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Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Prisoner Affairs affirmed that the number
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of the detainees reached to 40,000 during Al Aqsa Intifada.<br>
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The Ministry reported that the number of the detainees was in Gaza Strip
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compared with (4997) detainees in the WB during the 1st year of the <br>
Intifada, the number also increased, in the 2nd year, to (357) in Gaza
<br>
while (9663) in the WB. in the 3rd year, the number of the detainees in
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the west bank amounted (9530) but it was relatively smaller in Gaza <br>
Strip (266).<br>
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During the 4th year of the Intifada, the number increased to (268) in
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Gaza Strip compared to (3841) detainees in the WB, meanwhile, the 5th
<br>
year of the Intifada witnessed a decrease in the number of the detainees
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in Gaza Strip (173) while in the West Bank increased to (3950).<br>
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The report explained that the percentage of the arrest raid were 4.2% in
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the Strip compared with 95.8% in the W.B; pointing out that the <br>
statistical figures excluded thousands of the citizens who were held or
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arrested for a relatively short hours or days.<br>
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The report added that the arrest's campaigns included children, youths,
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women, old men, and overall families, in which the Israeli occupation
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troops all forms and techniques such as the attack against cities, <br>
villages and camps, and house-house search backed by military tanks,
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vehicles and air covering.<br>
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The ministry of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners mentioned that the IOF used
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undercover units and commandos forces for kidnapping the residents and
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changed the military checkpoints and the crossings to ambushes.<br>
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The arrest's campaigns targeted many political leaders and members of
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the Palestinian Legislative Council like Marawan Al Barghothy, Husam
<br>
Khader, Hassen Yousif and Tayseer Khaled; using innocent citizens as
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human shield, as well as, they turned the institutions and schools into
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prisons.<br>
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The manager of the statistic department Mr. Abed Al Nasser Firwana <br>
reported that the IOF continue to arrest Palestinians in spite of the
<br>
cease-fire agreement which has been announced in February 2005.<br>
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He also added that the IOF have arrested more than 2,000 residents after
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releasing (898) prisoners since Sharm El Sheikh Understanding in <br>
February 2005. Moreover the IOF demeaned the prisoners cruelly as four
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prisoners have been died inside the Israeli jails since t Sharm El <br>
Sheikh Understandings, identified as Abed Al Fattah Radad, Ali Abu Rob,
<br>
Bashar Bin Oda and Jawed Abu Mghesib.<br>
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Mr. Firwana said that the Israeli procedures threaten the state of calm
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between the Palestinians and the Israelis; urging the international <br>
community to interfere to protect the prisoner's life and to keep peace
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process and stability in the area.<br>
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He urged the Palestinian people, national and Islamic factions and all
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the entire law and human organizations to protest and to support the
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prisoners' cause as well as to participate in the international campaign
<br>
for defending prisoners' rights which was announced by the Ministry of
<br>
Prisoner Affairs last September.<br>
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