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Samidoun Denounces the Detention of Asier and Youssef and the Escalation of Criminalization Targeting Palestine Solidarity: Spain

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the detention of Asier and Youssef, two internationalist activists from the Basque Country committed to the defense of the Palestinian people, by the Spanish National Police in yet another episode of the growing repressive offensive targeting those who organize, inform, and act in defense of Palestine and its legitimate right to resistance.

These detentions cannot be understood as isolated incidents. They form part of an increasingly evident strategy of political persecution directed against organizations, collectives, alternative media outlets, activists, and individuals committed to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine. While the Zionist regime continues carrying out a genocidal campaign against Gaza, intensifies its aggressions against the Palestinian people throughout occupied Palestine, from the river to the sea, and expands its attacks against the peoples of the region, it is those who denounce these crimes who end up being persecuted, monitored, interrogated, or detained.

In this process, the apparatuses of the Spanish state are playing an increasingly active role in the criminalization of solidarity with Palestine, aligning themselves with the policies promoted by the United States, the European Union, and the Zionist regime in an attempt to isolate and silence the international solidarity movement. The persecution of activists, journalists, communicators, and solidarity organizations is not aimed at combating any real crime; rather, it seeks to generate fear, discourage mobilization, and send a warning to those who refuse to remain silent in the face of genocide.

It is revealing that, in the face of one of the most thoroughly documented processes of genocidal extermination of our time, police, judicial, and media resources are directed not against those who finance, arm, justify, or conceal these crimes, but against those who raise their voices to denounce them. Solidarity with Palestine is being portrayed as a threat, while those responsible for occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide continue to act with complete impunity.

Nor can the role played by certain media outlets and propaganda platforms be ignored. For months, they have publicly targeted Asier and Youssef, spreading unsubstantiated accusations, promoting smear campaigns, and helping to create a climate of political persecution. These media outlets do not act as neutral observers or defenders of freedom of information; they function as instruments of a broader operation aimed at criminalizing any expression of solidarity with Palestine and stigmatizing those who denounce the crimes of Zionism and imperialism.

Asier and Youssef carried out public work involving information, analysis, and dissemination concerning the Palestinian cause and the political and geopolitical realities of West Asia. Their work consisted of bringing facts, events, and perspectives to society that are often silenced or distorted by the mainstream media. The persecution of those who inform, investigate, analyze, or disseminate content related to Palestine constitutes a direct attack on the right of peoples to receive truthful, pluralistic, and critical information.

When informing becomes grounds for persecution, it is not only the rights of communicators that are violated; the right of society to understand international developments and to form its own opinions is also undermined. The right to information, freedom of expression, and open political debate are fundamental pillars of any society that claims to be democratic.

Recent actions against activists, communicators, and analysts raise an issue of enormous democratic significance. What happens when informing about Palestine, analyzing international political developments, or giving a voice to actors involved in regional conflicts comes to be treated as a security problem? What happens when the exercise of freedom of expression and the right to information cease to be protected and begin to be persecuted? When certain political positions are no longer challenged politically but instead become the target of police, judicial, and media operations, what is at stake is not only solidarity with Palestine, but the most basic democratic freedoms.

The accusation of “terrorism” has become a political tool designed to delegitimize inconvenient positions and restrict public debate. Under this logic, internationalist solidarity, anti-imperialism, support for national liberation movements, and the defense of the right of peoples to resist are presented as crimes, when they form part of a legitimate historical and political tradition recognized even by international law.

We recall that the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution 3070 (XXVIII), reaffirmed the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples subjected to colonial domination, foreign occupation, and subjugation by all means available to them. The Palestinian people are no exception. Attempts to criminalize support for their national and collective rights constitute a direct attack on internationally recognized fundamental principles.

This concerns the right of peoples to resist occupation, colonialism, and aggression; the right of societies to inform themselves, debate, and show solidarity without fear of reprisals; and the right of popular organizations to act without being persecuted for political reasons.

The detention of our comrades is not merely an attack against two solidarity activists. It is an attack against the entire Palestine solidarity movement, against freedom of expression, against the right to information, against the right to political organization, and against the right of peoples to stand with those who resist occupation, colonialism, and genocide.

The persecution of Asier and Youssef is intended to send a message to the entire Palestine solidarity movement: that informing, organizing, and taking a stand against genocide may have consequences. Our response must be exactly the opposite: more organization, more solidarity, and a deeper commitment to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.

On behalf of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, we express our full solidarity with Asier and Youssef, with their families, friends, and comrades, as well as with the entire Palestine solidarity movement in the Basque Country. We reject any attempt at intimidation directed against those who organize against genocide and reaffirm that repression will not succeed in isolating the Palestinian cause or breaking the internationalist commitment of peoples in struggle.

We will not ask permission to be in solidarity, nor will we accept that those who justify, finance, or conceal the destruction of a people decide which forms of solidarity are legitimate and which deserve punishment.

We will not renounce denouncing genocide, occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing; identifying those responsible; or defending the Palestinian people’s right to resistance, liberation, and return. The detention of our comrades also constitutes an attack on the right to inform and to be informed, on freedom of expression, and on the right of peoples to know the reality of Palestine and West Asia beyond the narratives imposed by centers of political, military, and media power.

Because silence in the face of injustice is a form of complicity. Because when human rights become the object of persecution, defending them ceases to be an option and becomes an obligation. Because the criminalization of solidarity is not confronted by retreating, but by expanding networks of support, denunciation, and resistance. Because in the face of the fear they seek to impose, our response must be more organization, greater awareness, and stronger internationalist solidarity.

Freedom for Asier and Youssef.

End the criminalization of solidarity with Palestine.

Defending Palestine is not a crime. Reporting is not a crime.

Long live internationalist solidarity.

Long live the Palestinian resistance.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

source: Samidoun

Samidoun Denounces the Detention of Asier and Youssef and the Escalation of Criminalization Targeting Palestine Solidarity: Spain

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the detention of Asier and Youssef, two internationalist activists from the Basque Country committed to the defense of the Palestinian people, by the Spanish National Police in yet another episode of the growing repressive offensive targeting those who organize, inform, and act in defense of Palestine and its legitimate right to resistance.

These detentions cannot be understood as isolated incidents. They form part of an increasingly evident strategy of political persecution directed against organizations, collectives, alternative media outlets, activists, and individuals committed to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine. While the Zionist regime continues carrying out a genocidal campaign against Gaza, intensifies its aggressions against the Palestinian people throughout occupied Palestine, from the river to the sea, and expands its attacks against the peoples of the region, it is those who denounce these crimes who end up being persecuted, monitored, interrogated, or detained.

In this process, the apparatuses of the Spanish state are playing an increasingly active role in the criminalization of solidarity with Palestine, aligning themselves with the policies promoted by the United States, the European Union, and the Zionist regime in an attempt to isolate and silence the international solidarity movement. The persecution of activists, journalists, communicators, and solidarity organizations is not aimed at combating any real crime; rather, it seeks to generate fear, discourage mobilization, and send a warning to those who refuse to remain silent in the face of genocide.

It is revealing that, in the face of one of the most thoroughly documented processes of genocidal extermination of our time, police, judicial, and media resources are directed not against those who finance, arm, justify, or conceal these crimes, but against those who raise their voices to denounce them. Solidarity with Palestine is being portrayed as a threat, while those responsible for occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide continue to act with complete impunity.

Nor can the role played by certain media outlets and propaganda platforms be ignored. For months, they have publicly targeted Asier and Youssef, spreading unsubstantiated accusations, promoting smear campaigns, and helping to create a climate of political persecution. These media outlets do not act as neutral observers or defenders of freedom of information; they function as instruments of a broader operation aimed at criminalizing any expression of solidarity with Palestine and stigmatizing those who denounce the crimes of Zionism and imperialism.

Asier and Youssef carried out public work involving information, analysis, and dissemination concerning the Palestinian cause and the political and geopolitical realities of West Asia. Their work consisted of bringing facts, events, and perspectives to society that are often silenced or distorted by the mainstream media. The persecution of those who inform, investigate, analyze, or disseminate content related to Palestine constitutes a direct attack on the right of peoples to receive truthful, pluralistic, and critical information.

When informing becomes grounds for persecution, it is not only the rights of communicators that are violated; the right of society to understand international developments and to form its own opinions is also undermined. The right to information, freedom of expression, and open political debate are fundamental pillars of any society that claims to be democratic.

Recent actions against activists, communicators, and analysts raise an issue of enormous democratic significance. What happens when informing about Palestine, analyzing international political developments, or giving a voice to actors involved in regional conflicts comes to be treated as a security problem? What happens when the exercise of freedom of expression and the right to information cease to be protected and begin to be persecuted? When certain political positions are no longer challenged politically but instead become the target of police, judicial, and media operations, what is at stake is not only solidarity with Palestine, but the most basic democratic freedoms.

The accusation of “terrorism” has become a political tool designed to delegitimize inconvenient positions and restrict public debate. Under this logic, internationalist solidarity, anti-imperialism, support for national liberation movements, and the defense of the right of peoples to resist are presented as crimes, when they form part of a legitimate historical and political tradition recognized even by international law.

We recall that the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution 3070 (XXVIII), reaffirmed the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples subjected to colonial domination, foreign occupation, and subjugation by all means available to them. The Palestinian people are no exception. Attempts to criminalize support for their national and collective rights constitute a direct attack on internationally recognized fundamental principles.

This concerns the right of peoples to resist occupation, colonialism, and aggression; the right of societies to inform themselves, debate, and show solidarity without fear of reprisals; and the right of popular organizations to act without being persecuted for political reasons.

The detention of our comrades is not merely an attack against two solidarity activists. It is an attack against the entire Palestine solidarity movement, against freedom of expression, against the right to information, against the right to political organization, and against the right of peoples to stand with those who resist occupation, colonialism, and genocide.

The persecution of Asier and Youssef is intended to send a message to the entire Palestine solidarity movement: that informing, organizing, and taking a stand against genocide may have consequences. Our response must be exactly the opposite: more organization, more solidarity, and a deeper commitment to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.

On behalf of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, we express our full solidarity with Asier and Youssef, with their families, friends, and comrades, as well as with the entire Palestine solidarity movement in the Basque Country. We reject any attempt at intimidation directed against those who organize against genocide and reaffirm that repression will not succeed in isolating the Palestinian cause or breaking the internationalist commitment of peoples in struggle.

We will not ask permission to be in solidarity, nor will we accept that those who justify, finance, or conceal the destruction of a people decide which forms of solidarity are legitimate and which deserve punishment.

We will not renounce denouncing genocide, occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing; identifying those responsible; or defending the Palestinian people’s right to resistance, liberation, and return. The detention of our comrades also constitutes an attack on the right to inform and to be informed, on freedom of expression, and on the right of peoples to know the reality of Palestine and West Asia beyond the narratives imposed by centers of political, military, and media power.

Because silence in the face of injustice is a form of complicity. Because when human rights become the object of persecution, defending them ceases to be an option and becomes an obligation. Because the criminalization of solidarity is not confronted by retreating, but by expanding networks of support, denunciation, and resistance. Because in the face of the fear they seek to impose, our response must be more organization, greater awareness, and stronger internationalist solidarity.

Freedom for Asier and Youssef.

End the criminalization of solidarity with Palestine.

Defending Palestine is not a crime. Reporting is not a crime.

Long live internationalist solidarity.

Long live the Palestinian resistance.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

source: Samidoun

Internetsperren für verbotenes Samidoun-Netzwerk greifen allmählich

Die israelfeindliche Organisation Samidoun ist in Deutschland seit November 2023 verboten. Doch erst seit wenigen Monaten verschwindet deren Website teilweise - auf Initiative der Landesmedienanstalten. Von E. Beres, J. Röhmel und S. Wolf.

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#Samidoun #Verbot

Internetsperren für verbotenes Samidoun-Netzwerk greifen allmählich

Die israelfeindliche Organisation Samidoun ist in Deutschland seit November 2023 verboten. Doch erst seit wenigen Monaten verschwindet deren Website teilweise - auf Initiative der Landesmedienanstalten. Von E. Beres, J. Röhmel und S. Wolf.

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#Samidoun #Verbot

Internetsperren für verbotenes Samidoun-Netzwerk greifen allmählich

Die israelfeindliche Organisation Samidoun ist in Deutschland seit November 2023 verboten. Doch erst seit wenigen Monaten verschwindet deren Website teilweise - auf Initiative der Landesmedienanstalten. Von E. Beres, J. Röhmel und S. Wolf.

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#Samidoun #Verbot

Internetsperren für verbotenes Samidoun-Netzwerk greifen allmählich

Die israelfeindliche Organisation Samidoun ist in Deutschland seit November 2023 verboten. Doch erst seit wenigen Monaten verschwindet deren Website teilweise - auf Initiative der Landesmedienanstalten. Von E. Beres, J. Röhmel und S. Wolf.

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#Samidoun #Verbot

Internetsperren für verbotenes Samidoun-Netzwerk greifen allmählich

Die israelfeindliche Organisation Samidoun ist in Deutschland seit November 2023 verboten. Doch erst seit wenigen Monaten verschwindet deren Website teilweise - auf Initiative der Landesmedienanstalten. Von E. Beres, J. Röhmel und S. Wolf.

