[Pnews] PFLP: Detention of Abla Saadat targets Palestinian women's resilience

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PFLP: Detention of Saadat targets Palestinian women's resilience
Al Mayadeen English
September 17, 2024
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Following the occupation's detention of Abla Saadat, wife of PFLP
Secretary-General Ahmed Saadat, the PFLP releases a statement saying that
the detention constitutes a new crime by the Israeli occupation.
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   - An undated image of Abla Saadat sitting with a poster of PFLP leader
   Ahmad Saadat behind her. (Social media)

Following the detention of activist Abla Saadat, wife of the General
Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmad
Saadat, the PFLP released a statement calling her detention a new crime by
the Israeli occupation.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stressed that "the
detention of comrade Abla Saadat, the wife of the imprisoned
Secretary-General, Comrade Ahmed Saadat, is a new Zionist crime added to
the occupation's record of crimes against our people."

The PFLP explained that Saadat's detention "comes within the framework of a
systematic policy targeting the leaders of the national and feminist
movement and their families, in a desperate attempt to discourage them from
continuing their struggle against the occupation
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-diagnosed-with-leukemia-shortly-after-israeli-ja>
."

In their statement, the PFLP pointed out that "targeting Saadat, who has
always suffered from the bitterness of detention and who represents a
symbol of steadfastness and struggle
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-tortured-to-death-in-israeli-prison--torture-sig>,
along with her comrade, Comrade Abu Ghassan [her husband] and a group of
male and female fighters, falls within a plan that targets the leaders of
the Palestinian people, especially Palestinian women, who have always been
at the forefront of the national movement."

The Front emphasized the inability of these crimes to undermine the
determination of the Palestinian people, and their lack of impact "on the
will of the militants who continue their resistance despite all the
occupation's failed attempts to break them, nor will they undermine the
determination of the national activist Abla Saadat or break the advanced
revolutionary model represented by Commander Ahmed Saadat."

The PFLP added in their statement that this detention highlights the
Israeli occupation’s criminal policies toward Palestinian women, who are
continuously subjected to abuse and detention, as seen with Khalida Jarrar
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-detains-liberated-pflp-leader-khalida-jarrar--others-in>,
who remains in solitary confinement and faces further abuse and oppression.
These crimes aim to undermine the role of women in the national movement.

The PFLP urged for "intensifying all forms of support and solidarity with
detainees" to maintain pressure on the occupation, demanding an end to its
oppressive policies and crimes. They emphasized the need for expanded
international efforts to end detainees' suffering
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and "hold the Zionist jailers accountable" for their crimes.
*IOF detain wife of PFLP secretary-general*

At dawn Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces detained Abla Saadat
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-arrest-wife-of-the-secretary-general-of-pflp>
after raiding their home in al-Bireh, West Bank.

*Al Mayadeen's *correspondent in the West Bank confirmed that Abla Saadat
was detained amid a large-scale raid by Israeli occupation forces.
Additionally, another young woman from the al-Qadi family was detained
during the operation. The reasons behind their detentions remain unknown at
this time.

Palestinian media also reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed the
Balata Camp and its surrounding areas in eastern Nablus, arresting multiple
youths. In response, the "Youth of Revenge and Liberation - Balata Camp,"
affiliated with the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the
Fatah movement, announced that their fighters engaged in confrontations
with the Israeli forces, also targeting the advancing occupation troops
with gunfire.

According to *WAFA*, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Silwad,
located northeast of Ramallah. The agency reported that multiple military
vehicles entered several neighborhoods within the town, resulting in the
arrest of three young men and the confiscation of their vehicle.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club
confirmed on Saturday that since the beginning of the war against the
Palestinians on October 7, the Israeli occupation forces have detained over
10,700 Palestinians
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-arrest-10-700--palestinians-in-west-bank-since-oct--7--p>
from the West Bank and occupied al-Quds.

*Read more: Rights groups call for urgent action to protect Palestinian
detainees
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/rights-groups-call-for-urgent-action-to-protect-palestinian>*
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