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“We say that we are keen on conveying the prisoners’ message to all regional and international platforms,” Khaled Meshaal said in a television interview on the occasion of the Prisoner's Day on Sunday, which is marked by the Palestinians on April 17 every year, the Palestinian Information Center reported.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meshaal went on to say that the main task for Hamas and all Palestinian factions is to guarantee the freedom of Palestinian prisoners, noting that the Gaza-based resistance movement is pursuing all available means to alleviate the suffering of the detainees and to release them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He underlined the fact that Israel does not release Palestinian prisoners except through resistance, not through negotiations or bargaining, stressing that they will force Israel to free the detainees.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
“The resistance is the way to liberate Palestinian land and prisoners”, Meshaal said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier in the day, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called upon the international community as well as signatories to the Geneva Conventions to take on their responsibilities concerning protection of Palestinian detainees.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The ministry said in a statement that Israel must be held accountable for its persecution of Palestinian people, including its mass and arbitrary detentions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Geneva Conventions, four international treaties that aim to protect people not involved in conflict — civilians, medics, prisoners of war and soldiers who can no longer fight — were adopted on August 12, 1949 after lengthy deliberations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The silence of the international community has enabled Israeli authorities to continue the policy of arbitrary detentions and systematic violations against Palestinian prisoners, their families, and their rights, the Palestinian foreign ministry said.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2021-04-19 00:48:07","content_date_finish":"2021-04-19 00:48:07","content_date_register":"2021-04-19 00:51:09","content_date_last_edit":"2021-04-19 00:51:09","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3780812710","attach_date_register":"2021-04-19 00:51:03","attach_id":"15294","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1000","attach_img_height":"562","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"221","visit_date_last":"2024-11-24 04:32:04","attach_title":"Top Hamas official: We will force Israel to free Palestinian prisoners 2","node_title":"News,Palestine","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":120, \"left\":51, \"right\":52}]","node_number":"2","allowable_node":"2"}]]