Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 27.01.2025
The President of American imperialism, Donald Trump, said that Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza when he spoke to reporters on Saturday.
He told the reporters that he spoke with Jordan’s King Abdullah on the phone day and said to him that the Gaza Strip is currently a real mess and that the king should take more Palestinians from Gaza. The phone call with King Abdullah came on the same day that the second prisoner-hostage exchange took place, in which four female Israeli soldiers were returned to Israel after spending 477 days in Hamas captivity. In exchange, 114 Palestinian prisoners were released from Ofer Prison and were brought to Ramallah, 16 were taken to Gaza, and 70 were deported to Egypt. He also said that Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza.
“I’d like Egypt to take people,” Trump told the reporter. He added that he planned on speaking to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday.” [i]
At the same time, he released to Israel the heavy bombs that Biden did not deliver to Israel.
The phone call with King Abdullah came on the same day that the second prisoner-hostage exchange took place, in which four female Israeli soldiers were returned to Israel after spending 477 days in Hamas captivity.
So far, 290 Palestinian prisoners and seven Israeli hostages have been released in total. The majority of those Israel said it would release were detained after Hamas’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Some of them have been serving life sentences in Israeli prisons. Most others have been imprisoned without charge.
In administrative detention, a person is held without trial without committing an offense because he or she plans to break the law. As this measure is supposed to be preventive, it has no time limit. The person is detained without legal proceedings by order of the regional military commander based on classified evidence that is not revealed to them. This leaves the detainees helpless – facing unknown allegations with no way to disprove them, not knowing when they will be released, and without being charged, tried, or convicted.
“Israel routinely uses administrative detention and has, over the years, placed thousands of Palestinians behind bars for periods ranging from several months to several years without charging them, telling them what they are accused of, and disclosing the alleged evidence to them or to their lawyers.” [ii]
Israel is delaying the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza. Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians trying to return to their homes in the north of the Gaza Strip, killing at least one person, as Hamas accused Israel of delaying the implementation of the terms of the ceasefire deal. Israel claims that it is because Hamas violates a ceasefire agreement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Saturday night. The decision came after Hamas released four female Israeli soldiers who had been held hostage for 477 days but did not include a civilian hostage, Arbel Yehud, who is likely not in the hands of Hamas but in the hands of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Down with the Zionist monster!
For Palestine, red and free from the river to the sea!
Endnotes:
[i] https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-839236
[ii] https://www.btselem.org/administrative_detention