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Comrade Souna al-Rai, longest-serving Palestinian woman prisoner, to be released
Comrade Souna al-Rai, the longest-serving Palestinian woman prisoner, will be released from the jails of the occupation on October 26, 2008 following a harsh 12 year sentence filled with isolation and suffering.
Comrade Souna is the sister of the martyr Comrade Ibrahim al-Rai, who was killed by the occupier's intelligence agency on April 13, 1988, after he refused to confess or provide any information under interrogation, despite vicious torture and the arrest of Comrade Souna for over a month as a method of pressure against him.
Comrade Souna's own involvement dated from an early age, and she has been involved in the national struggle since she was 16. She has noted the importance of her community and family environment and the influence of her brother in her involvement, where she was involved in founding the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and joined the ranks of the PFLP.
She carried out a military operation on the ninth anniversary of the martyrdom of her brother, shooting Israeli occupation soldiers and border guards at the Al-Karama crossing (Allenby Bridge). Comrade Souna noted that since a young age she was committed to the promise of undertaking a military operation in honor of her brother and in retaliation against the occupation for its ongoing crimes against our people. She spoke to the ability and the heritage of Palestinian women's participation in all forms of struggle, noting the Palestinian women heroes and martyrs - comrade Leila Khaled, Dalal al-Mughrabi, Shadia abu Ghazalah, and many other heroes, martyrs and prisoners.
Comrade Souna spent years of her imprisonment in the camps after harsh interrogation. She refused any submission to the occupation guards and spent years in solitary confinement. She was denied family visits for 8 years and saw her son Mohammed only once during her imprisonment as the occupation refused to give permits to her relatives to visit her, citing "security reasons." Her steadfastness and courage is legendary and echoes and symbolizes the steadfastness of all of our men, women and children Palestinian prisoners inside the jails of the occupier.
Comrade Souna is the sister of the martyr Comrade Ibrahim al-Rai, who was killed by the occupier's intelligence agency on April 13, 1988, after he refused to confess or provide any information under interrogation, despite vicious torture and the arrest of Comrade Souna for over a month as a method of pressure against him.
Comrade Souna's own involvement dated from an early age, and she has been involved in the national struggle since she was 16. She has noted the importance of her community and family environment and the influence of her brother in her involvement, where she was involved in founding the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and joined the ranks of the PFLP.
She carried out a military operation on the ninth anniversary of the martyrdom of her brother, shooting Israeli occupation soldiers and border guards at the Al-Karama crossing (Allenby Bridge). Comrade Souna noted that since a young age she was committed to the promise of undertaking a military operation in honor of her brother and in retaliation against the occupation for its ongoing crimes against our people. She spoke to the ability and the heritage of Palestinian women's participation in all forms of struggle, noting the Palestinian women heroes and martyrs - comrade Leila Khaled, Dalal al-Mughrabi, Shadia abu Ghazalah, and many other heroes, martyrs and prisoners.
Comrade Souna spent years of her imprisonment in the camps after harsh interrogation. She refused any submission to the occupation guards and spent years in solitary confinement. She was denied family visits for 8 years and saw her son Mohammed only once during her imprisonment as the occupation refused to give permits to her relatives to visit her, citing "security reasons." Her steadfastness and courage is legendary and echoes and symbolizes the steadfastness of all of our men, women and children Palestinian prisoners inside the jails of the occupier.
