RAMALLAH, The Presidency today warned any harm resulting from Israeli brutal measures against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody would implode the situation.
The Presidency stated in a press statement that any harm to the prisoners resulting from the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) brutal measures would explode the situation not only inside prisons, but also outside them, while reiterating that such measures contravene all international humanitarian instruments and norms, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention.
It held the Israeli government fully responsible for the lives of all prisoners while adding that the Palestinian leadership and people stand by the prisoners in their battle to defend their dignity at a time when Israel continues its disregard for international law by its intransigent position of choosing to crackdown on the prisoners.
It said that President Mahmoud Abbas was closely following up on the prisoners’ suffering and would keep their issue high on the agenda while noting that he would demand the world during his upcoming UNGA speech to assume its responsibilities, especially that Israel was persisting in its intransigence and arrogance, and continues its unilateral policies of raids, colonial settlement construction, encroachments upon holy sites, home demolitions and extrajudicial killings, among others.
The statement concluded by hailing the prisoners as heroes and symbols of the Palestinian people and taking pride in their steadfastness.
Source: Palestine News & Info Agency