Damascus, SANA-Foreign and Expatriates Ministry complained to the United Nations over Israel’s arrest of Sudki al-Makt, a former Syrian prisoner in Israel.<\/p>\n
Al-Makt had been a prisoner in Israeli jails for 27 years without legal or ethical grounds before he was set free in August 2012.<\/p>\n
In two identical letters addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the UN Security Council, the ministry recounted the details that surrounded al-Makt’s re-arrest in the early hours of Wednesday February 25.<\/p>\n
“Under the cloak of darkness, the Israeli authorities barged into the house of al-Makt’s family in Majdal Shams village in the occupied Syrian Golan, rigorously searching the house, tampering with its rooms, vandalizing its furniture and confiscating the inhabitant’s cell phones.”<\/p>\n
The ministry said the crime adds to a long list of Israeli transgressions against the Syrian people under Israeli occupation in Golan. “Israel has a disgraceful track record of human rights violations throughout 47 years of occupation [of Golan].”<\/p>\n
Slamming the arrest as a gross violation of the Geneva conventions, the ministry said that Israel continues to flout international legitimacy resolutions that call for an end to occupation, taking advantage of a cover furnished by Security Council’s members.<\/p>\n
The ministry called on the United Nations and human rights organizations to compel Israel to release al-Makt and fellow Syrian prisoners in Israeli jails, demanding that they bring pressure to bear on the Israeli de facto occupation authorities to ensure more humane conditions for Syrians there.<\/p>\n
The letters concluded by stating that the ministry urges the UN Security Council to enforce its resolutions pertaining to Israel’s full withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan.<\/p>\n
Manal Ismael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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