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Follow Us on TwitterJewish edict calls for the killing of all Palestinian prisoners if Shalit not returned 12Dec09 December 13, 2009
The Palestinian Information Center - 12 December 2009
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The council of Jewish rabbis called the “Sanhedrin” has issued an edict allowing the killing of all Palestinian prisoners if the Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit was not returned safe.
Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot quoted a statement by the Sanhedrin on Friday as saying that releasing Shalit in return for the release of “criminals” as what happened in past exchange deals is considered “capitulation”.
The council called for pursuing other means to liberate Shalit including targeting “killers in our jails”, referring to the Palestinian prisoners.
It called for a large-scale war on Gaza with the declared aim of eliminating Hamas once and for all.
The council urged the Israeli government to encourage settlements to boost their presence in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and along the Jordan River.
NOTE: There are currently some 11,000 Palestinian prisoners being held in 24 Israeli jails, 337 of them children. Many of these prisoners are under administrative detention where charges based on secret evidence. Israel routinely uses imprisonment to maintain the illegal Occupation.
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