Israel’s government has released a list of 26 Palestinian prisoners who are to be freed later on Tuesday as part of the deal which will see peace talks take place on Wednesday. The list of names sets the stage for myriad legal battles in Israeli courts, as the release is unpopular and many are hoping to prevent their release.
Housing Minister Uri Ariel condemned the decision as a “mockery of justice,” while several advocacy groups have been blasting the decision as an insult to the victims of violence during previous attacks.
Proponents say that the releases, which cover Palestinians arrested for attacks before the 1994 interim peace agreement, is long overdue and that both sides committed large amounts of violence before that deal was in place.
The move is also virtually obligatory to get the Palestinian Authority to attend the talks, especially after Minister Ariel announced massive settlement expansions yesterday. With Israel having already reneged on a quiet promise of limiting settlement construction before the talks even began, the prisoner releases are materially all the PA is getting for talks that no one really expects to end in a real deal.
It would help to tell us how many years remain to be served by those poor prisoners. Knowing the shit*y little state most of them would have served the majority of their sentences. But this enemy of humanity, Uri Ariel wants them to stay and most probably would hold them indefinitely given half a chance.
There is no 2 opinions about it, this country is a racist, apartheid illegitimate failure of a nation, the faster it goes down with its present form the better off the entire world will be.
Marwan Barghouti to be released?!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haaretz reporting: http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.p…
‘The same official said the final decision will be influenced by what happens on Tuesday with respect to Israel’s planned release of Palestinian prisoners.
“Abbas sent messages on Monday, reassuring the families of prisoners whose names did not appear on the list of 26 to be released on Tuesday, saying he is certain all 104 of the veteran prisoners – those who have been in jail since before the Oslo Accord was signed in 1993 – will eventually be released. Their release does not depend solely on progress in the talks, he explained, since in exchange for their freedom, the PA has agreed to freeze all plans to seek action against Israel through UN institutions.
If Wednesday’s talks go forward as planned, Haaretz has learned that the Palestinians plan to demand the release of additional prisoners on top of the 104 to which Israel has already agreed. These additional prisoners will include senior Fatah official MARWAN BARGHOUTI and Ahmad Sa’adat, the secretary general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine”
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The release of MARWAN BARGHOUTI is the only prisoner release which is important STRATEGICALLY important for Palestine.
How much longer can the Vichy-Palestine government of Abbas last with Barghouti on the loose?
Time for Palestinian elections and have Marwan Barghouti on the ‘negotiating team’ up against Indyk and the rest of the Israelis