PFLP's leader says he is being tried as a representative of all Palestinians

Imprisoned leftist leader's lawyer says he is being tried as a representative of all Palestinians

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(Ramallah) Palestine News Network
Thursday, 09 November 2006

From his Israeli prison cell General Secretary of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ahmed Sa'adat placed responsibility for the Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun on Arab silence and international complicity.

From Ofer Prison Sa'adat was able to speak through his lawyer Thursday, stressing that the national response to the attack must be increased unity, forming a coalition government based on the National Accord Document and continued resistance.

He emphasized that no matter how much of a massacre the Israelis may commit, the want and will of the Palestinian people will not be impaired.

An Israeli military court was slated to sentence Sa'adat today after postponing the trial during the Gaza attack, but then postponed it once again until 14 January. His lawyer Mahmoud Hassan said that Sa'adat's is a political trial and that he will be tried as a representative of the Palestinian people.

Ahmed Sa'adat's wife, Alba, said that the Israeli administration postponed her husband's trial as the case against him is flimsy and they are looking for evidence.