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<p><strong><big>Sa'adat calls for mass Palestinian movement for
national unity and resistance</big><br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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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