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#Samidoun #Verbot

La Red de Solidaridad con las y los Presos Palestinos Samidoun denuncia la detención de Asier y Youssef y la escalada de criminalización contra la solidaridad con Palestina
https://rebelion.org/samidoun-denuncia-la-detencion-de-asier-y-youssef-y-la-escalada-de-criminalizacion-contra-la-solidaridad-con-palestina/
#PalestinaLibre #Samidoun

Samidoun Warns Against Zionist Attempts to Use “Red Cross visits” to Silence Palestinian Prisoners’ Voices

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network warned of the dangers of the Zionist occupation’s announcement purporting to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to enter the prisons and detention centers where Palestinian prisoners are held captive, without allowing it to conduct direct, face-to-face meetings with them. This purported announcement of ICRC visits is nothing but a sham; it does not represent the restoration of the Red Cross’s humanitarian role in relation to the Palestinian prisoners, but rather an attempt to restrict it and transform it into a witness of only what the jailer wishes to be seen.

The issue of the denial of Red Cross visits to the Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners is not merely whether an international institution can enter prison buildings, but whether it can access the truth from its primary source, the prisoners themselves, who constitute the most important party in any humanitarian or human rights monitoring process. The network added that excluding them from the visit means that the occupation seeks to manage the scene rather than expose reality.

The network stated that the occupation is attempting, at this stage, to produce a political and media outlet that reduces the growing pressure against it amid wide-scale international condemnation and rejection, despite the ongoing support and cover provided by the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Britain and other imperialist powers, without paying any real price or making any serious commitment to stop the assaults and violations taking place inside the prisons. On the contrary, the occupation boasts about its crimes against the prisoners, with notorious fascist Itamar Ben-Gvir marking his birthday with a cake featuring a noose, as war minister Israel Katz openly celebrates occupation soldiers who raped Palestinian prisoners.

The announced step includes neither clear guarantees nor independent oversight, nor does it genuinely enable international bodies to know what is happening to imprisoned Palestinians — it is only the prisoners themselves who can accurately convey their experiences and reveal the truth of their suffering.

Any purported role for the ICRC that lacks independence, confidentiality, and the ability to listen to prisoners becomes a role stripped of impact, not merely unhelpful but actively harmful. In practice, this serves the occupation’s desire to manage the crisis instead of ending it, and containing international outrage while actively continuing and escalating the very genocidal actions that are the spark for that outrage.

The network added that treating prisoners as invisible people, unheard by anyone and unable to have their testimonies reach the world, is a direct extension of the occupation’s policy of isolation imposed upon them, a policy that extends beyond walls and prisons to silencing their voices and preventing their families and international institutions from learning the truth about their conditions.

Accepting any incomplete or restricted visits for the ICRC constitutes a dangerous precedent, allowing the occupation to impose new rules on international humanitarian work, whereby it determines who the Red Cross may see and who it may not see, what may be documented and what must be concealed. This represents a direct assault on the very concept of humanitarian oversight itself as represented by the ICRC.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges the International Committee of the Red Cross to reject any arrangement that does not guarantee its full right to meet Palestinian prisoners directly and confidentially. This issue is a fundamental test of the credibility of its humanitarian role, rather than merely an administrative procedure or a protocol visit.

We also call upon all human rights forces, solidarity movements, and international institutions not to give the occupation an opportunity to use this step as a false message of reassurance. It stressed that what is required is real pressure to force the opening of the prisons to genuine oversight, expose the fate of the prisoners and the conditions of their detention, and put an end to policies of abuse, isolation, and deprivation – on the road to the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners, and the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

The freedom and dignity of prisoners cannot be reduced to arrangements determined by the occupation according to its own interests, and that any international action that does not begin with the voice of the prisoner and end with protecting them and holding their torturers accountable will remain incapable of fulfilling even the bare minimum of its humanitarian and human rights obligations.

source: Samidoun

Samidoun Warns Against Zionist Attempts to Use “Red Cross visits” to Silence Palestinian Prisoners’ Voices

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network warned of the dangers of the Zionist occupation’s announcement purporting to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to enter the prisons and detention centers where Palestinian prisoners are held captive, without allowing it to conduct direct, face-to-face meetings with them. This purported announcement of ICRC visits is nothing but a sham; it does not represent the restoration of the Red Cross’s humanitarian role in relation to the Palestinian prisoners, but rather an attempt to restrict it and transform it into a witness of only what the jailer wishes to be seen.

The issue of the denial of Red Cross visits to the Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners is not merely whether an international institution can enter prison buildings, but whether it can access the truth from its primary source, the prisoners themselves, who constitute the most important party in any humanitarian or human rights monitoring process. The network added that excluding them from the visit means that the occupation seeks to manage the scene rather than expose reality.

The network stated that the occupation is attempting, at this stage, to produce a political and media outlet that reduces the growing pressure against it amid wide-scale international condemnation and rejection, despite the ongoing support and cover provided by the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Britain and other imperialist powers, without paying any real price or making any serious commitment to stop the assaults and violations taking place inside the prisons. On the contrary, the occupation boasts about its crimes against the prisoners, with notorious fascist Itamar Ben-Gvir marking his birthday with a cake featuring a noose, as war minister Israel Katz openly celebrates occupation soldiers who raped Palestinian prisoners.

The announced step includes neither clear guarantees nor independent oversight, nor does it genuinely enable international bodies to know what is happening to imprisoned Palestinians — it is only the prisoners themselves who can accurately convey their experiences and reveal the truth of their suffering.

Any purported role for the ICRC that lacks independence, confidentiality, and the ability to listen to prisoners becomes a role stripped of impact, not merely unhelpful but actively harmful. In practice, this serves the occupation’s desire to manage the crisis instead of ending it, and containing international outrage while actively continuing and escalating the very genocidal actions that are the spark for that outrage.

The network added that treating prisoners as invisible people, unheard by anyone and unable to have their testimonies reach the world, is a direct extension of the occupation’s policy of isolation imposed upon them, a policy that extends beyond walls and prisons to silencing their voices and preventing their families and international institutions from learning the truth about their conditions.

Accepting any incomplete or restricted visits for the ICRC constitutes a dangerous precedent, allowing the occupation to impose new rules on international humanitarian work, whereby it determines who the Red Cross may see and who it may not see, what may be documented and what must be concealed. This represents a direct assault on the very concept of humanitarian oversight itself as represented by the ICRC.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges the International Committee of the Red Cross to reject any arrangement that does not guarantee its full right to meet Palestinian prisoners directly and confidentially. This issue is a fundamental test of the credibility of its humanitarian role, rather than merely an administrative procedure or a protocol visit.

We also call upon all human rights forces, solidarity movements, and international institutions not to give the occupation an opportunity to use this step as a false message of reassurance. It stressed that what is required is real pressure to force the opening of the prisons to genuine oversight, expose the fate of the prisoners and the conditions of their detention, and put an end to policies of abuse, isolation, and deprivation – on the road to the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners, and the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.

The freedom and dignity of prisoners cannot be reduced to arrangements determined by the occupation according to its own interests, and that any international action that does not begin with the voice of the prisoner and end with protecting them and holding their torturers accountable will remain incapable of fulfilling even the bare minimum of its humanitarian and human rights obligations.

source: Samidoun

The Cause of Palestinian Prisoners is at the Heart of the Struggle for Liberation

To mark Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, an international discussion was held, organized by Masar Badil: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, Alkarama, Tariq el-Tahrir, and Samidoun, bringing together dozens of participants in Madrid, Budapest, and online. The event, dedicated to the released prisoner Nael Barghouti, focused on the struggle of Palestinian prisoners as a fundamental pillar of the national liberation process.

An international call for the prisoners’ cause

The event was attended in person by approximately 50 people in Madrid and nearly 30 in Budapest, in addition to numerous participants connecting via Zoom. The talk was recorded in its entirety in Arabic, Spanish, and English, reflecting its internationalist character and its commitment to broadening the reach of the denunciation and mobilization.

The meeting was jointly convened by Masar Badil – Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Route Movement, Alkarama , Tariq El-Tahrir and Samidoun , within the framework of a day of political action and global awareness.

Nael Barghouti: a testament to resistance and dignity

The main guest was the released and deported prisoner Nael Barghouti , known as Abu al-Nour, who spent more than 45 years in occupation prisons.

During his presentation, he shared his direct experiences in prison, offering a political and human testimony about the conditions of incarceration, the daily resistance of the prisoners, and the central role they play within the Palestinian national movement.

He stressed that the prisoners are not only victims of repression, but living symbols of resistance and the struggle for return and liberation .

The current situation: repression, isolation, and new threats

The debate addressed the current grave situation of Palestinian prisoners, marked by:

• The intensification of repression in the prisons of the occupation
• The suspension of visits by international organizations such as the Red Cross since October 7th
• The legal difficulties and limitations of the judicial system regarding squatting
• The growing criminalization of journalists and humanitarian workers

The approval of the so-called “execution law” in the prisons of the occupation was also analyzed, noting that it responds to political objectives and that, far from weakening the resistance, it has historically contributed to strengthening it.

Deported prisoners: an invisible humanitarian crisis

One of the central themes of the meeting was the situation of Palestinian prisoners deported to third countries, especially Egypt.

The following were reported:

• Forced separation from their families
• Inability to receive visitors
• Legal insecurity and lack of rights in host countries

The participants stressed that this situation constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights and is part of a systematic policy of collective punishment.

Attempts at criminalization and media attacks

The holding of this meeting was not without attacks from media outlets linked to the Zionist movement, which attempted to criminalize the initiative and obstruct the dissemination of the voices of Palestinian prisoners beyond occupied Palestine and the Arab world. These attempts demonstrate the extent to which it is uncomfortable for the public in Europe and other Western countries to hear directly—and without intermediaries—the testimonies of those who have endured decades in the prisons of the occupation.

The role of the organizing groups as a bridge, translating and disseminating these voices in different languages, breaks the information blockade imposed by the dominant narrative. Precisely for this reason, campaigns of pressure, censorship, and criminalization are intensifying.

Given this situation, it is essential to denounce the fact that countries that present themselves as guarantors of democracy, freedom of expression, and freedom of opinion allow the persecution of activists and solidarity organizations. These practices must be combated politically and socially, defending the right to inform, to organize, and to give voice to the struggle of Palestinian prisoners without intimidation or restrictions.

The international role: responsibility and active solidarity

The meeting stressed the need to strengthen international pressure, especially in Europe, to respond to the systematic violations against Palestinian prisoners.

The role of peoples and movements in building effective solidarity campaigns, capable of breaking the isolation imposed by the occupation, was also highlighted.

Next steps: campaign for family reunification

As a result of the meeting, it was agreed to launch an international campaign focused on:

• The reunification of the families of deported Palestinian prisoners
• Pressure on European institutions, including the European Parliament
• A direct call to the Spanish State Government to raise this issue at an institutional level

An appeal was made to activists, organizations and movements in Europe to adopt and promote this campaign in their respective contexts.

The struggle of the prisoners is the struggle for Palestine

The talk concluded by reaffirming that the issue of Palestinian prisoners is not a secondary matter, but a central axis of the struggle for the liberation of Palestine .

As Nael Barghouti emphasized, the resistance in prisons is an inseparable part of the liberation movement, and its cause demands an international response commensurate with its sacrifice.

From Masar Badil and the convening organizations, we reiterate our commitment to continue strengthening the international mobilization until we achieve the freedom of all Palestinian prisoners, the end of deportations, and the right of all families to reunite.

 Freedom for all Palestinian prisoners!
 For the return and liberation of Palestine!

Link to the video of the talk  (Arabic with English Subtitles)

source: Masar Badil

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The Cause of Palestinian Prisoners is at the Heart of the Struggle for Liberation

To mark Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, an international discussion was held, organized by Masar Badil: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, Alkarama, Tariq el-Tahrir, and Samidoun, bringing together dozens of participants in Madrid, Budapest, and online. The event, dedicated to the released prisoner Nael Barghouti, focused on the struggle of Palestinian prisoners as a fundamental pillar of the national liberation process.

An international call for the prisoners’ cause

The event was attended in person by approximately 50 people in Madrid and nearly 30 in Budapest, in addition to numerous participants connecting via Zoom. The talk was recorded in its entirety in Arabic, Spanish, and English, reflecting its internationalist character and its commitment to broadening the reach of the denunciation and mobilization.

The meeting was jointly convened by Masar Badil – Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Route Movement, Alkarama , Tariq El-Tahrir and Samidoun , within the framework of a day of political action and global awareness.

Nael Barghouti: a testament to resistance and dignity

The main guest was the released and deported prisoner Nael Barghouti , known as Abu al-Nour, who spent more than 45 years in occupation prisons.

During his presentation, he shared his direct experiences in prison, offering a political and human testimony about the conditions of incarceration, the daily resistance of the prisoners, and the central role they play within the Palestinian national movement.

He stressed that the prisoners are not only victims of repression, but living symbols of resistance and the struggle for return and liberation .

The current situation: repression, isolation, and new threats

The debate addressed the current grave situation of Palestinian prisoners, marked by:

• The intensification of repression in the prisons of the occupation
• The suspension of visits by international organizations such as the Red Cross since October 7th
• The legal difficulties and limitations of the judicial system regarding squatting
• The growing criminalization of journalists and humanitarian workers

The approval of the so-called “execution law” in the prisons of the occupation was also analyzed, noting that it responds to political objectives and that, far from weakening the resistance, it has historically contributed to strengthening it.

Deported prisoners: an invisible humanitarian crisis

One of the central themes of the meeting was the situation of Palestinian prisoners deported to third countries, especially Egypt.

