Head of the Studies Department at the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Committee Abdul Nasser Farwana urged the international community and human rights institutions to take urgent response regarding an Israeli verdict sentencing an ex-prisoner to life.
According to Farwana the Israeli occupation authorities re-sentenced 72-year-old Youssef Abu al-Kheir to life 34 years after he was released as part of a prisoner-swap deal struck in 1983.
Farwana condemned in the strongest terms the life sentence issued against Abu al-Kheir whom he said was re-arrested on his way to Akka (Acre) city last May to visit his family following a forced-deportation period of over 30 years.
He added that Abu al-Kheir has been diagnosed with several health disorders.
The activist warned of a pre-planned Israeli scheme to restore the sentences of Palestinian detainees released in previous prison swap deals.
