Israel/Palestine

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts) Thu May 21, 2015, 04:14 PM May 2015

Palestinians facing death sentence in Egypt argue innocence

May 21, 2015 4:10 P.M. (Updated: May 21, 2015 4:10 P.M.)

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Death sentences issued by an Egyptian court against dozens of Palestinians have shocked Gaza in the wake of seeming appeasement between the Hamas movement and the Egyptian authorities last month.

The court delivered the verdict last week, in which deposed Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi and 128 defendants were accused of plotting jail breaks and attacks on police during the uprising that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

Hamas said that several of those sentenced to death sentence are "martyrs and prisoners in Israeli jails, including martyrs Raed al-Attar and Taysir Abu Snimeh, and prisoner Hassan Salameh who has been in Israeli jails since 1996."

Naim Abd al-Al, a Palestinian from the Rafah refugee camp who was sentenced to death by the Egyptian court, told Ma'an that he didn't understand how his name was on the list, as he has never been to Egypt and has never left the Gaza Strip.

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765547

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Palestinians facing death sentence in Egypt argue innocence (Original Post) Jefferson23 May 2015 OP

shocked at what? That the Egyptians don't give a shit about them? Mosby May 2015 #1

The Egyptians are Israel's strongest ally in the region. Al Sisi and Netanyahu are BFF's. geek tragedy May 2015 #2

Just like Obama and the king of KSA. Mosby May 2015 #3

Here's the actual quote from the interview oberliner May 2015 #5

It is a mistake to believe the citizens of Egypt perceive the Palestinians with the same Jefferson23 May 2015 #9

"Martyrs" means what in this context? oberliner May 2015 #4

Political prisoners likely to be sentenced to death. becuase that's how el-Sisi rolls Scootaloo May 2015 #8

That's definitely wrong oberliner May 2015 #10

I'd misread the article Scootaloo May 2015 #12

so will Israel extradite them? azurnoir May 2015 #6

al-Sisi treats his own people as shit, the Palestinians have no friend with him. n/t Jefferson23 May 2015 #7

What are you basing that on? oberliner May 2015 #11

The fact that he murdered six thousand Egyptians for protesting his coup Scootaloo May 2015 #13

The "you" in that question was the person to whom I responded oberliner May 2015 #14

Mosby

(16,311 posts)

1. shocked at what? That the Egyptians don't give a shit about them?

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 04:20 PM

May 2015

Maybe Pro-Palestinian groups will help them, I'm sure that JVP, SJP, CODEPINK and MPAC are sending legal teams as we speak. France too I'm sure.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

2. The Egyptians are Israel's strongest ally in the region. Al Sisi and Netanyahu are BFF's.

Reply to Mosby (Reply #1)

Thu May 21, 2015, 05:09 PM

May 2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/egypts-president-says-he-talks-to-netanyahu-a-lot/2015/03/12/770ef928-c827-11e4-aa1a-86135599fb0f_story.html

Mosby

(16,311 posts)

3. Just like Obama and the king of KSA.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #2)

Thu May 21, 2015, 05:29 PM

May 2015

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

5. Here's the actual quote from the interview

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #2)

Thu May 21, 2015, 05:38 PM

May 2015

"You speak to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a lot?

A lot. I just want to reassure him that achieving peace (with the Palestinians) will be a historic deal for him and for Israel, and that we are ready to help reach this peace."

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

9. It is a mistake to believe the citizens of Egypt perceive the Palestinians with the same

Reply to Mosby (Reply #1)

Thu May 21, 2015, 09:18 PM

May 2015

point of view as Sisi..if that is what you were implying.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

4. "Martyrs" means what in this context?

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 05:33 PM

May 2015

People who were already killed in "resistance" operations?

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

8. Political prisoners likely to be sentenced to death. becuase that's how el-Sisi rolls

Reply to oberliner (Reply #4)

Thu May 21, 2015, 09:08 PM

May 2015

He's like the fucking Queen of Hearts or something,

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

10. That's definitely wrong

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #8)

Fri May 22, 2015, 02:43 AM

May 2015

The two people named as "martyrs" by the Hamas person quoted in this Ma'an piece are not political prisoners since they are both dead.

I'm just not sure if calling them martyrs suggests that they died in a particular way (i.e. trying to kill Israelis).

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

12. I'd misread the article

Reply to oberliner (Reply #10)

Fri May 22, 2015, 03:10 AM

May 2015

And at least Raed al-Atar was killed in a missile strike.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

6. so will Israel extradite them?

Reply to Jefferson23 (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 06:30 PM

May 2015

Is al-Sisi doing Israel's dirty work, especially seeing as how one of them has been in an Israeli prison for 19 years

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

7. al-Sisi treats his own people as shit, the Palestinians have no friend with him. n/t

Reply to azurnoir (Reply #6)

Thu May 21, 2015, 06:53 PM

May 2015

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

11. What are you basing that on?

Reply to Jefferson23 (Reply #7)

Fri May 22, 2015, 02:45 AM

May 2015

When you say he "treats his own people as shit" - how do you mean that exactly? Where do you rank him on treatment of his own people relatively to the other governmental leaders in the region?

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

13. The fact that he murdered six thousand Egyptians for protesting his coup

Reply to oberliner (Reply #11)

Fri May 22, 2015, 03:14 AM

May 2015

And has been literally hunting down members of the political opposition in Egypt, ordering them into mass sham trials with predetermined death sentence verdicts? Maybe the violence and repression of journalists under the al-Sisi regime?

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

14. The "you" in that question was the person to whom I responded

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #13)

Fri May 22, 2015, 05:55 AM

May 2015

But thanks for sharing your ridiculous Muslim Brotherhood propaganda.

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