The following were reported:

• Forced separation from their families
• Inability to receive visitors
• Legal insecurity and lack of rights in host countries

The participants stressed that this situation constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights and is part of a systematic policy of collective punishment.

Attempts at criminalization and media attacks

The holding of this meeting was not without attacks from media outlets linked to the Zionist movement, which attempted to criminalize the initiative and obstruct the dissemination of the voices of Palestinian prisoners beyond occupied Palestine and the Arab world. These attempts demonstrate the extent to which it is uncomfortable for the public in Europe and other Western countries to hear directly—and without intermediaries—the testimonies of those who have endured decades in the prisons of the occupation.

The role of the organizing groups as a bridge, translating and disseminating these voices in different languages, breaks the information blockade imposed by the dominant narrative. Precisely for this reason, campaigns of pressure, censorship, and criminalization are intensifying.

Given this situation, it is essential to denounce the fact that countries that present themselves as guarantors of democracy, freedom of expression, and freedom of opinion allow the persecution of activists and solidarity organizations. These practices must be combated politically and socially, defending the right to inform, to organize, and to give voice to the struggle of Palestinian prisoners without intimidation or restrictions.

The international role: responsibility and active solidarity

The meeting stressed the need to strengthen international pressure, especially in Europe, to respond to the systematic violations against Palestinian prisoners.

The role of peoples and movements in building effective solidarity campaigns, capable of breaking the isolation imposed by the occupation, was also highlighted.

Next steps: campaign for family reunification

As a result of the meeting, it was agreed to launch an international campaign focused on:

• The reunification of the families of deported Palestinian prisoners
• Pressure on European institutions, including the European Parliament
• A direct call to the Spanish State Government to raise this issue at an institutional level

An appeal was made to activists, organizations and movements in Europe to adopt and promote this campaign in their respective contexts.

The struggle of the prisoners is the struggle for Palestine

The talk concluded by reaffirming that the issue of Palestinian prisoners is not a secondary matter, but a central axis of the struggle for the liberation of Palestine .

As Nael Barghouti emphasized, the resistance in prisons is an inseparable part of the liberation movement, and its cause demands an international response commensurate with its sacrifice.

From Masar Badil and the convening organizations, we reiterate our commitment to continue strengthening the international mobilization until we achieve the freedom of all Palestinian prisoners, the end of deportations, and the right of all families to reunite.

 Freedom for all Palestinian prisoners!
 For the return and liberation of Palestine!

Link to the video of the talk  (Arabic with English Subtitles)

source: Masar Badil

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=31757 #gaza #palestine #samidoun #Solidarity #westAsia #westBank

Europe ramps up repression of Palestine's refugees

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/content/europe-ramps-repression-palestines-refugees/51238

Europe ramps up repression of Palestine's refugees

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/content/europe-ramps-repression-palestines-refugees/51238

Europe ramps up repression of Palestine's refugees

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/content/europe-ramps-repression-palestines-refugees/51238

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

La Cinètika, dijous, 19 de febrer, a les 20:00 CET

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

El dijous 19 de febrer a les 20h, com cada tercer dijous de mes, Cinema dijous amb Samidoun projectem cinema palestí. En aquesta ocasió, “Children of Shatila” de 46 minuts de durada, dirigida per la cineasta palestina Mai Masri, directora de “3000 nits”, VOSE (1998).

Sinopsi:

Children of Shatila és un documental que narra la vida de Farah i Issa, dos nens palestins que viuen en el camp de refugiats de Shatila, Beirut. Cinquanta anys després de l’exili dels seus avis, els nens utilitzen càmeres de vídeo per a explorar la seva realitat, marcada per la pobresa, el trauma de la guerra i la memòria de la massacre de 1982.

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/190226-cinema-dijous-cinema-palesti-projectra-children-of-shatila-dir-mai-masri-vose-1998

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

La Cinètika, dijous, 19 de febrer, a les 20:00 CET

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

El dijous 19 de febrer a les 20h, com cada tercer dijous de mes, Cinema dijous amb Samidoun projectem cinema palestí. En aquesta ocasió, “Children of Shatila” de 46 minuts de durada, dirigida per la cineasta palestina Mai Masri, directora de “3000 nits”, VOSE (1998).

Sinopsi:

Children of Shatila és un documental que narra la vida de Farah i Issa, dos nens palestins que viuen en el camp de refugiats de Shatila, Beirut. Cinquanta anys després de l’exili dels seus avis, els nens utilitzen càmeres de vídeo per a explorar la seva realitat, marcada per la pobresa, el trauma de la guerra i la memòria de la massacre de 1982.

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/190226-cinema-dijous-cinema-palesti-projectra-children-of-shatila-dir-mai-masri-vose-1998

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

La Cinètika, dijous, 19 de febrer, a les 20:00 CET

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

El dijous 19 de febrer a les 20h, com cada tercer dijous de mes, Cinema dijous amb Samidoun projectem cinema palestí. En aquesta ocasió, “Children of Shatila” de 46 minuts de durada, dirigida per la cineasta palestina Mai Masri, directora de “3000 nits”, VOSE (1998).

Sinopsi:

Children of Shatila és un documental que narra la vida de Farah i Issa, dos nens palestins que viuen en el camp de refugiats de Shatila, Beirut. Cinquanta anys després de l’exili dels seus avis, els nens utilitzen càmeres de vídeo per a explorar la seva realitat, marcada per la pobresa, el trauma de la guerra i la memòria de la massacre de 1982.

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/190226-cinema-dijous-cinema-palesti-projectra-children-of-shatila-dir-mai-masri-vose-1998

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

La Cinètika, dijous, 19 de febrer, a les 20:00 CET

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

El dijous 19 de febrer a les 20h, com cada tercer dijous de mes, Cinema dijous amb Samidoun projectem cinema palestí. En aquesta ocasió, “Children of Shatila” de 46 minuts de durada, dirigida per la cineasta palestina Mai Masri, directora de “3000 nits”, VOSE (1998).

Sinopsi:

Children of Shatila és un documental que narra la vida de Farah i Issa, dos nens palestins que viuen en el camp de refugiats de Shatila, Beirut. Cinquanta anys després de l’exili dels seus avis, els nens utilitzen càmeres de vídeo per a explorar la seva realitat, marcada per la pobresa, el trauma de la guerra i la memòria de la massacre de 1982.

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/190226-cinema-dijous-cinema-palesti-projectra-children-of-shatila-dir-mai-masri-vose-1998

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

La Cinètika, dijous, 19 de febrer, a les 20:00 CET

19/02/26 Cinema dijous – Cinema Palestí projectrà Children of Shatila, Dir. Mai Masri, VOSE (1998)

El dijous 19 de febrer a les 20h, com cada tercer dijous de mes, Cinema dijous amb Samidoun projectem cinema palestí. En aquesta ocasió, “Children of Shatila” de 46 minuts de durada, dirigida per la cineasta palestina Mai Masri, directora de “3000 nits”, VOSE (1998).

Sinopsi:

Children of Shatila és un documental que narra la vida de Farah i Issa, dos nens palestins que viuen en el camp de refugiats de Shatila, Beirut. Cinquanta anys després de l’exili dels seus avis, els nens utilitzen càmeres de vídeo per a explorar la seva realitat, marcada per la pobresa, el trauma de la guerra i la memòria de la massacre de 1982.

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/190226-cinema-dijous-cinema-palesti-projectra-children-of-shatila-dir-mai-masri-vose-1998

Mohammed Khatib Speaks Out Upon His Release From Greek Detention, Calls for Action and Mobilization

In the late afternoon hours of Wednesday, 11 February 2026, Mohammed Khatib — coordinator of Samidoun in Europe — was finally released from detention in Heraklion, Crete, after an order was issued by the Administrative Court of the First Instance. He had been detained since his arrest on Saturday, 7 February, when he arrived in Heraklion to speak at an event being organized by the Assembly of Solidarity to the Palestinian People on the Palestinian prisoners, together with liberated prisoner Abdel-Nasser Issa.

His release came after wide-scale support in Greece and across Europe from the movement for justice in Palestine, with statements in France and Catalonia signed by dozens of organizations, protests in Athens and Brussels, visits from local activists and parliamentarians, and the mobilization of progressive and radical lawyers to engage with his case. Mohammed remains banned from Greece and was ordered to “self-deport” to Belgium — where he is also facing serious repression, including an order to withdraw his asylum status, currently under appeal; he was ordered banned from the country on 24 December 2025, only two days after the Greek and Cypriot tripartite summit with the Zionist entity on military, security and economic cooperation.

During his time in detention, he was held in dangerous and unsafe conditions, rife with bedbugs and infectious diseases such as scabies (also common among Palestinian prisoners in Zionist jails denied hygiene supplies and medical care, particularly after Al-Aqsa Flood and during the ongoing escalated genocide). His release came only one day after police had indicated their intention to continue to arbitrarily detain him.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes all of the efforts undertaken by people in Crete, throughout Greece, and internationally to win the release of comrade Mohammed Khatib. It is highly likely that without this attention and mobilization he would still be in detention now. We urge all supporters of Palestine to escalate attention, activity and organizing to free all Palestinian prisoners and prisoners for Palestine in imperialist prisons, including those held in Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and the United States — as well as, centrally, the over 9,300 suffering, struggling and resisting inside the Zionist dungeons, facing torture, medical abuse, enforced disappearance, and the “execution” plan of Ben-Gvir and the Zionist regime. The liberation of the prisoners is an essential part of the struggle for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.

Mohammed Khatib’s statement, issued upon his release, is below: 

I am free, after 5 days of imprisonment in what they call “detention centres” but in reality are laboratories of torture and humiliation, where dozens of minors, youth, elders, refugees, migrants and poor Greek people are all facing the same inhumane conditions. I am thankful for all your solidarity and grateful for all your support. We must also remember those who are forgotten behind bars without any rights or justice. The systemic abuse and torture in Greece reminds us of the same methods used by the Zionist entity against the Palestinian people, and these are the same methods used by the colonialist and imperialist powers in this world. I call on everyone to stand in unconditional solidarity with the migrants and refugees in Greece and elsewhere and to intensify the struggle against prisons and detention centres throughout the imperial core.

During my five days of detention, I received strength and power from my people, the Palestinian people, from Mahmoud Farajallah, who passed away as a martyr in the detention centre at Brussels airport several months ago, from the long history of struggle of the Palestinian political prisoners’ movement in the occupation prisons, from our people in Gaza fighting for life and humanity against the genocidal occupier

Once again, the Greek right wing government has shown its real face and its position as a tool for Israel and the so-called United States of America, not only against us as refugees and migrants, but also against the popular masses and working class and poor Greek people who stand in solidarity with Palestine.

It is no coincidence to face this repression on the island of Crete, that is hosting one of the biggest NATO military bases and another Israeli Zionist base, it is not spontaneous to be arrested in a country led by a right-wing government that is selling its land and resources to private Zionist companies that are exploiting the Greek masses who are losing their rights, land, and sovereignty. As the Zionist regime sees the current Greek government as its strategic alliance, we also, as Palestinians and revolutionary forces, should rebuild and connect with all the progressive forces in Greece and our historical and strategic alliance for liberation, justice and sovereignty.

Regardless of my treatment, the injustice and the inhuman conditions of detention, I am honestly very grateful for the experience of being with those who are forgotten and marginalized, and to experience a very little of what they face for months or years. I know that the experience in Greece is not isolated, but that there are Palestinian prisoners and prisoners for Palestine not only in the Zionist dungeons but in the jails of Germany, Italy, Britain and the U.S. and in Belgium’s detention centers, that need all of our support and solidarity.

My final words to those criminals in “Israel” or elsewhere, you can detain us, torture us, assassinate us, but you will never ever manage to stop us from talking, acting and struggling for Free Palestine, for Free Sudan, for Free Congo; against the imperialist assaults on Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran; for the liberation of all oppressed people in the world.

Free all political prisoners!
Free Palestine from the River to the Sea!

Source: Samidoun

Mohammed Khatib Speaks Out Upon His Release From Greek Detention, Calls for Action and Mobilization

In the late afternoon hours of Wednesday, 11 February 2026, Mohammed Khatib — coordinator of Samidoun in Europe — was finally released from detention in Heraklion, Crete, after an order was issued by the Administrative Court of the First Instance. He had been detained since his arrest on Saturday, 7 February, when he arrived in Heraklion to speak at an event being organized by the Assembly of Solidarity to the Palestinian People on the Palestinian prisoners, together with liberated prisoner Abdel-Nasser Issa.

His release came after wide-scale support in Greece and across Europe from the movement for justice in Palestine, with statements in France and Catalonia signed by dozens of organizations, protests in Athens and Brussels, visits from local activists and parliamentarians, and the mobilization of progressive and radical lawyers to engage with his case. Mohammed remains banned from Greece and was ordered to “self-deport” to Belgium — where he is also facing serious repression, including an order to withdraw his asylum status, currently under appeal; he was ordered banned from the country on 24 December 2025, only two days after the Greek and Cypriot tripartite summit with the Zionist entity on military, security and economic cooperation.

During his time in detention, he was held in dangerous and unsafe conditions, rife with bedbugs and infectious diseases such as scabies (also common among Palestinian prisoners in Zionist jails denied hygiene supplies and medical care, particularly after Al-Aqsa Flood and during the ongoing escalated genocide). His release came only one day after police had indicated their intention to continue to arbitrarily detain him.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes all of the efforts undertaken by people in Crete, throughout Greece, and internationally to win the release of comrade Mohammed Khatib. It is highly likely that without this attention and mobilization he would still be in detention now. We urge all supporters of Palestine to escalate attention, activity and organizing to free all Palestinian prisoners and prisoners for Palestine in imperialist prisons, including those held in Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and the United States — as well as, centrally, the over 9,300 suffering, struggling and resisting inside the Zionist dungeons, facing torture, medical abuse, enforced disappearance, and the “execution” plan of Ben-Gvir and the Zionist regime. The liberation of the prisoners is an essential part of the struggle for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.

Mohammed Khatib’s statement, issued upon his release, is below: 

I am free, after 5 days of imprisonment in what they call “detention centres” but in reality are laboratories of torture and humiliation, where dozens of minors, youth, elders, refugees, migrants and poor Greek people are all facing the same inhumane conditions. I am thankful for all your solidarity and grateful for all your support. We must also remember those who are forgotten behind bars without any rights or justice. The systemic abuse and torture in Greece reminds us of the same methods used by the Zionist entity against the Palestinian people, and these are the same methods used by the colonialist and imperialist powers in this world. I call on everyone to stand in unconditional solidarity with the migrants and refugees in Greece and elsewhere and to intensify the struggle against prisons and detention centres throughout the imperial core.

During my five days of detention, I received strength and power from my people, the Palestinian people, from Mahmoud Farajallah, who passed away as a martyr in the detention centre at Brussels airport several months ago, from the long history of struggle of the Palestinian political prisoners’ movement in the occupation prisons, from our people in Gaza fighting for life and humanity against the genocidal occupier

Once again, the Greek right wing government has shown its real face and its position as a tool for Israel and the so-called United States of America, not only against us as refugees and migrants, but also against the popular masses and working class and poor Greek people who stand in solidarity with Palestine.

It is no coincidence to face this repression on the island of Crete, that is hosting one of the biggest NATO military bases and another Israeli Zionist base, it is not spontaneous to be arrested in a country led by a right-wing government that is selling its land and resources to private Zionist companies that are exploiting the Greek masses who are losing their rights, land, and sovereignty. As the Zionist regime sees the current Greek government as its strategic alliance, we also, as Palestinians and revolutionary forces, should rebuild and connect with all the progressive forces in Greece and our historical and strategic alliance for liberation, justice and sovereignty.

Regardless of my treatment, the injustice and the inhuman conditions of detention, I am honestly very grateful for the experience of being with those who are forgotten and marginalized, and to experience a very little of what they face for months or years. I know that the experience in Greece is not isolated, but that there are Palestinian prisoners and prisoners for Palestine not only in the Zionist dungeons but in the jails of Germany, Italy, Britain and the U.S. and in Belgium’s detention centers, that need all of our support and solidarity.

My final words to those criminals in “Israel” or elsewhere, you can detain us, torture us, assassinate us, but you will never ever manage to stop us from talking, acting and struggling for Free Palestine, for Free Sudan, for Free Congo; against the imperialist assaults on Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran; for the liberation of all oppressed people in the world.

Free all political prisoners!
Free Palestine from the River to the Sea!

Source: Samidoun

🔴 Mohammed #Khatib arrêté en Grèce : liberté pour le militant pro-palestinien réprimé par #Mitsotákis !

Dans un communiqué publié le 7 février, #Samidoun, réseau international pour la libération des prisonniers palestiniens, dénonce l’arrestation et la menace de déportation à l’encontre de Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur Samidoun en Europe. Nous exigeons sa libération immédiate. ⤵️

https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Mohammed-Khatib-arrete-en-Grece-liberte-pour-le-militant-pro-palestinien-reprime-par-Mitsotakis

🔴 Mohammed #Khatib arrêté en Grèce : liberté pour le militant pro-palestinien réprimé par #Mitsotákis !

Dans un communiqué publié le 7 février, #Samidoun, réseau international pour la libération des prisonniers palestiniens, dénonce l’arrestation et la menace de déportation à l’encontre de Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur Samidoun en Europe. Nous exigeons sa libération immédiate. ⤵️

https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Mohammed-Khatib-arrete-en-Grece-liberte-pour-le-militant-pro-palestinien-reprime-par-Mitsotakis

🔴 Mohammed #Khatib arrêté en Grèce : liberté pour le militant pro-palestinien réprimé par #Mitsotákis !

Dans un communiqué publié le 7 février, #Samidoun, réseau international pour la libération des prisonniers palestiniens, dénonce l’arrestation et la menace de déportation à l’encontre de Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur Samidoun en Europe. Nous exigeons sa libération immédiate. ⤵️

https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Mohammed-Khatib-arrete-en-Grece-liberte-pour-le-militant-pro-palestinien-reprime-par-Mitsotakis

🔴 Mohammed #Khatib arrêté en Grèce : liberté pour le militant pro-palestinien réprimé par #Mitsotákis !

Dans un communiqué publié le 7 février, #Samidoun, réseau international pour la libération des prisonniers palestiniens, dénonce l’arrestation et la menace de déportation à l’encontre de Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur Samidoun en Europe. Nous exigeons sa libération immédiate. ⤵️

https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Mohammed-Khatib-arrete-en-Grece-liberte-pour-le-militant-pro-palestinien-reprime-par-Mitsotakis

Solidarité avec Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur européen de Samidoun, arrêté le 7 février en Grèce et toujours détenu !

Plus de 70 organisations en France – dont #Tsedek! – exigent sa libération ✊

#Palestine
#MohammedKhatib #FreeMohammedKhatib #Samidoun

Solidarité avec Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur européen de Samidoun, arrêté le 7 février en Grèce et toujours détenu !

Plus de 70 organisations en France – dont #Tsedek! – exigent sa libération ✊

#Palestine
#MohammedKhatib #FreeMohammedKhatib #Samidoun

Solidarité avec Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur européen de Samidoun, arrêté le 7 février en Grèce et toujours détenu !

Plus de 70 organisations en France – dont #Tsedek! – exigent sa libération ✊

#Palestine
#MohammedKhatib #FreeMohammedKhatib #Samidoun

Solidarité avec Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur européen de Samidoun, arrêté le 7 février en Grèce et toujours détenu !

Plus de 70 organisations en France – dont #Tsedek! – exigent sa libération ✊

#Palestine
#MohammedKhatib #FreeMohammedKhatib #Samidoun

Solidarité avec Mohammed Khatib, coordinateur européen de Samidoun, arrêté le 7 février en Grèce et toujours détenu !

Plus de 70 organisations en France – dont #Tsedek! – exigent sa libération ✊

#Palestine
#MohammedKhatib #FreeMohammedKhatib #Samidoun

Greece detains Samidoun Europe leader, set to be deported https://www.byteseu.com/1784265/ #Belgium #crete #Germany #Hamas #Samidoun

Today, Saturday 7/2, our comrades Konstantina Kartsioti (Anti-imperialist Front) and Mohammed Khatib (#Samidoun) arrived at the airport of #Heraclion to participate in a planned event for the Palestinian Resistance.

When they disembarked from the plane, they were taken away by security under the pretext of a routine identity check. Konstantina Kartsioti was released after an hour, while Mohammed Khatib was detained on the basis of an #Interpol international arrest warrant!!! Mohammed still held.

It's clear that this repression move is in the order of zionists. It is an attempt by the #zionazis to silence the voice of #PalestinianResistance and criminalize Palestinian identity so that #Israel's occupation can continue its #genocide without protest.
https://todon.nl/@_Wiesenthal_S_/116028977035037499
#repression #solidarity #PalestineSolidarity #Palestine #Greece

Today, Saturday 7/2, our comrades Konstantina Kartsioti (Anti-imperialist Front) and Mohammed Khatib (#Samidoun) arrived at the airport of #Heraclion to participate in a planned event for the Palestinian Resistance.

When they disembarked from the plane, they were taken away by security under the pretext of a routine identity check. Konstantina Kartsioti was released after an hour, while Mohammed Khatib was detained on the basis of an #Interpol international arrest warrant!!! Mohammed still held.

It's clear that this repression move is in the order of zionists. It is an attempt by the #zionazis to silence the voice of #PalestinianResistance and criminalize Palestinian identity so that #Israel's occupation can continue its #genocide without protest.
https://todon.nl/@_Wiesenthal_S_/116028977035037499
#repression #solidarity #PalestineSolidarity #Palestine #Greece

Today, Saturday 7/2, our comrades Konstantina Kartsioti (Anti-imperialist Front) and Mohammed Khatib (#Samidoun) arrived at the airport of #Heraclion to participate in a planned event for the Palestinian Resistance.

When they disembarked from the plane, they were taken away by security under the pretext of a routine identity check. Konstantina Kartsioti was released after an hour, while Mohammed Khatib was detained on the basis of an #Interpol international arrest warrant!!! Mohammed still held.

It's clear that this repression move is in the order of zionists. It is an attempt by the #zionazis to silence the voice of #PalestinianResistance and criminalize Palestinian identity so that #Israel's occupation can continue its #genocide without protest.
https://todon.nl/@_Wiesenthal_S_/116028977035037499
#repression #solidarity #PalestineSolidarity #Palestine #Greece

Today, Saturday 7/2, our comrades Konstantina Kartsioti (Anti-imperialist Front) and Mohammed Khatib (#Samidoun) arrived at the airport of #Heraclion to participate in a planned event for the Palestinian Resistance.

When they disembarked from the plane, they were taken away by security under the pretext of a routine identity check. Konstantina Kartsioti was released after an hour, while Mohammed Khatib was detained on the basis of an #Interpol international arrest warrant!!! Mohammed still held.

It's clear that this repression move is in the order of zionists. It is an attempt by the #zionazis to silence the voice of #PalestinianResistance and criminalize Palestinian identity so that #Israel's occupation can continue its #genocide without protest.
https://todon.nl/@_Wiesenthal_S_/116028977035037499
#repression #solidarity #PalestineSolidarity #Palestine #Greece

Today, Saturday 7/2, our comrades Konstantina Kartsioti (Anti-imperialist Front) and Mohammed Khatib (#Samidoun) arrived at the airport of #Heraclion to participate in a planned event for the Palestinian Resistance.

When they disembarked from the plane, they were taken away by security under the pretext of a routine identity check. Konstantina Kartsioti was released after an hour, while Mohammed Khatib was detained on the basis of an #Interpol international arrest warrant!!! Mohammed still held.

It's clear that this repression move is in the order of zionists. It is an attempt by the #zionazis to silence the voice of #PalestinianResistance and criminalize Palestinian identity so that #Israel's occupation can continue its #genocide without protest.
https://todon.nl/@_Wiesenthal_S_/116028977035037499
#repression #solidarity #PalestineSolidarity #Palestine #Greece

📣 31 de enero — Jornada Mundial por la Liberación de los Prisioneros Palestinos

Hoy, ciudades de todo el mundo se movilizan para exigir la liberación inmediata de miles de prisioneros palestinos y denunciar torturas, hambre y abandono médico.

✊ La libertad de los prisioneros es central en la lucha por una Palestina libre, del río al mar.

📎 Lee la nota completa:
🔗 https://samidoun.net/es/2026/01/jornada-mundial-exige-la-liberacion-inmediata-de-los-presos-palestinos-este-31-de-enero/

#FreePalestinianPrisoners #31Enero #Samidoun #PalestinaLibre #SolidaridadInternacional

January 15-25 2026: Join the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners!

15 January 2026 marks the 24th anniversary of the abduction of Palestinian liberation movement leader Ahmad Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, by the so-called “Palestinian Authority” under its “security coordination” with the Zionist regime. For four years, Sa’adat and his comrades were imprisoned by the PA — and held under U.S., British and Canadian guard — before they were abducted, once again, on 14 March 2006 by the Zionist occupation forces. Since then, Sa’adat and his comrades, leaders of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, have been held inside the notorious Zionist prisons, and subjected to isolation, torture and medical abuse and neglect. Today, they are among the leadership prisoners threatened with assassination daily inside the occupation prisons.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all who stand with Palestine — Palestine solidarity groups and collectives, Palestinian, Arab and Muslim community organizations, anti-imperialist organizations, political parties and liberation movements — to join between 15 and 25 January 2026 in a week of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners in Zionist dungeons, in PA jails, and in the prisons of imperialist and reactionary regimes.

>> Endorse the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners. <<

The Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners has been marked annually for nearly 15 years. This year, the dates also coincide with a day of media action on 15-16 January 2026 by the Red Ribbons Campaign/Save Palestinian Prisoners Campaign, which focuses on the struggle to free Palestinians in occupation prisons, including medical workers like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and all imprisoned Palestinians — as well as campaigning to stop the dangerous “execution law” being promulgated by ultra-Zionist, racist “Israeli” national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. We urge all to participate in this day of media action, as well as activities organized as part of this campaign on 31 January 2026 for the Palestinian prisoners and their liberation.

The call to action is particularly urgent this year. Since 7 October 2023, amid the Al-Aqsa Flood and the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza, at least 87 identified Palestinian prisoners have already been assassinated inside the Zionist jails, either directly under torture or due to deliberate medical neglect and abuse. In almost all cases, the occupation continues to imprison the bodies of the martyrs — in addition to the bodies of hundreds of martyrs held hostage by the Zionist regime. Palestinian prisoners are subjected to a starvation policy, denied family and even legal visits, and subjected to repeated raids and attacks inside the prisons — all under the guise of a “state of emergency” — perpetuated for over two years and renewed only yesterday.

The leadership of the prisoners’ movement, of which Ahmad Sa’adat is a prominent figure, alongside Marwan Barghouti, Abdullah Barghouti, Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh, Anas Jaradat, Hassan Salameh, Abbas al-Sayyed, Ibrahim Hamed, Jamal Abu al-Haija, Muammar Shahrour, Muhannad Shreim, and other leaders of the prisoners’ movement, are particularly targeted for abuse. They have been repeatedly assaulted and beaten by occupation jailers, threatened with assassination, denied medical care, starved, and thrown in isolation. At the same time, Ben-Gvir, who oversees the condition of the prisoners, and the entire Zionist government, are pushing a new “execution law” to legalize the assassination of Palestinian prisoners, particularly those designated as “elite prisoners.” Just two days ago, this bill passed its first reading in the Zionist Knesset. Now, more than ever, we must organize and speak out to save, protect and liberate all Palestinian prisoners — and support these leaders of the Palestinian resistance and liberation movement under attack.

In addition, this anniversary draws attention to the dangerous role of the treacherous so-called “Palestinian Authority,” created by the Oslo accords, and its “security coordination” regime, serving as an agent of the occupation and of imperialist powers, rather than acting to protect and defend the Palestinian people from the genocidal occupation regime. The abduction of Ahmad Sa’adat and his comrades is not a historical anecdote two decades later; instead, it has become standard practice.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested and are currently held in Palestinian Authority jails because they are accused of resisting the occupation; PA prisons operate as “revolving doors” with the occupation jails. In the besieged refugee camps of the West Bank, such as Jenin, Tulkarem and Nour Shams, the PA’s “homeland protection” campaign came as a precursor to the ongoing Zionist invasions that have displaced tens of thousands. In Gaza, not only did the PA fail to act against genocide, but PA officials such as Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) have joined in the U.S.-Zionist demands to disarm the resistance, while the Rada’ (Deterrence) Force issued a statement just today warning of the PA’s role in supporting gangs of collaborators in occupied areas of the Strip.

Further, the PA has, in recent months, escalated its financial collaboration with Zionist and imperialist demands, and cut the salaries of the families of prisoners and martyrs, creating hardship and crisis for the families of those who have given the most in defense of Palestine. This anniversary is an open call to speak out, to expose and to confront this dangerous attack on the Palestinian prisoners and the Resistance.

The case of Ahmad Sa’adat highlights imperialist complicity and full involvement in Zionist genocide — and the imprisonment of the Palestinian resistance. When he was abducted by the Palestinian Authority, he and his comrades were held under U.S., British, and Canadian guard in the PA-run Jericho prison. Today, there are dozens if not more Palestinian and Palestine solidarity prisoners in imperialist jails and facing persecution, in the United States, Britain, Canada, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere, as well as in Arab reactionary regime prisons.

These same powers, led by the United States, are currently also attacking Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution by imprisoning President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, and threatening further war, aggression, and economic coercive measures against Iran, targeting the nations and peoples that continue to resist imperialist domination and plunder.

This week of action coincides with important hearings in Italy in the cases of Anan Yaeesh, Mansour Doghmosh and Ali Irar, as well as in the case of the seven imprisoned Palestinians including Mohammed Hannoun, and in the case of Ahmed Salem, on 16 and 20 January. It also coincides with an ongoing hunger strike by the Prisoners for Palestine in British jails that seeks to end British complicity in the genocide and challenge the criminalization of Palestine Action and the Palestine movement broadly. While Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmad and Lewie C ended their strike yesterday with the announcement that Elbit Systems would be denied a £2 billion training contract with the British military, Umer Khalid is continuing his hunger strike to demand a full shutdown of Elbit, release on bail, ending censorship of communications, a fair trial, and the deproscription of Palestine Action. We urge participants in the week of action to highlight and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian and international prisoners for Palestine held in imperialist jails everywhere, as well as in anti-imperialist demonstrations and actions against war and aggression.

Palestinian prisoners are Resistance leaders, on the front lines for justice and liberation, struggling relentlessly, with an unbreakable will, toward freedom amid the most dire conditions of torture, abuse, medical neglect and deliberate killing. This is a critical moment to take action, escalate, and make their voices heard — for justice, return and liberation.

24 years after his arrest, it is long past time for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, his fellow Resistance leaders and all Palestinian Prisoners in Zionist, imperialist, reactionary and Palestinian Authority jails.

33 years after Oslo, it is long past time to expose the so-called Palestinian Authority and bring down its  “security coordination” and treachery against the Palestinian people.

78 years after al-Nakba, it is long past time for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea!

We call for an international week of actions from January 15th to January 25th, calling for the liberation of Ahmad Sa’adat, his fellow resistance leaders and all Palestinian prisoners, confronting the “state of emergency” and the “execution law,” demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine, highlighting the malevolent role of the “Palestinian Authority,” and challenging the imperialist enemy. Take action to escalate against the zionist genocidal colonial entity, organize for justice in Palestine!

What can you do at you local level?

• Endorse the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners.
• Organize or join a protest or demonstration against the ongoing Zionist-imperialist genocide in Palestine, or against ongoing imperialist wars and aggression against Venezuela, Iran and around the world, with a contingent, signs or banners for Ahmad Sa’adat and the Palestinian prisoners
• Educate through your networks: organize a discussion on Resistance leaders and political prisoners, share resources about Ahmad Sa’adat and Palestinian prisoners on social media and in your community
• Organize an event, protest, teach-in stand or letter-writing meeting for the Week of Action.
• Organize events, actions and protests to demand freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners. Protest in public spaces, campuses and community spaces.
• Take direct action to confront the war machine: From Elbit Systems to Microsoft to Maersk, take direct, confrontational, escalatory or labor action to stop the profiteers of genocide.
• Share our resources online, and/or print the posters and flyers linked to above and distribute them in your local communities or neighborhoods.
• Join the Red Ribbons/Save Palestinian Prisoners social media campaign, as well as protests and local actions, from 16-31 January 2026.

“The Palestinian struggle for national liberation is part and parcel of the international movement of peoples for national liberation, international racial and economic justice, and an end to occupation, colonialism and imperialism.” – Ahmad Sa’adat

• Endorse the Week of Action organizational endorsements
• Download Materials and Flyers
• Visit the Linktree

Statements and Writings by Ahmad Sa’adat

• Ahmad Sa’adat: Prisons, the Black Liberation Movement, and the Struggle for Palestine (Jadaliyya, 24 January 2019)
• Ahmad Sa’adat, “Echoes of the Shackles” (English translation)
• Letter from Ahmad Sa’adat to Georges Abdallah: “You remain a symbol and a model for us” (Samidoun, 4 September 2017)
• Ahmad Sa’adat issues statement to Resistance Festival in Greece (4 October 2017)
• International Workers Day: On May 1, Ahmad Sa’adat’s message from prison to the international left. (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 30 April 2017)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat: Prisoners’ struggle is critically important for the Palestinian liberation movement (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 19 April 2017)
• Call to action from Ahmad Sa’adat: Boycott Israel! (Samidoun, 29 July 2015)
• Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat from prison: We are struggling for democracy, liberation and justice for all (Samidoun, 11 December 2015)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat: Leading from Prison, Ending Negotiations, and Rebuilding the Resistance (Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer 2014)
• Ahmad Sa’adat’s message to the Landless Workers’ Movement congress: Full Text (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 13 February 2014)
• Ahmad Sa’adat’s Message to the World Social Forum – Free Palestine (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 29 November 2012)
• Sa’adat from Isolation: Security Cooperation and PA Political Detention Must End (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 29 January 2012)
• Ahmad Sa’adat greets Conference in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners in Morocco (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 25 January 2011)
• Ahmad Sa’adat Greets the US Social Forum (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 18 June 2010)
• Ahmad Sa’adat speaks from isolation in Asqelan: The so-called “Two state solution” is a threat to the Palestinian people and the right to return (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 1 June 2009)
• Ahmad Sa’adat statement before sentencing (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 25 December 2008)
• Ahmad Sa’adat’s statement to Ofer military court (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 14 January 2007)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat in his Jericho prison cell (Solidaire, 15 June 2006)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat (Mireille Terrin, Chris den Hond, 5 January 2005)
• Creating a Pole of the Democratic Left: Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat (Mireille Court, Chris den Hond, August 2004)
• The Popular Palestinian Intifada – Where is it heading? (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 28 September 2003)
• Interview With Imprisoned PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Saadat (Fight Back News, 1 June 2003)

Resources and Articles on Ahmad Sa’adat

• The Case of Ahmad Sa’adat: Resistance Without Compromise (Abu Riad, 15 January 2025)
• On 17 October: Palestinian Resistance confronts colonial assassinations, imprisonment and genocide (Samidoun, 17 October 2025)
• Imprisoned Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat attacked in isolation by Zionist guards (Samidoun, 22 November 2025)
• Free Sa’adat, Free Palestine: 23 Years of Injustice and Resistance, by Benay Blend (Palestine Chronicle, 15 January 2025)
• Georges Abdallah’s message to the International Week of Solidarity to Free Ahmad Sa’adat (Samidoun, 17 January 2022)
• 13th anniversary of the sentencing of Palestinian left leader Ahmad Sa’adat: Take action for liberation! (Samidoun, 25 December 2021)
• Free Ahmad Sa’adat, imprisoned leader of the Palestinian liberation movement (Samidoun, 19 April 2020)
• Ahmad Sa’adat: An exceptional revolutionary leader in challenging times by Khaled Barakat (Samidoun, 20 January 2019)
• Georges Abdallah calls for action to free Ahmad Sa’adat, confront normalization, in statement from French prison (Samidoun, 14 January 2019)
• Ahmad Sa’adat: Palestine will be freed by the people, not the elites (Samidoun, 11 December 2018)
• 9 Years Later: My Journey to see my Father; 45 Minutes, a Window and a Telephone by Sumoud Sa’adat (Samidoun, 25 August 2015)
• Palestinian Authority Security Cooperation and the Internationalization of Occupation: The Case of Ahmad Sa’adat by Charlotte Kates (Jadaliyya, 27 January 2015)

source: Samidoun

January 15-25 2026: Join the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners!

15 January 2026 marks the 24th anniversary of the abduction of Palestinian liberation movement leader Ahmad Sa’adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, by the so-called “Palestinian Authority” under its “security coordination” with the Zionist regime. For four years, Sa’adat and his comrades were imprisoned by the PA — and held under U.S., British and Canadian guard — before they were abducted, once again, on 14 March 2006 by the Zionist occupation forces. Since then, Sa’adat and his comrades, leaders of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, have been held inside the notorious Zionist prisons, and subjected to isolation, torture and medical abuse and neglect. Today, they are among the leadership prisoners threatened with assassination daily inside the occupation prisons.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all who stand with Palestine — Palestine solidarity groups and collectives, Palestinian, Arab and Muslim community organizations, anti-imperialist organizations, political parties and liberation movements — to join between 15 and 25 January 2026 in a week of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners in Zionist dungeons, in PA jails, and in the prisons of imperialist and reactionary regimes.

>> Endorse the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners. <<

The Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners has been marked annually for nearly 15 years. This year, the dates also coincide with a day of media action on 15-16 January 2026 by the Red Ribbons Campaign/Save Palestinian Prisoners Campaign, which focuses on the struggle to free Palestinians in occupation prisons, including medical workers like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and all imprisoned Palestinians — as well as campaigning to stop the dangerous “execution law” being promulgated by ultra-Zionist, racist “Israeli” national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. We urge all to participate in this day of media action, as well as activities organized as part of this campaign on 31 January 2026 for the Palestinian prisoners and their liberation.

The call to action is particularly urgent this year. Since 7 October 2023, amid the Al-Aqsa Flood and the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza, at least 87 identified Palestinian prisoners have already been assassinated inside the Zionist jails, either directly under torture or due to deliberate medical neglect and abuse. In almost all cases, the occupation continues to imprison the bodies of the martyrs — in addition to the bodies of hundreds of martyrs held hostage by the Zionist regime. Palestinian prisoners are subjected to a starvation policy, denied family and even legal visits, and subjected to repeated raids and attacks inside the prisons — all under the guise of a “state of emergency” — perpetuated for over two years and renewed only yesterday.

The leadership of the prisoners’ movement, of which Ahmad Sa’adat is a prominent figure, alongside Marwan Barghouti, Abdullah Barghouti, Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh, Anas Jaradat, Hassan Salameh, Abbas al-Sayyed, Ibrahim Hamed, Jamal Abu al-Haija, Muammar Shahrour, Muhannad Shreim, and other leaders of the prisoners’ movement, are particularly targeted for abuse. They have been repeatedly assaulted and beaten by occupation jailers, threatened with assassination, denied medical care, starved, and thrown in isolation. At the same time, Ben-Gvir, who oversees the condition of the prisoners, and the entire Zionist government, are pushing a new “execution law” to legalize the assassination of Palestinian prisoners, particularly those designated as “elite prisoners.” Just two days ago, this bill passed its first reading in the Zionist Knesset. Now, more than ever, we must organize and speak out to save, protect and liberate all Palestinian prisoners — and support these leaders of the Palestinian resistance and liberation movement under attack.

In addition, this anniversary draws attention to the dangerous role of the treacherous so-called “Palestinian Authority,” created by the Oslo accords, and its “security coordination” regime, serving as an agent of the occupation and of imperialist powers, rather than acting to protect and defend the Palestinian people from the genocidal occupation regime. The abduction of Ahmad Sa’adat and his comrades is not a historical anecdote two decades later; instead, it has become standard practice.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested and are currently held in Palestinian Authority jails because they are accused of resisting the occupation; PA prisons operate as “revolving doors” with the occupation jails. In the besieged refugee camps of the West Bank, such as Jenin, Tulkarem and Nour Shams, the PA’s “homeland protection” campaign came as a precursor to the ongoing Zionist invasions that have displaced tens of thousands. In Gaza, not only did the PA fail to act against genocide, but PA officials such as Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) have joined in the U.S.-Zionist demands to disarm the resistance, while the Rada’ (Deterrence) Force issued a statement just today warning of the PA’s role in supporting gangs of collaborators in occupied areas of the Strip.

Further, the PA has, in recent months, escalated its financial collaboration with Zionist and imperialist demands, and cut the salaries of the families of prisoners and martyrs, creating hardship and crisis for the families of those who have given the most in defense of Palestine. This anniversary is an open call to speak out, to expose and to confront this dangerous attack on the Palestinian prisoners and the Resistance.

The case of Ahmad Sa’adat highlights imperialist complicity and full involvement in Zionist genocide — and the imprisonment of the Palestinian resistance. When he was abducted by the Palestinian Authority, he and his comrades were held under U.S., British, and Canadian guard in the PA-run Jericho prison. Today, there are dozens if not more Palestinian and Palestine solidarity prisoners in imperialist jails and facing persecution, in the United States, Britain, Canada, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere, as well as in Arab reactionary regime prisons.

These same powers, led by the United States, are currently also attacking Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution by imprisoning President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, and threatening further war, aggression, and economic coercive measures against Iran, targeting the nations and peoples that continue to resist imperialist domination and plunder.

This week of action coincides with important hearings in Italy in the cases of Anan Yaeesh, Mansour Doghmosh and Ali Irar, as well as in the case of the seven imprisoned Palestinians including Mohammed Hannoun, and in the case of Ahmed Salem, on 16 and 20 January. It also coincides with an ongoing hunger strike by the Prisoners for Palestine in British jails that seeks to end British complicity in the genocide and challenge the criminalization of Palestine Action and the Palestine movement broadly. While Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmad and Lewie C ended their strike yesterday with the announcement that Elbit Systems would be denied a £2 billion training contract with the British military, Umer Khalid is continuing his hunger strike to demand a full shutdown of Elbit, release on bail, ending censorship of communications, a fair trial, and the deproscription of Palestine Action. We urge participants in the week of action to highlight and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian and international prisoners for Palestine held in imperialist jails everywhere, as well as in anti-imperialist demonstrations and actions against war and aggression.

Palestinian prisoners are Resistance leaders, on the front lines for justice and liberation, struggling relentlessly, with an unbreakable will, toward freedom amid the most dire conditions of torture, abuse, medical neglect and deliberate killing. This is a critical moment to take action, escalate, and make their voices heard — for justice, return and liberation.

24 years after his arrest, it is long past time for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, his fellow Resistance leaders and all Palestinian Prisoners in Zionist, imperialist, reactionary and Palestinian Authority jails.

33 years after Oslo, it is long past time to expose the so-called Palestinian Authority and bring down its  “security coordination” and treachery against the Palestinian people.

78 years after al-Nakba, it is long past time for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea!

We call for an international week of actions from January 15th to January 25th, calling for the liberation of Ahmad Sa’adat, his fellow resistance leaders and all Palestinian prisoners, confronting the “state of emergency” and the “execution law,” demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine, highlighting the malevolent role of the “Palestinian Authority,” and challenging the imperialist enemy. Take action to escalate against the zionist genocidal colonial entity, organize for justice in Palestine!

What can you do at you local level?

• Endorse the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners.
• Organize or join a protest or demonstration against the ongoing Zionist-imperialist genocide in Palestine, or against ongoing imperialist wars and aggression against Venezuela, Iran and around the world, with a contingent, signs or banners for Ahmad Sa’adat and the Palestinian prisoners
• Educate through your networks: organize a discussion on Resistance leaders and political prisoners, share resources about Ahmad Sa’adat and Palestinian prisoners on social media and in your community
• Organize an event, protest, teach-in stand or letter-writing meeting for the Week of Action.
• Organize events, actions and protests to demand freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners. Protest in public spaces, campuses and community spaces.
• Take direct action to confront the war machine: From Elbit Systems to Microsoft to Maersk, take direct, confrontational, escalatory or labor action to stop the profiteers of genocide.
• Share our resources online, and/or print the posters and flyers linked to above and distribute them in your local communities or neighborhoods.
• Join the Red Ribbons/Save Palestinian Prisoners social media campaign, as well as protests and local actions, from 16-31 January 2026.

“The Palestinian struggle for national liberation is part and parcel of the international movement of peoples for national liberation, international racial and economic justice, and an end to occupation, colonialism and imperialism.” – Ahmad Sa’adat

• Endorse the Week of Action organizational endorsements
• Download Materials and Flyers
• Visit the Linktree

Statements and Writings by Ahmad Sa’adat

• Ahmad Sa’adat: Prisons, the Black Liberation Movement, and the Struggle for Palestine (Jadaliyya, 24 January 2019)
• Ahmad Sa’adat, “Echoes of the Shackles” (English translation)
• Letter from Ahmad Sa’adat to Georges Abdallah: “You remain a symbol and a model for us” (Samidoun, 4 September 2017)
• Ahmad Sa’adat issues statement to Resistance Festival in Greece (4 October 2017)
• International Workers Day: On May 1, Ahmad Sa’adat’s message from prison to the international left. (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 30 April 2017)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat: Prisoners’ struggle is critically important for the Palestinian liberation movement (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 19 April 2017)
• Call to action from Ahmad Sa’adat: Boycott Israel! (Samidoun, 29 July 2015)
• Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat from prison: We are struggling for democracy, liberation and justice for all (Samidoun, 11 December 2015)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat: Leading from Prison, Ending Negotiations, and Rebuilding the Resistance (Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer 2014)
• Ahmad Sa’adat’s message to the Landless Workers’ Movement congress: Full Text (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 13 February 2014)
• Ahmad Sa’adat’s Message to the World Social Forum – Free Palestine (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 29 November 2012)
• Sa’adat from Isolation: Security Cooperation and PA Political Detention Must End (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 29 January 2012)
• Ahmad Sa’adat greets Conference in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners in Morocco (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 25 January 2011)
• Ahmad Sa’adat Greets the US Social Forum (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 18 June 2010)
• Ahmad Sa’adat speaks from isolation in Asqelan: The so-called “Two state solution” is a threat to the Palestinian people and the right to return (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 1 June 2009)
• Ahmad Sa’adat statement before sentencing (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 25 December 2008)
• Ahmad Sa’adat’s statement to Ofer military court (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 14 January 2007)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat in his Jericho prison cell (Solidaire, 15 June 2006)
• Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat (Mireille Terrin, Chris den Hond, 5 January 2005)
• Creating a Pole of the Democratic Left: Interview with Ahmad Sa’adat (Mireille Court, Chris den Hond, August 2004)
• The Popular Palestinian Intifada – Where is it heading? (Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 28 September 2003)
• Interview With Imprisoned PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Saadat (Fight Back News, 1 June 2003)

Resources and Articles on Ahmad Sa’adat

• The Case of Ahmad Sa’adat: Resistance Without Compromise (Abu Riad, 15 January 2025)
• On 17 October: Palestinian Resistance confronts colonial assassinations, imprisonment and genocide (Samidoun, 17 October 2025)
• Imprisoned Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat attacked in isolation by Zionist guards (Samidoun, 22 November 2025)
• Free Sa’adat, Free Palestine: 23 Years of Injustice and Resistance, by Benay Blend (Palestine Chronicle, 15 January 2025)
• Georges Abdallah’s message to the International Week of Solidarity to Free Ahmad Sa’adat (Samidoun, 17 January 2022)
• 13th anniversary of the sentencing of Palestinian left leader Ahmad Sa’adat: Take action for liberation! (Samidoun, 25 December 2021)
• Free Ahmad Sa’adat, imprisoned leader of the Palestinian liberation movement (Samidoun, 19 April 2020)
• Ahmad Sa’adat: An exceptional revolutionary leader in challenging times by Khaled Barakat (Samidoun, 20 January 2019)
• Georges Abdallah calls for action to free Ahmad Sa’adat, confront normalization, in statement from French prison (Samidoun, 14 January 2019)
• Ahmad Sa’adat: Palestine will be freed by the people, not the elites (Samidoun, 11 December 2018)
• 9 Years Later: My Journey to see my Father; 45 Minutes, a Window and a Telephone by Sumoud Sa’adat (Samidoun, 25 August 2015)
• Palestinian Authority Security Cooperation and the Internationalization of Occupation: The Case of Ahmad Sa’adat by Charlotte Kates (Jadaliyya, 27 January 2015)

source: Samidoun

Three Hunger Strikers End Their Strike After Elbit Denied British Contract; Umer Khalid Continues Strike for 6th Day

On 14 January 2026, three of the Prisoners for Palestine — Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmad and Lewie C. — announced that they were ending their hunger strike (as they approached imminent death), following the announcement by the British government that Elbit Systems had been denied a £2 billion army training contract with the Ministry of Defence, after widespread reporting that Elbit would receive the contract. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the Prisoners for Palestine and all of the hunger strikers on this important achievement and upon their sacrifice in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

At the same time, Umer Khalid, another Prisoner for Palestine and one of the Brize Norton 5, has resumed his hunger strike. He has been repeatedly held in solitary confinement and denied his religious rights, while being held on remand for a trial that is not scheduled until January 2027. Umer says, “We must now continue to crush the protective skull of Zionism, which is the UK’s political and military support, under the weight of our collective mobilisation and action. Are you on the outside afraid of consequences when this life is so short? So let them keep us here as long as they want, because you can’t imprison resistance and you can’t kill a revolution. Liberation is a promise and victory is coming insha’Allah.” Umer previously conducted a hunger strike from 4-16 December 2025. It is urgent that we continue to support Umer Khalid and all of the prisoners for Palestine in British and other imperialist jails, imprisoned as part and parcel of imperialist complicity with Zionist genocide in Palestine.

STATEMENT – PRISONERS 4 PALESTINE – 14 JANUARY 2026

After 73 days of hunger strikes which began on Balfour Day, 2 November 2025, as some prisoners are facing imminent death, Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie have ended their hunger strikes.

The decision to end their hunger strikes came as it was revealed that Elbit Systems UK was denied a vital £2 billion army training contract with the Ministry of Defence, a key demand of the hunger strikers.

The contract, which would have seen Elbit Systems provide training to the British Army over ten years, was lost despite the best efforts of officials in both the Ministry of Defence and the British Army, who it was revealed had been colluding with both Elbit Systems UK and its parent company Elbit Systems in backroom meetings and ‘tours’ to the capital of Palestine, Jerusalem, in a desperate attempt to further entrench their genocidal alliance and help them win the contract.

The abrupt cancellation of this deal is a resounding victory for the hunger strikers, who resisted with their incarcerated bodies in order to shed light on the role of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, in the colonization and occupation of Palestine. Since 2012, Elbit has won 25 public contracts in the UK totaling more than £333 million; the loss of this £2 billion contract marks a significant shift in this sordid “strategic alliance.” With this victory, it has never been clearer that Elbit’s days in Britain are numbered.

In addition to this key demand being met, we want to take this opportunity to celebrate the various victories achieved throughout the duration of the hunger strike:

In the past few weeks alone, hundreds of people have signed up to take action against the genocidal military-industrial complex, more than the number of people who took action with Palestine Action over its five-year campaign. During that five-year campaign, Israeli weapons factories were shut down. Elbit Systems is living on stolen time—we will see it shut down for good, not because of the government, but because of the people.

Heba Muraisi’s transfer to HMP Bronzefield has been accepted by HMP New Hall, where she is currently being held in intentional isolation from her family and friends.

T. Hoxha has been offered a meeting with the head of JEXU (Joint Extremism Unit) at her prison, the very same organization that orchestrates the prisoners’ treatment as ‘terrorists’.

Despite the cruel and constant medical neglect of the hunger strikers, including not logging food refusals, refusal of ambulances in life-threatening emergencies, and degrading treatment in hospitals, the national heads of prison healthcare have met with us at the behest of the Ministry of Justice.

During the hunger strike, some of the prisoners started receiving bulk packages of withelped mail, and in one case received an apology from prison staff for a letter that was delayed by six months. Books on topics of Gaza and feminism have also been given after months of waiting.

In pursuit of a fair trial, the hunger strikers demanded disclosure of export licenses for the last 5 years from Elbit Systems. After repeated requests, this information was disclosed to an independent researcher by the Department of Trade during the hunger strike.

The continued printing of the blood will remain on the stain on Britain’s facade of being a “democratic” country, with no sliver of law and order.

This pathetic and cowardly British government cannot resist authoritarianism; it uses fear to deter rightful protest and dissent, echoing the use of administrative detention against the Palestinian people.

The hunger strike has cemented this fact to the country, and across the world: Britain has political prisoners in service of a foreign genocidal regime. In a time of worsening political repression and widespread propaganda about a non-existent ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza, the hunger strike stands as a testament to continued defiance.

