Palestinians condemn Israel’s Ben-Gvir over Marwan Barghouti threat

Footage shows far-right curate taunting 66-year-old Palestinian person during jailhouse visit.

Palestinian officials person condemned far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s taunting sojourn to the jailhouse compartment of long-imprisoned Fatah person Marwan Barghouti.

Footage of the sojourn shared connected societal media connected Thursday showed the curate making threatening remarks to the 66-year-old.

In the footage, Ben-Gvir is seen telling Barghouti, who has been successful situation since 2002, including years successful solitary confinement: “You won’t win. Whoever messes with the federation of Israel, whoever murders our children and women – we volition hitch them out.”

“You should cognize this, [this happened] passim history,” Ben-Gvir added.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the incidental “in the strongest terms”.

In a connection connected Thursday, the ministry said Ben-Gvir’s actions were “an unprecedented provocation and organised authorities terrorism, falling wrong the model of the crimes of genocide, displacement, and annexation faced by the prisoners and our people”.

It added that the Palestinian Authority volition instrumentality the menace earnestly and volition travel up with the International Committee of the Red Cross, applicable states, the planetary community, and its specialised organisations and councils.

Barghouti’s wife, Fadwa, said helium and different Palestinian prisoners are subjected to inhumane attraction down bars.

“They are still, Marwan, chasing you and pursuing you adjacent successful the solitary compartment you’ve been surviving successful for 2 years, and the conflict of the concern and its figures with you continues. The shackles are connected your hands, but I cognize your tone and determination, and I cognize you volition stay free, free, free,” she wrote successful a connection connected Facebook.

“I cognize that the lone happening that tin shingle you is what you perceive astir your people’s pain, and the lone happening that crushes and wounds you is the nonaccomplishment to support our sons and daughters. You are of the people; wherever you are among the people, you are 1 of them and portion of them.”

‘Shocking’

Israel’s Channel 12 broadcast a video clip of Ben-Gvir’s sojourn astatine Ganot Prison successful cardinal Israel. The transmission reported that the minister’s sojourn was intended to oversee stricter conditions for Palestinian prisoners.

The video marks the archetypal clip for years that footage of Barghouti has been published. His household and rights groups said helium has been successful solitary confinement since Israel launched its warfare connected Gaza successful October 2023 aft Hamas-led attacks connected confederate Israel.

Relatives of Barghouti who viewed the footage told Al Jazeera Arabic determination was a “shocking” quality successful his features, seemingly from “exhaustion and hunger”, and expressed fearfulness that helium would dice successful custody.

In October, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society accused Israeli situation unit of “brutally assaulting” and injuring Barghouti portion helium was being held successful solitary confinement.

The claims that helium has respective times been beaten by situation unit person been denied by the Israel Prisons Service.

The Fatah person was sentenced to 5 beingness sentences positive 40 years for his alleged relation successful readying attacks that caused the deaths of 5 civilians during the 2nd Intifada.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies