PA minister wants "liberation of all of Palestine," including the land “occupied in 1948”
Headline: "Attended by ministers and MPs – central rally in Burqin to show solidarity with prisoner Hana Shalabi"
"The women of Palestine marked March 8 with a central rally, attended by a group of released female prisoners from the various districts of the West Bank. Participating in the events were Minister of Women's Affairs, Rabiha Dhiab; Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake; Minister of Social Affairs, Majida Al-Masri… and representatives from the territories occupied in 1948 (i.e., Israel)… [Minister of Social Affairs] Al-Masri sharply condemned the Israeli Prison Service for its violations against the prisoner Shalabi, especially the body searches conducted on her. [Al-Masri] said, 'We will expose the immoral policy of the occupation; we will expose the nakedness of this occupation, and this crime will not pass [quietly]… We demand of everyone to push ahead with reconciliation [between Fatah and Hamas] and to end the state of division, so that we will be able to stand against the occupation, to halt its activities against our prisoners, and to turn to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine – all of Palestine.'"
Note: Hana Shalabi was released in the Gilad Shalit exchange deal in 2011, but was later rearrested and kept in administrative detention. When she went on a hunger strike, she was expelled to the Gaza Strip.
"The women of Palestine marked March 8 with a central rally, attended by a group of released female prisoners from the various districts of the West Bank. Participating in the events were Minister of Women's Affairs, Rabiha Dhiab; Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Karake; Minister of Social Affairs, Majida Al-Masri… and representatives from the territories occupied in 1948 (i.e., Israel)… [Minister of Social Affairs] Al-Masri sharply condemned the Israeli Prison Service for its violations against the prisoner Shalabi, especially the body searches conducted on her. [Al-Masri] said, 'We will expose the immoral policy of the occupation; we will expose the nakedness of this occupation, and this crime will not pass [quietly]… We demand of everyone to push ahead with reconciliation [between Fatah and Hamas] and to end the state of division, so that we will be able to stand against the occupation, to halt its activities against our prisoners, and to turn to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine – all of Palestine.'"
Note: Hana Shalabi was released in the Gilad Shalit exchange deal in 2011, but was later rearrested and kept in administrative detention. When she went on a hunger strike, she was expelled to the Gaza Strip.