The hunger strikers have allowed those of us who were fearful of state repression to be brave—to go out once again onto the streets and fight for justice. The government should know they cannot ban a concept. Cowardly banning one group cannot stop a belief, a movement, a people. This is only the start of our collective fight to free us all, and the road to freedom runs through Palestine.

At the end of his hunger strike, on Elbit losing the £2 billion contract, Lewie said:

It is definitely a time for celebration. A time to rejoice and to embrace our joy as revolution and as liberation… We do this because of Palestine, because we’ve been inspired, because we’ve been tempted to take action and to try to realize our dreams for a free Palestine, for an emancipated world.

As these victories are declared, we turn our efforts and attention to Umer Khalid, the last remaining hunger striker, who continues to use his body as a weapon against the state in pursuit of justice.

source: Samidoun

Three Hunger Strikers End Their Strike After Elbit Denied British Contract; Umer Khalid Continues Strike for 6th Day

On 14 January 2026, three of the Prisoners for Palestine — Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmad and Lewie C. — announced that they were ending their hunger strike (as they approached imminent death), following the announcement by the British government that Elbit Systems had been denied a £2 billion army training contract with the Ministry of Defence, after widespread reporting that Elbit would receive the contract. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the Prisoners for Palestine and all of the hunger strikers on this important achievement and upon their sacrifice in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

At the same time, Umer Khalid, another Prisoner for Palestine and one of the Brize Norton 5, has resumed his hunger strike. He has been repeatedly held in solitary confinement and denied his religious rights, while being held on remand for a trial that is not scheduled until January 2027. Umer says, “We must now continue to crush the protective skull of Zionism, which is the UK’s political and military support, under the weight of our collective mobilisation and action. Are you on the outside afraid of consequences when this life is so short? So let them keep us here as long as they want, because you can’t imprison resistance and you can’t kill a revolution. Liberation is a promise and victory is coming insha’Allah.” Umer previously conducted a hunger strike from 4-16 December 2025. It is urgent that we continue to support Umer Khalid and all of the prisoners for Palestine in British and other imperialist jails, imprisoned as part and parcel of imperialist complicity with Zionist genocide in Palestine.

STATEMENT – PRISONERS 4 PALESTINE – 14 JANUARY 2026

After 73 days of hunger strikes which began on Balfour Day, 2 November 2025, as some prisoners are facing imminent death, Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie have ended their hunger strikes.

The decision to end their hunger strikes came as it was revealed that Elbit Systems UK was denied a vital £2 billion army training contract with the Ministry of Defence, a key demand of the hunger strikers.

The contract, which would have seen Elbit Systems provide training to the British Army over ten years, was lost despite the best efforts of officials in both the Ministry of Defence and the British Army, who it was revealed had been colluding with both Elbit Systems UK and its parent company Elbit Systems in backroom meetings and ‘tours’ to the capital of Palestine, Jerusalem, in a desperate attempt to further entrench their genocidal alliance and help them win the contract.

The abrupt cancellation of this deal is a resounding victory for the hunger strikers, who resisted with their incarcerated bodies in order to shed light on the role of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, in the colonization and occupation of Palestine. Since 2012, Elbit has won 25 public contracts in the UK totaling more than £333 million; the loss of this £2 billion contract marks a significant shift in this sordid “strategic alliance.” With this victory, it has never been clearer that Elbit’s days in Britain are numbered.

In addition to this key demand being met, we want to take this opportunity to celebrate the various victories achieved throughout the duration of the hunger strike:

In the past few weeks alone, hundreds of people have signed up to take action against the genocidal military-industrial complex, more than the number of people who took action with Palestine Action over its five-year campaign. During that five-year campaign, Israeli weapons factories were shut down. Elbit Systems is living on stolen time—we will see it shut down for good, not because of the government, but because of the people.

Heba Muraisi’s transfer to HMP Bronzefield has been accepted by HMP New Hall, where she is currently being held in intentional isolation from her family and friends.

T. Hoxha has been offered a meeting with the head of JEXU (Joint Extremism Unit) at her prison, the very same organization that orchestrates the prisoners’ treatment as ‘terrorists’.

Despite the cruel and constant medical neglect of the hunger strikers, including not logging food refusals, refusal of ambulances in life-threatening emergencies, and degrading treatment in hospitals, the national heads of prison healthcare have met with us at the behest of the Ministry of Justice.

During the hunger strike, some of the prisoners started receiving bulk packages of withelped mail, and in one case received an apology from prison staff for a letter that was delayed by six months. Books on topics of Gaza and feminism have also been given after months of waiting.

In pursuit of a fair trial, the hunger strikers demanded disclosure of export licenses for the last 5 years from Elbit Systems. After repeated requests, this information was disclosed to an independent researcher by the Department of Trade during the hunger strike.

The continued printing of the blood will remain on the stain on Britain’s facade of being a “democratic” country, with no sliver of law and order.

This pathetic and cowardly British government cannot resist authoritarianism; it uses fear to deter rightful protest and dissent, echoing the use of administrative detention against the Palestinian people.

The hunger strike has cemented this fact to the country, and across the world: Britain has political prisoners in service of a foreign genocidal regime. In a time of worsening political repression and widespread propaganda about a non-existent ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza, the hunger strike stands as a testament to continued defiance.

The hunger strikers have allowed those of us who were fearful of state repression to be brave—to go out once again onto the streets and fight for justice. The government should know they cannot ban a concept. Cowardly banning one group cannot stop a belief, a movement, a people. This is only the start of our collective fight to free us all, and the road to freedom runs through Palestine.

At the end of his hunger strike, on Elbit losing the £2 billion contract, Lewie said:

It is definitely a time for celebration. A time to rejoice and to embrace our joy as revolution and as liberation… We do this because of Palestine, because we’ve been inspired, because we’ve been tempted to take action and to try to realize our dreams for a free Palestine, for an emancipated world.

As these victories are declared, we turn our efforts and attention to Umer Khalid, the last remaining hunger striker, who continues to use his body as a weapon against the state in pursuit of justice.

source: Samidoun

Samidoun Statement on the German State of NRW Ordering its Website Blocked

The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network rejects and condemns in the strongest terms the repressive decision issued by the official media bodies in the German state of North Rhein-Westphalia, to block the Samidoun website (samidoun.net), in yet another outrageous step that expresses full adherence to the Zionist project and German imperialist repression against the Palestinian people and the growing international solidarity movement with their just liberation struggle.

This decision, announced in Dusseldorf and extending to all internet service providers and data transfer companies, is not an administrative or technical measure, as it is claimed. Rather, it is a hostile act aimed at stifling the Palestinian voice and criminalizing anyone who exposes the crimes of the Zionist occupation, particularly those committed against Palestinian prisoners in Zionist occupation jails.

The accusations leveled by the German state about “hostility to the democratic system”, “incitement” — namely, by rejecting “Israel’s right to exist,” are nothing but obvious, thin pretexts used to suppress any liberated discourse that exposes the colonial and racist nature of the Zionist entity. Our position rejecting the legitimacy of an implanted colonial settler entity based on ethnic cleansing and military occupation throughout occupied Palestine is not a crime, but rather a moral and political duty.

We also renew our rejection of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior’s decision to ban the activities of the Samidoun Network in November 2023. We consider this to be a critical moment in the escalation of the open assault against the Palestinian resistance and its supporters, as well as the Palestinian people as a whole, and a continuation of the policies of the German state, which has never ceased its political, military, and media support for the illegitimate “Israeli” entity, at the expense of the rights of the Palestinian people, international law, and freedom of organization and political action. Further, it is a direct contribution to Germany’s full participation in genocide in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine, alongside its arms trade and supply to the Zionist regime.

Defending Palestinian prisoners is defending Palestinian rights and the just Palestinian cause. Attempts to silence the Samidoun Network will not end the voice of the prisoner movement or break the will of free peoples. Rather, they will increase the pace of political and popular confrontation against supporters of the genocide in Gaza and imperialist regimes of oppression and complicity.

source: Samidoun

Samidoun Statement on the German State of NRW Ordering its Website Blocked

The Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network rejects and condemns in the strongest terms the repressive decision issued by the official media bodies in the German state of North Rhein-Westphalia, to block the Samidoun website (samidoun.net), in yet another outrageous step that expresses full adherence to the Zionist project and German imperialist repression against the Palestinian people and the growing international solidarity movement with their just liberation struggle.

This decision, announced in Dusseldorf and extending to all internet service providers and data transfer companies, is not an administrative or technical measure, as it is claimed. Rather, it is a hostile act aimed at stifling the Palestinian voice and criminalizing anyone who exposes the crimes of the Zionist occupation, particularly those committed against Palestinian prisoners in Zionist occupation jails.

The accusations leveled by the German state about “hostility to the democratic system”, “incitement” — namely, by rejecting “Israel’s right to exist,” are nothing but obvious, thin pretexts used to suppress any liberated discourse that exposes the colonial and racist nature of the Zionist entity. Our position rejecting the legitimacy of an implanted colonial settler entity based on ethnic cleansing and military occupation throughout occupied Palestine is not a crime, but rather a moral and political duty.

We also renew our rejection of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior’s decision to ban the activities of the Samidoun Network in November 2023. We consider this to be a critical moment in the escalation of the open assault against the Palestinian resistance and its supporters, as well as the Palestinian people as a whole, and a continuation of the policies of the German state, which has never ceased its political, military, and media support for the illegitimate “Israeli” entity, at the expense of the rights of the Palestinian people, international law, and freedom of organization and political action. Further, it is a direct contribution to Germany’s full participation in genocide in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine, alongside its arms trade and supply to the Zionist regime.

Defending Palestinian prisoners is defending Palestinian rights and the just Palestinian cause. Attempts to silence the Samidoun Network will not end the voice of the prisoner movement or break the will of free peoples. Rather, they will increase the pace of political and popular confrontation against supporters of the genocide in Gaza and imperialist regimes of oppression and complicity.

source: Samidoun

Defend Venezuela, Defend Palestine: International Call to Action Against U.S. Imperialism

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network declares its full and complete solidarity with the people and government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which today confronts not only over a decade of U.S. imposed coercive economic measures and economic warfare, nor imperialist military assaults on its trade and citizenry at sea, but a full-fledged ground and air aggression by the United States, targeting the capital Caracas, as well as the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. U.S. President Donald Trump is even boasting of kidnapping the legitimate President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros. At this moment, it is urgent for all who stand against imperialism, particularly in the United States and throughout the imperial core, to stand with Venezuela against U.S. imperialism and its criminal military aggression.

The aggression against Venezuela is cut from the same cloth as the ongoing U.S.-Zionist assault on Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and throughout the region, including the ongoing and escalated war threats against Iran. As the U.S. bombs and invades the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — notably, just days after Trump’s meeting with fellow war criminal, Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the Zionist regime is threatening yet more attacks on Lebanon, as it continues to bomb the South on a daily basis, and on Gaza, where it continues its genocide, even amid the one-sided “ceasefire.”

The U.S. has even attacked the mausoleum of Venezuelan leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, who famously declared in 2009 that the Zionist entity was guilty of genocide in Gaza and expressed his strong support for the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle. As in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, once again, it is imperative to affirm full solidarity with Venezuela’s right to defend itself and to resist U.S. imperialist assault.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is being targeted today for its resources and its oil, which war criminal Trump openly boasts of demanding for U.S. control, domination and exploitation. However, more than simply for its oil, Venezuela is being targeted because the Bolivarian Republic stands, clearly and firmly, for the right of the people and government of Venezuela to control its own destiny and future, and for the rights of the people of the world to do so. This includes breaking all ties with the Zionist entity and repeatedly standing in international forums for Palestine.

In 2018, Ahmad Sa’adat, imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a prominent leader of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, wrote:

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been a stalwart friend of the Palestinian people. In all international arenas and forums and through practical support and material solidarity, the Venezuelan people and state have stood with the Palestinian people, confronting imperialism and Zionism. Venezuela’s rejection of diplomatic ties with the Israeli colonial regime stands as an example in the world of principled solidarity and boycott, especially as the Palestinian movement, including the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, urges international boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel… We know well the words and actions of Hugo Chavez in support of the Palestinian people and his clear condemnations of the Zionist attacks on the Palestinian people. ‘The State of Israel has become a murderous lackey at the service of imperialism…It’s a genocidal government. I condemn that Zionist government that persecutes the heroic Palestinian people,’ Chavez said. His words on Palestine and in support of the struggle of our people have bolstered the strength and resolve of Palestinians everywhere.

Venezuela has been, for over a decade, targeted by sanctions and siege — illegal unilateral coercive measures — imposed by the United States. This has formed a fully fledged hybrid economic war on Venezuela, for the purpose of “regime change” to a Venezuelan “opposition” that is fully in the pocket of U.S. imperialism and allied with Zionism. It has also birthed creative and resilient responses to U.S. coercion, in alliance with other targeted states, such as Iran, as well as expanded trade with China, Russia, and other BRICS powers. This is the same policy of siege and starvation that has been intensified and focused for the past 17 years upon Palestine and its Resistance in Gaza. It is extended to the policy of “anti-terror” designations and individualized sanctions imposed upon every identified individual in the world involved in confronting U.S. imperialism, which the U.S. demands be treated as global edicts.

