Capture, prisoner or arrest? In the recent Israel-Hamas ANDS EXCHANGE, it is not always clear

When Palestinian activist Bushra Al-Tahil was released from an Israeli prison after being held hostage by Hamas earlier this week, many media reports referred to him as a prisoner – or worse, a terrorist.

This was more than the fact that no Israeli court had avoided a criminal case, and did not charge him, or gave him evidence about the evidence for more than 10 months.

However, in the eyes of the world, Al-Tahil says he was made to look guilty.

He was just trying to turn us into criminals,” he told CBC news in an interview in his mother’s living room in Ramallah, a western bank, a few days after his release.

Palestinian detainees and their lawyers say the broader situation of Palestinians as prisoners is part of a deliberate plan.

“The [Israeli hostages] What is in Gaza is considered a kidnapping, because the criminals kidnap them, “said Al-Tahil. But because he was held in an Israeli prison, he says he became a prisoner.”

Thousands of happy Israelis celebrated in the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities when Romi Gonen, Emily Damnari and Doron Steinberur were finally released from Gaza last Sunday. Hamas says it will release four Israeli Satanists this Holy Saturday, in exchange for another large group of Palestinian prisoners.

While there is no doubt that these three women live 470-a-day days of nights in Gaza, Al-Tahil says that his time in an Israeli prison was also difficult. He says he endured months of isolation, mistreatment and mental torture by his captors.

Prisoners’ rights activist

Al-Tahil, 30, has been well-intentioned by security officials in Israel and the Palestinian Authority for many years.

A prominent West Bank prisoner lawyer with high-profile social media membership, he has been arrested or detained seven times since he was 18 years old – and was part of a prisoner exchange involving the Gilad Shalit militia back in 2011.

Al-Tahil says that he has been distracted by anything – promoting terrorism. He says it’s a catch-all show that covers anything the Israeli administration does. In that case, he says he gave speeches and made posts about resistance to the occupation of Israel.

He said his father, who is also in prison in Israel, could be released as part of the Detainee / Showage Swap.

Israel’s Ministry of Justice has labeled Bushra AL-Tahil as Hamas, but told CBC news that is not true.

Under Israel’s controversial detention laws – which due to recent reforms now only apply to Jews – the government does not have to reveal publicly what evidence was used to hold people in prison.

Al-Tahil says that in March, Israeli security services showed up at a friend’s apartment where he was staying and “beat him severely” before taking him to prison. In prison, she says she was subjected to random searches and repeated threats by male guards, including the removal of feminine hygiene products.

“It was a matter of revenge,” he said. He points out that the Israeli administration is angry about the Oct 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and that his past aquathism and Israel’s occupation of the West Bank made him an easy target.

CBC News contacted the Israeli military for more information on Al-Tahil’s case, but was referred to the country’s security service. Several calls and messages were not returned.

Administrative arrest

Sarit Michaeli, from B’tselem, Israeli Human Rights O, said the question of who is a prisoner and who is imprisoned “.”

“Others [prisoners] they are condemned to nothing. Others were convicted of killing many Israelis. But then there is another group of Palestinian prisoners who have been convicted in Israeli courts of criminal charges that will be re-arrested – for example, for example, the cases related to CBC News, “said CBC News cases.

“Probably most of the prisoners would be identified as ‘terrorists’ who did not do anything violent,” he said.

With Israeli kidnappers like Hamas and other radical groups, Al-Tahil says the guards at her prison told her and other Palestinian women that they were being held only to be sold to Israeli kidnappers.

“Everyone was waiting [ceasefire] agreement, because there was none [way] To justify our arrest,” he said.

A prominent Palestinian politician in the West Bank told CBC News Israel’s plan to round up people before such an exchange is well known.

“We are playing Cat-and-Mouse,” said Sabri Saydam, a senior member of the elite group, which controls the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah.

Hours after the cease-fire in Gaza went into effect, Israel’s military opened its front line in the conflict, sending a major offensive to the West Bank city of Jenin “to eliminate terrorism,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Images on social media on Monday night appeared to show dozens of Palestinians being held by Israeli security forces.

“The initial numbers show that those who were besieged yesterday evening and the night before the release of the size of those who will be released,” said SayDam on Tuesday.

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Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in the West Bank that were attacked in Major Operation Benjamin Netanyahu, said to ‘defeat terrorism.’ It is glorious to fear the war on the paved gaza will be taken there.

Among the 90 Palestinians who were dragged into the situation last weekend, more than 60 were women and all were arrested after the attack on Oct. 7.

None of the Palestinians released in the first half of the weekend were found guilty of killing Israelis. Among the most serious charges was an attempted murder charge against a 15-year-old boy, although he was found not guilty when he was released on Monday morning.

If liquidation goes according to plan, the Detainee / Teason SWAPS will include people convicted of serious crimes, according to a list released by the Israeli government.

Israeli TV channels report that apart from more than 700 Palestinians who may be released, those found guilty of murder may end up being more than 100.

Some 000 people captured in Gaza by Israeli forces will also return to the field, but Israeli officials have not said if anyone is suspected of committing crimes.

It’s a matter of equality

While many Palestinians see the plight of the detainees as an excuse for the creation of Israelis in Israel, the issue of parallels is hurting Israel – and among Jewish groups outside the country, including Canada.

Honest Reporting in Canada, which pretends to be a watchdog for “fair and accurate coverage of Israel” has expressed support for Israel’s detention laws and said any equality between the Israelis’ pails is “a matter of identification.”

After the first and only restrictions on the search / logging change in November 2023, the American Jewish Committee released its fact sheet, stating that Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons “only when” crimes ” were committed by Israelis and other foreign countries that they were “Jews or were in Israel .’

On Tuesday, an Arab member of Israel welcomed the internet backlash from Jewish Israelis after posting that he was happy for the release of the three women, as well as the Palestinian prisoners.

Ayman Odeh wrote: “We are all born imperfect,” said Ayman Odeh.

Later on the social media platform X, Odeh explained that while Jewish Israelis “like to see primarily the suffering of the Jews, I also see the suffering of both peoples – this is simply true, not only, but for all Arabs, but for all Arabs who live in it country.”

Bushra Al-Tahil says she has been enjoying her freedom, spending time with her mother and studying. But he fears peace will be short, and, before long, he will be back behind bars.

“We are always worried. Not because we are afraid, but because the situation will never be good.”