{"id":8787,"date":"2021-03-23T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T04:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8787"},"modified":"2021-03-23T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T04:13:02","slug":"israels-first-palestinian-prisoner-dies-at-age-of-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8787","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s first Palestinian prisoner dies at age of 85"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RAMALLAH, March 23 — The first Palestinian to enter an Israeli prison died at the age of 85 on Monday, half a century after his release, reported Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society issued a joint message of condolence for Mahmoud Bekir Hejazi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHejazi, a symbol of sacrifice, left behind an important struggle and national heritage,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also sent a message of condolence for Hejazi, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hejazi will be buried Tuesday with a military funeral, which Abbas will also attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Born in 1936 in Jerusalem, Hejazi was arrested by Israeli forces after an operation in the occupied town of Beit Jibrin in January 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Palestinian to enter an Israeli prison, he was sentenced to death, but the execution did not take place over objections from the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freed by a 1971 swap deal between the Fatah Movement and Israel, Hejazi lived in Lebanon until 1994 before returning to Ramallah in the West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than a million Palestinians have been thrown into Israeli prisons since 1965, according to figures from the Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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