This refusal to allow the U.S. to control the trade in Venezuela’s world-largest oil reserves is part of the global effort to shatter the hegemony of U.S. imperialism and dollar domination of international trade. Venezuela is targeted today, alongside its leaders, because, like Simon Bolivar, from whom the Bolivarian Republic takes its name, it defends sovereignty, freedom, self-determination and the entire global South against imperialism; because Venezuela has dared, since its Revolution, to say ‘NO’ to empire.

The kidnapping of legitimate Venezuelan President Maduro is yet another egregious adventure by U.S. imperialism, following failed efforts to use collaborators and bribes to secure their goals. Before being subjected to this invasion and kidnapping, he was targeted with a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head. The kidnapping and assassination of leaders is a strategy used by the imperialist-Zionist alliance in Palestine, in Yemen, in Lebanon, in Iran and throughout the region, as is the posting of extensive bounties seeking to market the lives of those who refuse U.S. imperialism. In fact, many of the Resistance leaders targeted by the occupation (often with U.S. intelligence as well as nearly always with U.S. weaponry) have been targeted by such bounties, including the martyrs Saleh al-Arouri (martyred two years ago yesterday), Haitham Ali Tabataba’i, assassinated just 40 days ago in Lebanon, and, of course, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated with 80 tons of U.S.-made explosives. The combination of kidnapping, imprisonment and assassination of leaders is the standard imperialist and colonialist playbook, epitomized by the campaign of imprisonment and assassination targeting the Palestinian resistance.

Indeed, this 3 January assault on Venezuela comes six years to the date after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis in Baghdad, Iraq, on 3 January 2020, in yet another blatantly unlawful crime of U.S. imperialism. This infamous anniversary is now marked by yet another U.S. crime of aggression against the people and nations of the world who act and organize to reject imperialism and its plunder, domination and hegemony.

The Venezuelan government has affirmed that Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is safe, and will assume the duties of the legitimate President captured and illegally kidnapped by the United States.

This is a moment for resistance and for action. It is clear that the U.S. sees the slaughter of even the appearance of international law under imperialism in its imperialist-Zionist genocide in Gaza as an open door to expand its aggression everywhere in the world, without even an attempt to manufacture other than the thinnest pretext and while openly declaring their thirst for the resources of the people of the world.

It is an urgent responsibility for everyone and every organization in the United States and in the international core to stand now for Venezuela, to escalate, to protest, to take direct action — as we stand simultaneously against the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the attack on Lebanon, and the aggression against all the peoples of the region and the world who confront and resist imperialism. We must not allow business as usual or content ourselves with mild condemnations.

The Palestinian liberation movement is fundamentally an anti-imperialist movement; the Palestinian people confront not only Zionism in Palestine and its entity “Israel” but the imperialist powers — if this was not clear before Al-Aqsa Flood, it is more clear than ever now. The front to defend Venezuela is a front to defend Palestine, for the liberation of land and people, and to confront our collective imperialist enemy.

In 2022, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro noted: “The Axis of Resistance exists throughout the world; it exists in Africa, in Asia, in the Middle East, in Latin America and in the Caribbean. The Resistance also belongs to the people who are fighting against neoliberalism, racism and various forms of colonization…The 21st century is our century. It is the century of the unity of the people. It is the century in which people will be liberated. It is the century of justice and truth. Empires are in decline, and people’s projects for well-being, development and greatness have just begun. This century is our century.” There are two paths for the world: of the resistance of the people, of Al-Aqsa Flood and the Bolivarian Revolution; and of the horrific crimes of imperialism and the blatant greed and thievery of the U.S. empire in decline. It is our task to make the first path — the global camp of resistance — larger, stronger, and, indeed, victorious.

Source: Samidoun

Defend Venezuela, Defend Palestine: International Call to Action Against U.S. Imperialism

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network declares its full and complete solidarity with the people and government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which today confronts not only over a decade of U.S. imposed coercive economic measures and economic warfare, nor imperialist military assaults on its trade and citizenry at sea, but a full-fledged ground and air aggression by the United States, targeting the capital Caracas, as well as the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. U.S. President Donald Trump is even boasting of kidnapping the legitimate President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros. At this moment, it is urgent for all who stand against imperialism, particularly in the United States and throughout the imperial core, to stand with Venezuela against U.S. imperialism and its criminal military aggression.

The aggression against Venezuela is cut from the same cloth as the ongoing U.S.-Zionist assault on Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and throughout the region, including the ongoing and escalated war threats against Iran. As the U.S. bombs and invades the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — notably, just days after Trump’s meeting with fellow war criminal, Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the Zionist regime is threatening yet more attacks on Lebanon, as it continues to bomb the South on a daily basis, and on Gaza, where it continues its genocide, even amid the one-sided “ceasefire.”

The U.S. has even attacked the mausoleum of Venezuelan leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, who famously declared in 2009 that the Zionist entity was guilty of genocide in Gaza and expressed his strong support for the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle. As in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, once again, it is imperative to affirm full solidarity with Venezuela’s right to defend itself and to resist U.S. imperialist assault.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is being targeted today for its resources and its oil, which war criminal Trump openly boasts of demanding for U.S. control, domination and exploitation. However, more than simply for its oil, Venezuela is being targeted because the Bolivarian Republic stands, clearly and firmly, for the right of the people and government of Venezuela to control its own destiny and future, and for the rights of the people of the world to do so. This includes breaking all ties with the Zionist entity and repeatedly standing in international forums for Palestine.

In 2018, Ahmad Sa’adat, imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a prominent leader of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, wrote:

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been a stalwart friend of the Palestinian people. In all international arenas and forums and through practical support and material solidarity, the Venezuelan people and state have stood with the Palestinian people, confronting imperialism and Zionism. Venezuela’s rejection of diplomatic ties with the Israeli colonial regime stands as an example in the world of principled solidarity and boycott, especially as the Palestinian movement, including the Palestinian prisoners’ movement, urges international boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel… We know well the words and actions of Hugo Chavez in support of the Palestinian people and his clear condemnations of the Zionist attacks on the Palestinian people. ‘The State of Israel has become a murderous lackey at the service of imperialism…It’s a genocidal government. I condemn that Zionist government that persecutes the heroic Palestinian people,’ Chavez said. His words on Palestine and in support of the struggle of our people have bolstered the strength and resolve of Palestinians everywhere.

Venezuela has been, for over a decade, targeted by sanctions and siege — illegal unilateral coercive measures — imposed by the United States. This has formed a fully fledged hybrid economic war on Venezuela, for the purpose of “regime change” to a Venezuelan “opposition” that is fully in the pocket of U.S. imperialism and allied with Zionism. It has also birthed creative and resilient responses to U.S. coercion, in alliance with other targeted states, such as Iran, as well as expanded trade with China, Russia, and other BRICS powers. This is the same policy of siege and starvation that has been intensified and focused for the past 17 years upon Palestine and its Resistance in Gaza. It is extended to the policy of “anti-terror” designations and individualized sanctions imposed upon every identified individual in the world involved in confronting U.S. imperialism, which the U.S. demands be treated as global edicts.

This refusal to allow the U.S. to control the trade in Venezuela’s world-largest oil reserves is part of the global effort to shatter the hegemony of U.S. imperialism and dollar domination of international trade. Venezuela is targeted today, alongside its leaders, because, like Simon Bolivar, from whom the Bolivarian Republic takes its name, it defends sovereignty, freedom, self-determination and the entire global South against imperialism; because Venezuela has dared, since its Revolution, to say ‘NO’ to empire.

The kidnapping of legitimate Venezuelan President Maduro is yet another egregious adventure by U.S. imperialism, following failed efforts to use collaborators and bribes to secure their goals. Before being subjected to this invasion and kidnapping, he was targeted with a $15 million U.S. bounty on his head. The kidnapping and assassination of leaders is a strategy used by the imperialist-Zionist alliance in Palestine, in Yemen, in Lebanon, in Iran and throughout the region, as is the posting of extensive bounties seeking to market the lives of those who refuse U.S. imperialism. In fact, many of the Resistance leaders targeted by the occupation (often with U.S. intelligence as well as nearly always with U.S. weaponry) have been targeted by such bounties, including the martyrs Saleh al-Arouri (martyred two years ago yesterday), Haitham Ali Tabataba’i, assassinated just 40 days ago in Lebanon, and, of course, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated with 80 tons of U.S.-made explosives. The combination of kidnapping, imprisonment and assassination of leaders is the standard imperialist and colonialist playbook, epitomized by the campaign of imprisonment and assassination targeting the Palestinian resistance.

Indeed, this 3 January assault on Venezuela comes six years to the date after the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis in Baghdad, Iraq, on 3 January 2020, in yet another blatantly unlawful crime of U.S. imperialism. This infamous anniversary is now marked by yet another U.S. crime of aggression against the people and nations of the world who act and organize to reject imperialism and its plunder, domination and hegemony.

The Venezuelan government has affirmed that Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is safe, and will assume the duties of the legitimate President captured and illegally kidnapped by the United States.

This is a moment for resistance and for action. It is clear that the U.S. sees the slaughter of even the appearance of international law under imperialism in its imperialist-Zionist genocide in Gaza as an open door to expand its aggression everywhere in the world, without even an attempt to manufacture other than the thinnest pretext and while openly declaring their thirst for the resources of the people of the world.

It is an urgent responsibility for everyone and every organization in the United States and in the international core to stand now for Venezuela, to escalate, to protest, to take direct action — as we stand simultaneously against the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the attack on Lebanon, and the aggression against all the peoples of the region and the world who confront and resist imperialism. We must not allow business as usual or content ourselves with mild condemnations.

The Palestinian liberation movement is fundamentally an anti-imperialist movement; the Palestinian people confront not only Zionism in Palestine and its entity “Israel” but the imperialist powers — if this was not clear before Al-Aqsa Flood, it is more clear than ever now. The front to defend Venezuela is a front to defend Palestine, for the liberation of land and people, and to confront our collective imperialist enemy.

In 2022, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro noted: “The Axis of Resistance exists throughout the world; it exists in Africa, in Asia, in the Middle East, in Latin America and in the Caribbean. The Resistance also belongs to the people who are fighting against neoliberalism, racism and various forms of colonization…The 21st century is our century. It is the century of the unity of the people. It is the century in which people will be liberated. It is the century of justice and truth. Empires are in decline, and people’s projects for well-being, development and greatness have just begun. This century is our century.” There are two paths for the world: of the resistance of the people, of Al-Aqsa Flood and the Bolivarian Revolution; and of the horrific crimes of imperialism and the blatant greed and thievery of the U.S. empire in decline. It is our task to make the first path — the global camp of resistance — larger, stronger, and, indeed, victorious.

Source: Samidoun

Más de 9.300 prisioneros y prisioneras palestinas detenidos en cárceles de la ocupación israelí enfrentan tortura sistemática, hambre, aislamiento y privación deliberada de atención médica, en condiciones que constituyen ejecuciones lentas.

📢 Esta realidad exige solidaridad internacional y el fin de estas violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos. #PrisionerosPalestinos #LibertadParaLosPrisioneros
#Palestina #DerechosHumanos #Alkarama #Samidoun #VidasBajoTortura @samidounspain

ACTE SOLIDARI PER PALESTINA

plaça Màlaga / Bonet i Muixí, diumenge, 21 de desembre, a les 11:30 CET

ACTE SOLIDARI amb vermut i mercat solidari. Diumenge 21 desembre vàries organitzacions solidàries amb el poble palestí ens tornen a trobar a Sants per a seguir lluitant de maner COL.LECTIVA. Vine!

Farem xarxa. Xerrades/Col.loqui. Espai i jocs infantils. Vermut i mercat solidari (regals de Nadal?). Música i molta resistència! (i si no pots venir compartir és de guapes)

Ubicació: Plaça Bonet i Muixí (metro Plaça de Sants)

Data: 21 de desembre (domingo), de 11:30h a 14:30h

Des del riu fins al mar
Palestina llibertat

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/acte-solidari-per-palestina

ACTE SOLIDARI PER PALESTINA

plaça Màlaga / Bonet i Muixí, diumenge, 21 de desembre, a les 11:30 CET

ACTE SOLIDARI amb vermut i mercat solidari. Diumenge 21 desembre vàries organitzacions solidàries amb el poble palestí ens tornen a trobar a Sants per a seguir lluitant de maner COL.LECTIVA. Vine!

Farem xarxa. Xerrades/Col.loqui. Espai i jocs infantils. Vermut i mercat solidari (regals de Nadal?). Música i molta resistència! (i si no pots venir compartir és de guapes)

Ubicació: Plaça Bonet i Muixí (metro Plaça de Sants)

Data: 21 de desembre (domingo), de 11:30h a 14:30h

Des del riu fins al mar
Palestina llibertat

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/acte-solidari-per-palestina

ACTE SOLIDARI PER PALESTINA

plaça Màlaga / Bonet i Muixí, diumenge, 21 de desembre, a les 11:30 CET

ACTE SOLIDARI amb vermut i mercat solidari. Diumenge 21 desembre vàries organitzacions solidàries amb el poble palestí ens tornen a trobar a Sants per a seguir lluitant de maner COL.LECTIVA. Vine!

Farem xarxa. Xerrades/Col.loqui. Espai i jocs infantils. Vermut i mercat solidari (regals de Nadal?). Música i molta resistència! (i si no pots venir compartir és de guapes)

Ubicació: Plaça Bonet i Muixí (metro Plaça de Sants)

Data: 21 de desembre (domingo), de 11:30h a 14:30h

Des del riu fins al mar
Palestina llibertat

https://bcn.convoca.la/event/acte-solidari-per-palestina