President Condemns Israeli Negligence of Palestinian Prisoners, Urges International Action
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President Michel Suleiman urged the international community on Thursday to pressure Israel into respecting international treaties on prisoners rights after the death of a Palestinian prisoner suffering from terminal cancer.
Suleiman condemned “the premeditated Israeli negligence of the situation of prisoners in Israeli jails" that led to the death of Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh on Tuesday.
“Israel, which fights unarmed Palestinians with warplanes and tanks, is refraining from providing care for sick prisoners” and is violating norms, conventions and morals, he said.
He also slammed Israeli leaders for neglecting humanitarian and social issues.
Abu Hamdiyeh, 64, died at Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva where he was suffering from terminal throat cancer.
Abu Hamdiyeh, who was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to life in jail, began complaining of throat problems about nine months ago and was subsequently diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.
The Israel Prisons Service said a process for his early release had been under way in the light of his deteriorating health.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his death.
03 April 2013, 15:10
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Agreed, but there is a greater priority you need to worry about, and that is Syruan Negligence, attacks on your own people, countless breaches of sovereignty, hezballah having no respect for the disassociation policy & out killing Syrians as part of their jihadist duties.
03 April 2013, 20:52
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Crap? Do you expect and/or want a mall security guard to to carry out the duties of a police officer or a trained soldier without the benefit of the training, support and military equipment of the soldier? No. Suleiman is a figurehead, and, you are correct, in the current situation he is not capable of more. So, giving the allusion that your care re. the Palestinian and/or their cause is the P.C. thing to do in the Middle East, specially if Israel is associated with it. But do you realize all that does not matter if the culprits are their fellow Arab brothers? I don't give a "f..." or care one way or another re. Israeli and/or their agenda. All that Lebanese should care about is that the Palestinians with their weapons are routed out of Lebanon, and H.A. and Iran can follow them wherever they go to help fight for their cause.
03 April 2013, 20:52
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But would the Palestinians have afforded cancer care to an Israeli prisoner? Did the Palestinians care about the young boys they abducted during the sol called "civil war" in the 1970s? Or this they use their bodies for blood supply for injured Palestinian soldiers?
03 April 2013, 21:26
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The President is doing what is expected of him. But has the widow of Butcher Arafat who is living the life in Southern France come forward with any type of help? I can think of some ways she can be relevant.
03 April 2013, 21:26
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The President is doing what is expected of him. But has the widow of Butcher Arafat who is living the life in Southern France come forward with any type of help? I can think of some ways she can be relevant.
04 April 2013, 00:00
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Vincent, why should they offer cancer care for an israeli prisoner when they arent occupying the "israelis"? They havent stolen their lands, nor destroyed their homes nor destroyed their lifes. The one prisoner they had was treated well according to his own account and this despite that he was a terrorist part of the so called IDF. Whereas the palestinian prisoners are political prisoners, among them even children who are tortured inside israeli jails. Comparing the two scenarios is fruitless since the occupied has no obligation towards the occupying thief.
04 April 2013, 00:08
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Another thing vincent is which palestinians are you talking about? If your talking about the PLO thugs then you might as well ask the same about our own thugs. Each and every lebanese militia kidnapped people, robbed, murdered etc during the civil war. I will not be blamed for that just because i happen to be lebanese therefor i will not blame palestinians for the actions of the PLO which as you might have forgotten also had many lebanese comitting thuggery when they were part of it, add to that the thugs of the rest of the militias and you will realize that nobody comitted as much thuggery in lebanon as we lebanese ourselves did, not even close. So lets move on instead of living in the dark past. A child being tortured or a political prisoner denied treatment is a tragedy and it has nothing to do with our civil war or arafat, gemayel, geagea, jumblatt, berri or any other of the militia leaders that caused much harm to lebanese and palestinian civilians.
03 April 2013, 15:25
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This is your worry Mr. President? palestinian prisonners? with all the problems lebanon has, you think of this issue? 3ayb ya ra2is.
03 April 2013, 15:49
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Good point Mr. President but what about the Lebanese prisoners in Syria and all others problems that our country is facing?
03 April 2013, 21:10
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the roar enlighten me and tell me where you ve read hatred in his posts? or you see hatred among everyone who does not belong to your political opinions?
03 April 2013, 21:45
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no it does not help as you failed to give me an example of his hatred... on this page for example i don t see hatred in his posts how come you see hatred? he is giving his opinion. that is why i m asking ...
but never mind..
