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Free Ahmad Sa’adat, Free Palestine: 23 Years of Injustice and Resistance

Source: Palestine Chronicle, Author Benay Blend

January 15, 2025, marks the 23rd anniversary of Ahmad Sa’adat’s arrest by the Palestinian Authority (PA) under the pretext of “security cooperation” with the Israeli occupation. After Zionist forces abducted him from the PA’s Jericho Prison, he was sentenced to spend 30 years in Israeli prisons on December 25, 2008, accused of leading a prohibited organization, the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) of which he is the General Secretary.

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The systemic assassination, imprisonment, and detention of Palestinian political leaders is reflected in the sentencing of Sa’adat and other members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, including human rights activist and feminist Khalida Jarrar.

Those detained today comprise approximately 9,440 Palestinians imprisoned on similar “security” grounds, including 1,761 from the Gaza Strip. These numbers were reported by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, and are accurate as of June 2024.

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