[Ppnews] Sa'adat calls for mass Palestinian movement for national unity and resistance

[Political Prisoner News]

*Sa'adat calls for mass Palestinian movement for national unity and 
resistance
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*http://freeahmadsaadat.org/saadat8412.html
*

Recently released Palestinian political prisoner Yousef Abu Ghoulmeh, 
freed in late July 2012, shared a prison cell with Ahmad Sa'adat for 
nearly three months following the end of the prisoners' hunger strike - 
and Sa'adat's release from isolation. Abu Ghoulmeh spoke with Voice of 
the People radio station on August 4, 2012, discussing Sa'adat's 
comments, political insights, and the current situation of Sa'adat and 
his fellow Palestinian political prisoners behind occupation bars.

Ahmad Sa'adat is the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the 
Liberation of Palestine, a member of the Palestinian Legislative 
Council, and a Palestinian national leader. He had been held in 
isolation for over three years when the agreement ending the hunger 
strike saw his return to the general prison population (His - and his 
fellow prisoners' - isolation had been a major factor in several large 
hunger strikes.)

Abu Ghoulmeh said that Sa'adat urged the Palestinian masses, and all 
Palestinian political and social forces and organizations to engage in 
mass mobilization and take the streets, demanding an end to the 
Palestinian internal fragmentation and division, emphasizing the harm 
such division caused to the Palestinian national movement. He noted that 
Sa'adat emphasized that Hamas and Fateh have particular responsibility 
to bear to end the state of division. Centrally, Sa'adat urged, the end 
of division can only come through a united front to expose the crimes of 
the occupation and build resistance through all and varied forms of 
struggle; there is no hope or future in absurd negotiations, said 
Sa'adat. In particular, he noted that the Israeli government will often 
engage in forms of political blackmail and machinations including 
promises of releasing prisoners, some who have been imprisoned for 
decades, in order to spur further pseudo-negotiations; he denounced any 
participation in such schemes as engaging with an occupation deception 
that will only harm the Palestinian national cause.

Abu Ghoulmeh further said that Sa'adat urged Palestinian political 
forces to make strong efforts to free all of the Palestinian prisoners 
behind occupation bars, and to prioritize the prisoners' case as part of 
the Palestinian struggle to regain the people's land and rights. Sa'adat 
asked Abu Ghoulmeh to convey his greetings to the Palestinian people, 
inside Palestine and in exile and diaspora, and particularly Palestinian 
refugees in the camps, struggling to return, especially those in 
Lebanon, Syria and Jordan facing difficult circumstances.

Sa'adat is strong and healthy despite his repeated hunger strikes and 
lengthy isolation and imprisonment, reported Abu Ghoulmeh, noting that 
throughout their time sharing a room at Gilboa, Sa'adat was steadfast 
and vital, filled with enthusiasm, and never lost hope in Palestinian 
victory.

Abu Ghoulmeh also provided an update on the current situation of 
Palestinian political prisoners behind bars, nearly three months 
following the end of the mass hunger strike of April-May 2012. He noted 
that the occupation authorities are continuing to fail to implement the 
agreement with the prisoners, and have not come through on promised 
improvements to living conditions, continue aggressive late-night 
inspections and ransacking of cells, abusive methods of transfer of 
prisoners, and denial of family visits under security pretexts. In 
addition, Abu Ghoulmeh reported that administrative detention without 
charge or trial continues at the same level as prior to the strike, 
saying it was a mechanism of the occupation to pressure the Palestinian 
people and Palestinian freedom fighters.
-- 
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