Statement by Samer Issawi on ‘deportation deals’ – English and Arabic

The Zionist occupation on occasion offers ‘deportation deals’ to Palestinian political prisoners, enabling them to sign up for temporary or permanent banishment in exchange for their release from prison. Yesterday, such a blackmail offer was accepted – under severe duress – by hunger striker Ayman Sharawneh, which led him to be deported to Gaza and being banished from his home...