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Memri
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Canadian Activist Charlotte Kates of Canada-Designated Terrorist Entity Samidoun: As the 'Martyr' Muhammad Deif Said, October 7 Changed the World; Now, Activists in the West Must Build and Escalate the International Cradle of Resistance
In a February 9, 2025 Sunday Morning Marxist Forum video call, Charlotte Kates, International Coordinator of Samidoun, which is recognized by the U.S. and Canada as a terrorist entity, quoted Hamas military leader Muhammad Deif in an Al-Jazeera documentary, who had said that October 7 would 'change the world.' She said that the hostage release deal, which she referred to as a 'prisoner exchange,' and Tufan Al-Ahrar [the Flood of the Free], has demonstrated the 'ethics of the resistance' and its military strength and increased its ranks. Kates, an American citizen, said that there is a reason why PFLP founder George Habash had referred to the United States as the 'head of the snake.' She said that in a 'post Al-Aqsa Flood era of anti-imperialism,' activists in the 'imperial core' have the responsibility to do whatever they can to build and escalate the 'international popular cradle of the resistance' and not simply call for a ceasefire. She discussed the 1985 Jibril Agreement where the PFLP brokered a prisoner exchange deal with Israel, and she stated that the released prisoners from the deal were central to the breakout of the Intifada. Therefore, the hostage deal in which Palestinian prisoners were released should be seen as 'times of great potential for the Palestinian struggle.' The Sunday Morning Marxist Forum was hosted by the Oakland, California Institute for the Critical Social Studies, and it was moderated by Allan Miller, a statistics and data science instructor at UC Berkeley Extension. Kates was arrested in April 2024 on charges of hate speech following her remarks at a Vancouver rally glorifying the October 7 attacks and Palestinian terrorist organizations. On November 15, 2024, her home was raided by Vancouver police in connection with these charges. During the video call, in portions not included in the clip, Kates discusses her husband Khaled Barakat's designation as a U.S. Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Barakat is the founder of Samidoun and a leader with Masar Badil, an organization closely linked with Samidoun; he has been identified by the United States as a leader with the U.S.-designated terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Barakat, a Canadian citizen, has been in Beirut, Lebanon, for the past several months since his designation as a terrorist by Canada. In the call, Kates mentioned that she is talking from Beirut, where she traveled to attend Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah's funeral. As of March 8, 2025, Charlotte Kates was still in Beirut.
Saba Yemen
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Hamas: Occupation's obstruction of agreement will only increase suffering of prisoners
Font Gaza - Saba: Hamas movement confirmed that the Israeli occupation's attempts to obstruct the agreement will only lead to increasing the suffering of the prisoners and their families, stressing that the only solution to release the occupation's prisoners is negotiation and commitment to the agreement. The movement announced its full commitment to the ceasefire and its readiness to enter into the second phase negotiations. Yesterday, the seventh batch of liberated Palestinian prisoners arrived in Ramallah as part of the "Flood of the Free" deal, and included 620 prisoners. The occupation also received the bodies of four of its prisoners through the Red Cross, after Al-Qassam Brigades announced its decision to hand them over. Hamas called on mediators to pressure the occupation to commit to the agreement, and criticized the double standards in dealing with the issue of Palestinian prisoners compared to the occupation's prisoners.
Saba Yemen
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Palestinian media: Prisoner release means rights obtained through sacrifices
Gaza - Saba: The Palestinian Prisoners' Information Office said the release of a new group of Palestinian prisoners is evidence of the battle of will that the people have waged, and evidence that rights are obtained through sacrifices, but not granted through bargaining. The director of the office, Ahmed Al-Qudra, said on Thursday, in a press statement, that the seventh batch of the "Flood of the Free" deal was released after the resistance imposed its will. He explained that it included the release of 642 prisoners, including 151 prisoners with life sentences and long sentences, distributed as follows: (43 prisoners will be released to the West Bank and Quds, 97 prisoners will be deported abroad, 11 prisoners from Gaza who were arrested before October 7) in addition to 445 prisoners from Gaza detainees after October 7 and 46 female and child prisoners. Al-Qudra congratulated the released prisoners who gained their freedom after long years of captivity and suffering, and specifically mentioned the heroes of life sentences and long sentences who were sentenced to prison until the end of their lives, and the prisoners of Wafa Al-Ahrar who were re-arrested by the occupation, numbering 41 prisoners. "The resistance fulfilled its promises and returned them to freedom again." Al-Qudra stated that victory would not have been achieved without the sacrifices of our people, especially in Gaza, which offered its sons as martyrs and endured despite the pain, to be today the maker of freedom, as it has always been the symbol of steadfastness and resistance. The Director of the Prisoners' Media Office called on the masses of our people to receive the prisoners as heroes "so that their return will be a scene confirming that they are symbols of struggle and steadfastness, and not just numbers for flags to be raised and chants to be heard, as this is the day of freedom, and our promise is that the path of struggle will remain open until the last prisoner achieves his freedom." Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Saba Yemen
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Occupation releases 17 prisoners in seventh batch of first phase
Occupied Quds - Saba: Last night, Wednesday, the occupation authorities released 17 maqdeseyan prisoners in the seventh batch of the first phase of the "Flood of the Free" deal between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation. Today, the occupation intelligence summoned 5 of the released prisoners, namely Muhammad Abbad, Khaled Halabi, Ahmed Nasla, Ahed al-Natsheh, and Hamza al-Kalouti, to the Qishla Center in the Old City of Quds, where it is expected that they will be handed orders to be removed from Al-Aqsa Mosque. The families of the prisoners received their sons amidst strict military measures, as they were handed over in front of their homes after being forced to sign that they would not organize celebrations or raise flags. 12 prisoners were also deported to Cairo, including 6 of those released in the 'Wafa al-Ahrar' deal: Alaa al-Din Ahmed Reda al-Bazian, Jamal Abu Saleh, Adnan Muhammad Atta Maragha, Salman Ahmed Hassan Abu Eid, Ismail Abdullah Musa Hijazi, and Rajab al-Tahhan.
Saba Yemen
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Al-Qassam Brigades hands over six Israeli prisoners
Gaza - Saba: Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over six Zionist prisoners today, Saturday, in the seventh batch of exchange operations within the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Gaza - Saba: Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over six Zionist prisoners today, Saturday, in the seventh batch of exchange operations within the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The handover took place today in two locations, the first in Rafah and the second in the Nuseirat camp. The handover of three Zionist prisoners began in the Nuseirat area in central Gaza, following the first handover that took place a short time ago in Rafah and included two Israeli prisoners. Meanwhile, prisoner Hisham al-Sayed will be handed over in Gaza City without a ceremonial ceremony. The movement handed over the two Zionist prisoners "Tal Shoham" and "Avra Mengistu" in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip this morning. The Zionist occupation authorities announced today, Saturday, the names of the Palestinian prisoners scheduled to be released in a new batch of Palestinian prisoners, within the seventh phase of the prisoner exchange agreement with the resistance factions. The "Israeli" occupation delayed delivering the list of names of Palestinian prisoners who will be released today as part of the seventh batch of the "Flood of the Free" deal. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, the Zionist occupation will release 602 Palestinian prisoners from the occupation prisons, as part of an exchange deal with Zionist prisoners held in the Gaza Strip, under the ceasefire agreement. The club's spokeswoman, Amani Sarahneh, reported that 445 Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip were arrested during the Zionist war of extermination on the Strip on October 7, 2023, 60 are serving long prison sentences, 50 are serving life sentences, and 47 were re-arrested after their release in the exchange deal that took place in 2011. As part of this batch, a number of prisoners released in the "Wafa al-Ahrar" deal who were re-arrested by the occupation state will be released, most notably prisoner Nael Barghouti, who spent 45 years in the occupation prisons, which is the longest period of detention in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement.
