Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya has said that his Movement looks forward to a court verdict and a Saudi royal will ordering the release of Palestinian detainees and closing their file.
In remarks on Wednesday Haneyya affirmed that the historical positions of the Kingdom and the Saudi monarch in support of the Palestinian people and their national cause encouraged the Movement to express its hope for the release of Palestinian detainees.
Haneyya made the remarks after news reports said that the Saudi authorities decided to set the days from Sunday to Thursday of next week as a date to pronounce court verdicts on the charges filed against Palestinian detainees.
“We wish that these sessions would culminate in the release of all the Palestinian detainees especially Mohamed al-Khudari” the Hamas political chief said.
In 2019 the Saudi security authorities carried out an unjustified crackdown on Palestinian citizens rounding up dozens of them including doctors engineers and traders across the country. Most of those detainees have been living in the Kingdom for many years.
Among the detainees is Hamas official Mohamed al-Khudari 83 and his son Hani 49. They were arrested on April 4 2019.
Khudari has been living and working officially in Saudi Arabia for over 30 years and represented the Hamas Movement between mid-1990s and 2003 in the country.
The Saudi authorities have accused the detainees of being involved in activities and charitable work in support of their people and national cause.
