Today, Tuesday, marks the 17th anniversary of the kidnapping of the Secretary-General of the Popular Front, Ahmed Saadat, and his companions, who are accused of carrying out the assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism, Rehavam Zeevi, as part of a major military operation of the occupation that targeted the Jericho prison of the Palestinian Authority.
And the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) - quoting the Captive Club - reported that Saadat (70 years) from Ramallah is serving a 30-year prison sentence, and has been arrested at least 7 times, before his continuous arrest since March 14, 2006.
At that time, about 20 Israeli military vehicles invaded the compound that houses the Muqata'a headquarters and the Palestinian prison, where Saadat was being held under British-American supervision.
Over the years of his detention, Saadat (a father of 4 children) faced years of deprivation of visitation and solitary confinement. After his experience in isolation, Saadat was able to write a book entitled "Echo of Shackles", in which he deals with the policy of solitary confinement in the occupation prisons.
The occupation forces kidnapped Saadat and his comrades during a military operation targeting the Jericho prison of the Palestinian Authority (Reuters)
As for his comrades who were arrested by the occupation during the storming of the Jericho prison, one of them is the prisoner Ahed Abu Ghulamy (53 years) from Nablus, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and 5 years, and he was also subjected, throughout the years of his detention, to the denial of visitation, and this continued until 2019.
Likewise, the prisoner Hamdi Qaraan is serving a life sentence, the prisoner Basil Asmar is serving a life sentence and 20 years, the prisoner Majdi Al-Rimawi is sentenced to life and 80 years, the prisoner Yasser Abu Turki is sentenced to life imprisonment and 20 years, and the prisoner Amr Hamil is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Among the detainees was Major General Fouad Al-Shobaki, who was released by the occupation authorities on Monday after he spent 17 years in Israeli prisons.