Head of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine Sheikh Raed Salah said the nine months he spent in an Israeli jail will only make his anti-occupation voice louder and his pro-Al-Aqsa activism stronger.
Speaking to the Anadolu news agency Sheikh Salah reiterated his commitment to the resistance path and his determination to defend the holy al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic tenets until his last breath.
“Never ever shall we be terrified by Israeli jails. . . . Imprisonment will only make us stronger” said Salah.
He added that none of the Israeli threats to re-send him to jail will dampen his spirits vowing that he will forever speak up for Muslims and Palestinians’ rights.
Sheikh Salah also pledged to keep defending the holy al-Aqsa Mosque—the third holiest site in Islam—and back up sit-ins in such a sacred place of worship despite the incessant Israeli crackdowns and intensive questionings he has been made to endure.
Commenting on whether he was tortured in Israeli lock-ups Sheikh Salah said that he had not been subjected to physical torture but said he “had been subjected to a real and severe persecution” on account of his religious and political activism.
Sheikh Salah was released from an Israeli jail on Tuesday morning after he had served a nine-month prison-term.
