AMMAN – The government of Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its supporters have propagated a narrative
suggesting that the Palestinian prisoners proposed for release under the
ceasefire are all extremist terrorists who have committed violent crimes.
However, the truth is that more than two-thirds of these prisoners have not
been
convicted of any crimes, and most of them were arrested when they were
children.
اضافة اعلان
According to The Intercept and Khaberni, the
Israeli government's narrative regarding the release of prisoners is deceitful
and untrue. This narrative is accompanied by Interior Minister Itamar Ben Gvir
preventing them and their families from celebrating their release, stating,
"My instructions are clear: no expression of joy. Expressing joy is
equivalent to supporting terrorism." He also asked the Israeli police to
use an "iron fist" to enforce his decree.
Israel released a list of alleged
crimes committed by these prisoners, although the vast majority of the 300 prisoners
Israel proposes to release are teenagers, with 124 of them being under the age
of 18. Among those who are 18, 146 of them were in prison, meaning these
Palestinians were children when Israel arrested them, according to the
definitions stipulated in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Intercept noted that out of the 300 names
Israel proposed to release, 233 have not been convicted of any crimes. They are
simply classified as "under arrest," but the Israeli narrative
promotes them as under fair judicial procedures, and says they will ultimately
be tried fairly and impartially. This, according to the website, is a farce
because Palestinians are tried in military courts, often denied contact with
lawyers, held in isolation for long periods, and subjected to other forms of violations.
Despite Israel being the only country routinely
trying
children in military courts, and its system facing repeated criticism
and condemnation from major international human rights organizations and
institutions, it asks the world to believe that all these prisoners are
dangerous terrorists.
The newspaper concluded that all the
Palestinians listed in this document are from the
occupied West Bank and have
lived their entire lives under the apartheid system. While some may have
committed acts of violence, it is ridiculous and unfair to pretend that the
context of this violence is unrelated to the reality of their lives, especially
with violent Israeli settlers often escaping punishment as they mercilessly
target Palestinians in an attempt to force them out of their homes.
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