Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
After 40 years spent by Karim Younis, the dean of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation detention centers, he embraced freedom today, triumphing with his determination and solid will over the jailer.
And Palestinian media quoted the spokesman for the Prisoners’ Information Office, Hazem Hassanein, as saying that the occupation released Yunus, 66, at dawn today, suddenly, as the information was that the release would take place at noon, and he was left alone in the city of Ra’anana in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 without informing his family, in an attempt to upset him. Their joy, the prevention of gatherings, and the organization of any celebration of his liberation after all these
years.
Hassanein pointed out that this method, which confirms that the occupation fears the Palestinian people's pride in their heroes, will not prevent the joy from entering the heart of every Palestinian with the liberation of the captive Karim Younis.
Last night, the occupation forces stormed the house of the Yunis family in the town of Ara in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948, and seized the Palestinian flags, and informed the family to prevent raising the flag of Palestine and posters with pictures of the Dome of the Rock or any national symbols, and also prevented them from playing Palestinian patriotic songs.
In his first statement after gaining his freedom, Yunus said: “This is the first day that I see space and the world now is different from the one I left. My heart remains with the prisoners who carry their corpses on their shoulders, and death walks with them.” He added: 40 or 50 years in captivity. It does not matter.. We are all ready to give for the freedom of our people.
For his part, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh pointed out in a statement that the Palestinians' joy at Yunus' freedom is great and their pride in his steadfastness is greater, calling on international human rights organizations to intervene to release all prisoners, especially women, children and the sick among them.
In turn, the Fatah movement pointed out that Karim Yunus, with his legendary steadfastness, constituted an authentic title for all the free people of the world who were determined to reject injustice, persecution and racism, pointing out that the occupation's attempt to assassinate the joy of his freedom through his sudden release will not prevent the Palestinian people from celebrating and honoring him in a manner worthy of him.
Karim Younes is one of the most prominent Palestinian activists. He was arrested by the occupation authorities since January 1983 and over the course of 40 years. He participated in all the battles that the captive movement fought, including the hunger strike, which is considered the most severe of these battles. The last of which was the strike in 2017, which lasted for 42 days.
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