Statement of Islamic Emirate regarding the release of Palestinian
prisoners in exchange for a Zionist soldier, Gilad Schalit
Ziqad 20, 1432 A.H, Wednesday, October 19, 2011
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
Yesterday the ceremonial occasion commemorating the exchange of prisoners
occurred between Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas) and the forces of
Zionist regime through Egyptian intermediation.
Gilad Schalit, the Israeli soldier who was captured on 27th June 2006 in an
armed attack by Palestinian Mujahideen and who spent the next five years in the
captivity of Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas), was finally released
yesterday in exchange for the freedom of four hundred and seventy seven (477)
Palestinian prisoners.
This exchange between Islamic Resistance of Palestine (Hamas) and the Zionist
Regime in which a total of 1027 Palestinian prisoners will be released is in
reality the triumph of the will of the Muslim Palestinian nation and can be
considered as one of the heaviest blows to the Zionists; a blow which even the
head of the Zionist regime, Benyamin Netanyahu considers as the hardest task
done by the Israeli administration in its history.
This exchange sends a message to all the oppressed and vulnerable Muslim nations
that resistance against invaders is legitimate, effective and the best choice
and is also a religious obligation for occupied Islamic countries. Every
subjugated nation is able to utilize this lawful tool and religious obligation
to attain their usurped rights and achieve their legitimate goals. That is why
the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has put emphasis in the continuation of
Islamic Resistance against the invading Americans and has chosen this path as
the best option for attaining freedom of its lands from occupation.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would like to extend its felicitation the
leader of Islamic Resistance of Palestine Hamas, the gallant Mujahideen of
Palestine and to the entire Palestinian Muslim nation. We ask our lord, the most
high to free the entire occupied land of Palestine and especially Masjid Al Aqsa,
the first Qibla of the Muslims from the hands of the invading Zionists and to
give freedom to the oppressed nation from the prolonged occupation at the hands
of the ruthless invaders and make it a free and independent country so it can
live like the rest of the free people.
The Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan