A stand in Nablus in support of the Palestinian prisoners in the occupation detention centers

Dozens of Palestinians participated today in a stand in the city of Nablus, in the West Bank, in support of prisoners in the Israeli occupation detention centers, and in celebration of the release of the Palestinian freedom fighter Maher Younes, after spending 40 years in Israeli jails.

Wafa Agency stated that the participants in the vigil, organized by the Palestinian National Forces and the Prisoners Support Committee at the Martyrs’ Square in Nablus, raised the Palestinian flag and pictures of the prisoners, including the freed prisoners Karim and Maher Younes, and banners calling on the concerned human rights institutions and the international community to stand with the prisoners, support them and release them, especially the sick, children and women.

The participants affirmed that the practices of the occupation forces against the prisoners constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, and they summarize the occupation’s policy against the entire Palestinian people, and they are inconsistent with all international conventions and norms, including the Fourth Geneva Convention. The participants stressed that the Palestinian people will continue with their resistance and steadfastness to expose the crimes of the occupation and liberate their land.

The occupation authorities released the prisoner, Maher Yunes, 61 years old, from the village of A’ara inside the occupied Palestinian territories of 1948, after 40 years in the occupation’s detention centers. However, the occupation forces deployed in the vicinity of the Yunes family’s home before his arrival in an attempt to prevent any celebration on his liberation after all these years of detention.