Ex-Israeli Arab MP Barakeh "supports" Palestinian terrorist prisoners and "all means of struggle against the Israeli occupation"
Headline: “The national conference to support the prisoners recommends…”
The following refers to statements made on Nov. 24, 2021, at “the national conference to support the prisoners,” which was held by Al-Quds Open University, the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs, and the PA-funded Prisoners’ Club -Ed.
“Chairman of the [High] Follow-Up Committee for Arabs [Citizens of Israel] in the 1948 territories (i.e., Israel; an extra-parliamentary umbrella organization that represents Arab citizens of Israel) Muhammad Barakeh said that the prisoners represent all the meanings of struggle against the Israeli occupation, and that our people will support the prisoners’ resolve. He added that our people in the Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel) are suffering from attempts to erase cities from the map of the Palestinian homeland, but they – and foremost among them Jaffa and Lod (i.e., Israeli cities) – rose up (the verb “rose up” is from the same root as “intifada” -Ed.) and said that they are Palestinian and thus they will remain (refers to Fatah/Hamas Riot and Rocket War 2021; see note below -Ed.).”