Gaza [Palestine], February 16: Israel's move to force the released Palestinians to wear shirts with a Star of David logo and "we will not forget or forgive" written in Arabic has prompted anger and been slammed as a "racist crime".
Before the exchange, the Israel Prison Service released photos of a few of the Palestinians dressed in those provocative shirts. As the Palestinians were being returned, a number of them wore their shirts inside out in order to cover the
messages.
Footage shot in Gaza by Al Jazeera showed a few Palestinians setting fire to the shirts upon their arrival at the European Gaza Hospital in Gaza's Khan Younis.
"We condemn the occupation's crime of placing racist slogans on the backs of our heroic prisoners, and treating them with cruelty and violence, in a blatant violation of humanitarian laws and norms," Hamas said in a statement.
It added that this is "in contrast to the resistance's firm commitment to moral values in treating the occupation's prisoners". The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group also condemned the shirts as a "racist crime". (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune
