Vorige week vroeg Aaron Lerner van IMRA aan het Palestijnse departement dat over de gevangenen in Israël gaat, of men vond dat alle gevangenen vrij moesten worden gelaten voor de ondertekening van een vredesovereenkomst, ook Palestijnen die na de Annapolis conferentie, dus tijdens de vredesonderhandelingen, gearresteerd zullen worden. De directeur van het Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs antwoordt:
"You are talking about people detained for resistance operations that take place during the negotiations between Abu Mazen and Mr. Olmert - right?
It is the position of the Ministry that all prisoners should be released during this process. They are engaged in resistance against the Israeli occupation - not against the peace process.
We want all the prisoners to be released because the reason that they were retained was resistance to the occupation."
"You are talking about people detained for resistance operations that take place during the negotiations between Abu Mazen and Mr. Olmert - right?
It is the position of the Ministry that all prisoners should be released during this process. They are engaged in resistance against the Israeli occupation - not against the peace process.
We want all the prisoners to be released because the reason that they were retained was resistance to the occupation."
Wat hij in feite zegt, is dat het vermoorden van Israëli's of een poging daartoe (want dat is waar veel gevangenen voor zijn gearresteerd) legitiem verzet is tegen de bezetting. Dit is op zijn zachtst gezegd een beetje vreemd, want de regering onder leiding van Abbas heeft zich officiëel uitgesproken tegen geweld en aanslagen op Israëli's. Als er een vredesverdrag komt zal een amnestie regeling daar wellicht onderdeel van uitmaken, maar om op voorhand te zeggen dat iedereen die zich bezig houdt met 'verzet tegen de bezetting' vrijuit moet gaan is een ander verhaal. Het is immers de bedoeling dat de Palestijnse Autoriteit voor orde gaat zorgen en aanslagen op Israëli's gaat voorkomen. Als men deze aanvallen en aanslagen consequent met 'verzetsoperaties' aanduidt, en de plegers die daarbij omkomen als'martelaren' prijst zoals gebruikelijk bij de Palestijnen, bevordert en steunt men deze juist in plaats van ze tegen te gaan. Het feit dat politieagenten vorige week een Israëlische burger dood schoten is dan ook niet vreemd. Hoe één en ander zich tot de Routekaart en de mooie vredeswoorden op Annapolis verhoudt, is een geheel andere vraag.
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PA Official to IMRA:
PA Official to IMRA:
Killing Israelis is resistance to occupation - not peace process,
Palestinians who kill Israelis should not be imprisoned
Dr. Aaron Lerner / Date: 27 November 2007
Dr. Aaron Lerner / Date: 27 November 2007
Question to Mr. Saleh Nazal, Director, Minister's Office - Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs in English: I wanted to understand the Palestinians position demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners by the time of the signing of an agreement. Would this also apply to Palestinians arrested for activities they carried out after Annapolis - during the negotiation period until the signing.
Would those people also, by the Palestinian view, have to be released by the time of the signing or would they have a different status?
Nazal: You are talking about people detained for resistance operations that take place during the negotiations between Abu Mazen and Mr. Olmert - right?
IMRA: Yes.
Nazal: It is the position of the Ministry that all prisoners should be released during this process. They are engaged in resistance against the Israeli occupation - not against the peace process.
We want all the prisoners to be released because the reason that they were retained was resistance to the occupation.
IMRA: So that is to say that people detained for activities they carry out between Annapolis and the signing of an agreement should also qualify for release at the time of an agreement.
Nazal: As I told you before. This is resistance against the occupation. Not resistance against the negotiations.
The Israeli forces are arresting people, building settlements, building barriers. You are looking only now at one party and not looking at the other one.
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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Would those people also, by the Palestinian view, have to be released by the time of the signing or would they have a different status?
Nazal: You are talking about people detained for resistance operations that take place during the negotiations between Abu Mazen and Mr. Olmert - right?
IMRA: Yes.
Nazal: It is the position of the Ministry that all prisoners should be released during this process. They are engaged in resistance against the Israeli occupation - not against the peace process.
We want all the prisoners to be released because the reason that they were retained was resistance to the occupation.
IMRA: So that is to say that people detained for activities they carry out between Annapolis and the signing of an agreement should also qualify for release at the time of an agreement.
Nazal: As I told you before. This is resistance against the occupation. Not resistance against the negotiations.
The Israeli forces are arresting people, building settlements, building barriers. You are looking only now at one party and not looking at the other one.
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis
Website: www.imra.org.il
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