Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya has appealed to King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to take a decision to release all Palestinian detainees in the country.
“In light of the coronavirus pandemic that is invading the world … the release of the Palestinians becomes a humanitarian and national necessity” Haneyya said in a press release on Sunday.
The Hamas political chief highlighted Saudi Arabia’s religious responsibilities towards the Palestinian cause and expressed confidence that the Saudi monarch would not hesitate to take such step.
“On the anniversary of Isra and Mi’raj when Almighty Allah affirmed this sacred bond between the Land of the Two Holy Mosques and the Land of Palestine we call on the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to take a long-awaited decision to release our compatriots from prisons” he said.
Recently the Saudi security and legal authorities started to hold court hearings for dozens of Palestinian and Jordanian detainees who have been in jail for long months.
The Saudi authorities accuse the detainees of being involved in activities and charitable work in support of their people and national cause.
Among the detainees is Hamas official Mohamed al-Khudari 81 and his son Hani 49. They were arrested with on April 4 2019.
Khudari has been living officially in Saudi Arabia for over 30 years and represented the Hamas Movement between mid-1990s and 2003 in the country.
