Éirígí Joins Global Call For The Release Of Palestinian Prisoners

Éirígí For A New Republic activists have unfurled a pro-Palestinian banner in the Garden of Remembrance. The display was one of many actions that will take place across the world between January 15th and January 29th to demand the release of Ahmad Sa’adat and all other Palestinian prisoners.

In October 2001, during the Second Intifada, Ahmad Sa’adat was elected Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Two weeks later, PFLP activists assassinated hated Israeli Minister Rehavam Zeevi provoking a furious Israeli backlash. Succumbing to Israeli and US pressure, Palestinian Authority special forces arrested Ahman Sa’adat on January 15th 2002. He was held in Yasser Arafat’s compound in Ramallah.

After a month-long Israeli siege of Arafat’s compound, Sa’adat was handed over into US/British custody in Jericho Prison. In March 2006, Israeli forces stormed Jericho Prison, capturing Sa’adat and hundreds of other political prisoners. Two years later, an Israeli military court sentenced Sa’adat to 30 years.