Khafsh: The world's stand on kidnapped Palestinian MPs big shame

[ 28/06/2009 - 09:00 AM ]

NABLUS, (PIC)-- Fuad Al-Khafsh, the director of the Ahrar center for prisoner's studies, has underscored the importance of launching a solidarity campaign with the kidnapped Palestinian lawmakers, describing their kidnapping as "a shame on the world". In an interview with the PIC on Saturday, Khafsh underlined the importance of launching more solidarity campaigns with the kidnapped lawmakers in a bid to grab the world's attention to their issue, describing such campaigns as "the minimal thing the Palestinian people should offer in support for their elected representatives". He also pointed out that the issue of the kidnapped legislators wasn’t given the attention it deserves, stressing that the world's indifference towards that issue proves it deals with issues in a double-standard manner. "We hear about lawmakers jailed for embezzling public funds, fraud, and corruption, but in our country (Palestine) our lawmakers are kidnapped for adhering to the legal rights and national constants of their people. This is a big shame on the civilized world", Khafsh emphasized. He also revealed that his center sent letters to all Arab parliamentarians urging them to take an honorable stand in solidarity with their kidnapped Palestinian colleagues, but their reactions were limited to condemnation only. He also criticized Palestinian lawmakers for not giving that issue a priority, saying "I wonder how many of our lawmakers know the exact number of their abducted colleagues?" He also underscored that his center was the pioneer in highlighting that issue of the kidnapped Palestinian lawmakers through a campaign it launched on its website on the internet that, according to Khafsh, gained the support of no less than 250,000 supporters. "Indeed, I' am proud that my website was the first to defend and highlight the issue of the kidnapped legislators, and we did that out of faithfulness and sincerity for those who offered their souls and freedom to make us free and happy", Khafsh accentuated. Finally, Khafsh called on all legislators around the world to break their silence and to firmly call for the immediate release of the kidnapped Palestinian MPs.