*Fares: “ Israel’s practices after October 7 revealed its fascist tendencies”* 

 

 *March 12, 2024* 

 

 The head of the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs, Qaddura Fares, stated “the scenes of destruction, killings, incursions and fascist activities that target all Palestinian cities, especially Gaza, revealed the real tendencies of Isreal, which practices all kinds of fascist crimes against the Palestinian people”. This statement came during receiving a political delegation from the UNESCO, the deputy director of political department Mr. Gregory Rax, and the chiefs in the political sector Mr.Dain Calacas and Bassam Mahu, as they discussed the Palestinian issues, focusing on the cause of detainees and the policy of slow killing practiced against them. Fares illustrated that what is being practiced against Palestinian detainees is unprecedented, and the extent of attacks and assaults threaten their lives. Fares emphasized that the information on the conditions in prisons since October 7 reflects the occupation’s faith in crime, as Israel pursued the policy of collective punishment deliberately against detainees and their families, where they intended to destroy house belongings and attacking them in a brutal manner. Fares narrated information on male and female detainees in terms of the cruel conditions imposed on them, crimes committed against them in addition to the policy of starvation, where each detainee lost 10 kgs of his weight. Moreover, he stated that detainees where subjected to beating, torture and executions, deprivation of using canteen and going to the prison’s courtyard, deprivation of medicine and suspension of family and lawyers visits. He expressed his disappointment from the attitude of the international community, as all of us witnessed the uprising erupted for the sake of Ukraine, which gained international resolutions on its favor. At the same time, the international community kept silent and did not move to put an end to the Israeli crimes. On the contrary , there were many initiatives to help Israel in its genocide against Gaza. Fares called on the UNESCO through the delegation, to take a real action towards the Palestinian people in general and detainees in particular, as peace is a demand for people all over the world, and Palestinians are part of this system and deserve to live as all people around the world. This requires practical steps from the UNISCO and all bodies of the United Nations.