https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a0c8c7a3-98a4-496b-8c14-dfeeef09c568 Soumaya verticalSoumaya Ghannoushi, a writer and expert in Middle East politics, highlights the stark contrast between the public celebration surrounding the release of Israeli captives and the near silence that accompanied the release of nearly two thousand Palestinian prisoners. For every Israeli name that received recognition, she notes, hundreds of Palestinian names were erased. Ghannoushi also emphasises that Israel holds thousands of prisoners and hundreds of bodies in morgues, denying families the basic right to mourn. “In Palestine, prison isn’t just a place. It’s a shadow that stalks a life from cradle to grave — how occupation disciplines the body, crushes the spirit, colonises time,” she explains. For Palestinians, she says, the prisoner has always been central to their struggle, a symbol of defiance stretching back to British rule and echoed in other anti-colonial struggles from South Africa to Ireland. These prisoners are not just individuals, but are “people who refuse to submit.” Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:56:13 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a0c8c7a3-98a4-496b-8c14-dfeeef09c568 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.