Important News
- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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Al-Husseini: The Issue of Prisoners is Human Issue
RAMALLAH, April 12, 2007, (WAFA)- Head of President's Office, Rafiq al-Husseini, reiterated Thursday on the necessity of the release of all prisoners in Israeli jails.
In an address, on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, al-Husseini asserted that the cause of prisoners is a "human cause", mentioning that more than 10000 prisoners in Israeli jails.
His speech came in a public meeting on the occasion of the "Prisoner's Day" in Ramallah.
He called the representatives of the foreign countries to pay attention to the issue of the Palestinian prisoners similar to their attention to the Israeli captured soldier Shalit.
He pointed out that the Palestinian prisoners are "prisoners of war", recalling that a lot of them were not brought to court despite their spending long years in prison.
S.A.S. (16:14P) (13:14 GMT)
