Schoolchildren attending strike for prisoners exchange "roses, sweets and ululations"
“In an atmosphere of joy, with roses, sweets and ululations, the families of the prisoners and the released prisoners took part in the weekly sit-in strike at the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC] headquarters in Gaza yesterday [Jan. 6, 2014]. [The strike] was rendered unique by the widespread participation of a large number of schoolchildren, who took advantage of their school holiday to express their solidarity with the prisoners and to participate in the rally honoring the prisoners released in the [third] phase of veteran prisoner releases…
At the end of the rally, the Prisoners’ Council of the National and Islamic Forces and the Fatah Movement awarded plaques [of honor] to released prisoners Rami Barbakh, Muhammad Salman and Ibrahim Abu Ali.”
Rami Barbakh – was serving a life sentence for the murder of Yossi Zandani in the Israeli town of Bnei Ayish on March 30, 1994; he was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Muhammad Salman – was serving a life sentence for strangling Shai Shuker to death in an orchard near the Arab-Israeli town of Tira on Feb. 9, 1994. He was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Ibrahim Abu Ali – was serving a life sentence for the murder of Roni Levi on Dec. 29, 1990; he was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
At the end of the rally, the Prisoners’ Council of the National and Islamic Forces and the Fatah Movement awarded plaques [of honor] to released prisoners Rami Barbakh, Muhammad Salman and Ibrahim Abu Ali.”
Rami Barbakh – was serving a life sentence for the murder of Yossi Zandani in the Israeli town of Bnei Ayish on March 30, 1994; he was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Muhammad Salman – was serving a life sentence for strangling Shai Shuker to death in an orchard near the Arab-Israeli town of Tira on Feb. 9, 1994. He was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Ibrahim Abu Ali – was serving a life sentence for the murder of Roni Levi on Dec. 29, 1990; he was released in Dec. 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.