Palestine wrote: " target=_blank f75e87ec8f82ab940a34f8d86a557608&g='events/wl/080601mideast;_ylt=At.P6OyvwgFm8JIDQGOcDY6bOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-""' photos_wl_me_afp 060702 photo news.yahoo.com http:> A Palestinian mother hungers for jailed sons' return                                                                                                                                                by Selim Saheb Ettaba Sun Jul 2, 6:52 PM ET                    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Latifa Abu Hmed gazes at a photograph of her seven sons. One is dead and six are in jail. For her it is unfathomable that militants should free a captured Israeli soldier while nearly 10,000 Palestinians languish in Israeli prisons.    "I have six sons in prison, four of them for life," says Abu Hmed, sitting in her decrepit home in the         &am p;nb sp;  " target=_blank http: ?p='West+Bank""' news search search.news.yahoo.com>West Bank refugee camp of Al-Amari.    "My son, Abdelmonem, was a member of Hamas. He was assassinated in 1994 by Israeli special forces," she says.    "The others, who are in prison, were in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades," an armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas's          ; ;   " target=_blank http: ?p='Fatah""' news search search.news.yahoo.com>Fatah party. They were arrested in 2002.    "A martyr is a martyr. He is buried in the earth and is joined with God. But prisoners are living martyrs," she says.    The distraught mother rejects          ; ;   " target=_blank http: ?p='Israel""' news search search.news.yahoo.com>Israel 's call for the unconditional release of the soldier captured on June 25 by Gaza militants who infiltrated the Jewish state and who have demanded freedom for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israel has rejected the captors' demands and vowed not to negotiate for 19-year-old Gilad Shalit, who was seized during a dawn assault on an Israeli army post in which two other soldiers and two militants were also killed.    "Even children know that we should not give up the soldier without getting anything in return," she says.    "I am not only concerned for my sons. There are others who have spent more than 20 years in prison in Israel," she says. Militants from the armed wing of Hamas were among those who claimed responsibility for the attack. The groups outlined their demands in a statement issued Saturday, calling for all detained leaders of Palestinian movements to be released. The statement also called for elderly and sick detainees to be freed, and reiterated an earlier demand for the release of women and juvenile prisoners by Israel. In the nearby village of Kaubar, Assef al-Barghuti believes in the possibility of an "exchange, especially of the oldest prisoners", despite Israel's stated refusal to negotiate. Soon after Shalit's capture, Abbas ordered prime minister Ismail Haniya and his own security services to launch an immediate search to locate and release the soldier. Abbas, the moderate president whose former ruling Fatah party was ousted from power after Hamas won a landslide election victory, has been locked in a power struggle with the new government since it took office in March. "It is a shame that the Palestinian president could speak like this," says the Barghuti. His uncle has been in Israeli jails ever since the 29-year-old was born, having taken part in a "Fatah operation that cost soldiers' lives".    He does not elaborate. "Israel refuses to release (my uncle) because he has blood on his hands. True, we are killing them, but they have been killing us by the hundreds. Why should their blood be more precious than ours?"    According to Palestinian figures, Israel is holding 9,400 Palestinians. The issue of Palestinian prisoners and the pursuit of West Bank settlements by Israelis are two of the hottest issues among the Palestinian population. In May 2000, particularly violent clashes broke out after prisoner demonstrations, in a sign of the violence to come when the second Palestinian intifada erupted only months later. "The prisoners do not sacrifice themselves for their families but for all the people, and to fight against occupation," Abu Hmed says. "If the Israelis wants to arrest someone, let them arrest the officials, these leaders who do not even ask about the families of those who have been sent to prison," she says. Monthly Palestinian government payouts to the families of prisoners -- 225 dollars for single prisoners and 270 dollars for those with children -- have halted because of US and EU aids cuts following the Islamist Hamas's rise to power. Complicating the situation further, Hamas prisoner affairs minister Wasfi Kabha is himself now in jail, one of eight cabinet members arrested by Israel last week in a swoop on Hamas political leaders.    "We have not received anything since February. Hamas has tried, but there is no money," Abu Hmed says. " target=_blank news.yahoo.com http: mideastunrest_060702225230?? wl_mideast_afp 20060702 afp s>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060702/wl_mideast_afp/mideastu nrest_060702225230

Bismillah,

I am very sure that Al-Aqsa martyr brigade's main mission is to perform suicide bombings.  Because of this, I feel her sons are in the correct place.  In Shah Allah, all murderers, including the Israeli and American ones, could be kept away from hurting people.

Why draw attention to men like that?  My dear friend's brother who would never hurt another person either physically or emotionally was taken for throwing rocks -- and I believe him when he says he wasn't even doing that, that was just the accusation.  He wasn't seen for months; his family had to assume where he was.  He was kept for at least a year.  These are the stories that people are going to care about. 

Peace

" Because of this, I feel her sons are in the correct place."

you are really silly and pathetic if you believe they are in the right place. No wonder that the zionists never stop murdering Palestinian. Because there are people like you who live among us.

when i saw your username (herjihad) i thought you mature, but when i read your reply (i read it a lot of times to read between the lines!!) i realized how stupid you are!!

Palestine wrote: " Because of this, I feel her sons are in the correct place."   you are really silly and pathetic if you believe they are in the right place. No wonder that the zionists never stop murdering Palestinian. Because there are people like you who live among us.   when i saw your username (herjihad) i thought you mature, but when i read your reply (i read it a lot of times to read between the lines!!) i realized how stupid you are!!

Bismillah,

So who are you and where are you from and where, about where, do you live?  You could take your foreign passport and go to Phalasteen right now, and be a stone there now, couldn't you?

Do you really support Phalasteen?  If so, do something constructive rather than wasting your time throwing out foolish insults at someone who doesn't care about what you say other than the fact that you may be an agent provecateur.

Peace