Palestinian Hostages
The media conveniently ignores that the majority of hostages are held by Israel
Whenever any ignorant Zionist shouted “Free the hostages!” at me as part of heckling while I was at a pro-peace demo, I’d shout “Yes! I assume you mean all ten thousand-plus Palestinian hostages that Israel has been holding? Including Palestinian children? I agree, sir!”
In July 2024 Shin Bet openly admitted that over 21,000 Palestinians are being unlawfully held, far exceeding Israel’s own prison limits. But that’s not new. Israel has always held massive numbers of Palestinians hostage.
The number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has doubled in the last few years — from 5,250 in October 2023 to nearly 10,000 by April 2025.
That’s in addition to the obvious fact that everyone in Palestine is a hostage to Israel. Israel has encircled and illegally occupied Palestinian land, cutting off Palestinians’ ties to the rest of the world, then enacted genocide on the inhabitants of the world’s largest concentration camp. All the while, Israel has been backed by the US, UK and other nations that support (and get rich from) bloody settler-colonialism.
17th April marked Palestinian Prisoners’ Day – a day to honour the courage of thousands of Palestinians unjustly imprisoned and turned into hostages. All nations should stand in solidarity against the system of mass incarceration Israel uses to repress all Palestinians resisting apartheid.
I’ve already written about the sexual violence, torture and rape that Israeli soldiers inflict on their hostages. Here are some other relevant articles.
How administrative detention is used to terrorize Palestinians (Mondoweiss, Dec 2023)
Administrative detention is inherited from the British, perfected by the US and abused by Israel (Middle East Monitor, Dec 2023)
Release of Khalida Jarrar shows harrowing conditions in Israeli prison (The New Arab, Jan 2025)
Why are there so many Palestinian children in Israeli prisons? (Al Jazeera, Jan 2025)
Scotland Stands in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners Under Genocide (Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), April 2025)
SPSC also had a petition to David Lammy about this. But, Lammy being the useless, Israel-defending, genocide-ignoring arsehole that he is, obviously ignored it. That’s new Labour for you. Instead they train Israeli terrorist soldiers and continuing to send weapons to Israel.
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Your point is a good one, and well made, Karl. The vile zionist entity inhabitants demonstrated for their soldiers’ rights to keep raping Palestinian prisoners held by them in detention…!!! 91% of z.d. inhabitants support the massacre in Gaza, thinking that it hasn’t gone far enough. I sincerely hope that the z.e’s latest act of aggression, against Iran, will result in their (z.e.’s) obliteration, if that does happen, there is a real chance for peace in the near/Middle East. But thanks again for remembering the thousands of unjustly detained Palestinians.