A specialist in prisoner affairs: Egypt is our strategic depth and has a great role in stopping war and displacement
The head of the Studies and Documentation Unit at the Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority, Abdel Nasser Farwana, praised Egypt’s role in reaching a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and its historical support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
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Farwaneh, a freed prisoner and a prominent expert in the affairs of Palestinian prisoners, said: In a statement to the Middle East News Agency today (Sunday) as the ceasefire agreement in Gaza entered into force – “The pivotal and main role of the big sister Egypt in reaching a ceasefire agreement, which includes a deal to exchange prisoners… must be praised. This great role falls within… In the context of its historical role in supporting the Palestinian people, their just cause, and their legitimate rights.”
He added: This is not the first time, as in all rounds and wars The previous Israeli attack on Gaza, Egypt played a major role in stopping the aggression on the Gaza Strip and reaching a truce or a complete ceasefire.
He added: "Egypt is our strategic depth and our real support in confronting the occupation; In order to gain our freedom and establish our independent state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and its major role in stopping the war of genocide, thwarting plans for displacement, and liquidating the Palestinian cause.”
The ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of prisoners, which was mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, entered into force this morning. (Sunday), and it consists of 3 stages, each lasting 42 days. The first stage – in the part related to the exchange of prisoners – includes the gradual release of 33 Israelis are detained in Gaza, whether alive or dead, compared to 1,737 prisoners, according to statements by Qaddoura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission.
The second phase of the agreement relates to the return of complete sustainable calm, and the exchange of other numbers of prisoners and detainees… while The third phase focuses on exchanging the bodies and remains of the dead held by both parties.
The Israeli authorities have identified the names of 95 Palestinian detainees who will be released this evening. Today, the majority of them are women and minors.
The specialist in prisoner affairs, Abdel Nasser Farwana, said that the role of sister Egypt and its support for the Palestinian people was not limited to a specific field, or in an exceptional stage, but rather it was supportive and supportive in all fields and at all levels and during the stages. Different times have always recorded distinguished and exceptional positions, not only in the field of support and support, or in providing humanitarian aid, but also in the field of political support, affirming the rights of our people, and thwarting conspiracies. Liquidating the Palestinian cause and displacing the people of Gaza.
He added: Egypt had a pivotal and major role, and it made a great effort for many years and is still working to end the Palestinian-Palestinian division, remove its effects, restore Palestinian national unity, and unify Palestinian efforts and wills in a way that contributes In protecting the Palestinian national project; It is the primary sponsor of this file. Which demonstrates the depth of the historical relationship between the Egyptian and Palestinian peoples.
Farwana pointed out that the Egyptian role in supporting and assisting the Palestinian people; It extends to include the issue of Palestinian prisoners as a major component of the Palestinian issue.
He explained that Egypt had an active and fundamental role in completing the exchange deal for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in October 2011, and its role was also pivotal in reaching the signing of an agreement. Between the leaders of the prisoner movement and the occupation prison administration after the prisoners went on an open hunger strike in April 2012, in addition to its intervention to rescue a number of sick and injured prisoners. With disability. On October 18, 2011, Egypt sponsored a prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, according to which 1,027 Palestinian prisoners were released, in exchange for the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Hamas in 2006.
Cairo also sponsored the signing of an agreement between the movement’s leaders. The prisoner and the occupation prison administration after the Palestinian prisoners went on an open hunger strike that lasted 28 days in April 2012, In accordance with the agreement, the occupation authorities resumed the program of visits by the families of Gaza Strip detainees to their children in prisons.
Farwana said: " Egypt is not just a position here or there, or a mediator at some point. Egypt is a partner in defending the nation’s issues, foremost of which is the Palestinian issue, and it provided many martyrs and prisoners for the sake of Palestine.
He concluded by saying: We lived in Gaza for harsh days and months. It was difficult, and we waited for a long time, with our eyes always looking to Cairo, and we were confident that the Egyptian efforts, along with the efforts of other mediators, must bear fruit and reach the historical moment in which the war stops. “Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip.”
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