Many released prisoners spoke about how their joy at being released was incomplete given the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and the fact that they left comrades behind in Israel’s chambers of horror.
Nael Saleh al-Barghouti, 64, a Palestinian from the occupied Ramallah has been languishing in different Israeli jails for more than 42 years now on trumped-up charges.
The vast majority of Palestinians released had never been charged with a crime, and most had been in Israeli detention for less than one year, The New York Times reported.
The Globe and Mail Published April 15, 2021 Updated April 15, 2021
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