Bulletin
Dec. 7, 2010
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=3858

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

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On the day of the outbreak of the Carmel forest fire in northern Israel, 40
Israelis rushing to evacuate the prisoners in the Damon prison were burned
to death in the fire. After this was announced, the PA Deputy Minister of
Prisoners, Ziyad Abu Ein, accused Israel of not being concerned about saving
the lives of the Palestinian prisoners and being intentionally slow in
moving them away from the fire zone.

The following is the interview broadcast on PATV with Ziyad Abu Ein, PA
Deputy Minister of Prisoners' Affairs:

PA TV host: "Do you have information about the response speed of the Israeli
Prison Service in transferring the female prisoners from the Israeli prison,
or did they take their time and create a lag?"

Minister Abu Ein: "Yes, they created a lag and our [Palestinian] prisoners
were endangered. Had there not been Israeli criminals or Jewish prisoners in
this particular prison, it would have been even slower... If, Heaven forbid,
this fire had been in the Negev, Nafha or Be'er Sheva prisons (for
Palestinian security prisoners only, -ed.) there would have been an even
greater danger, but the presence of hundreds of Israeli prisoners in this
prison [Damon] spurred the ending [of the fire] and the evacuation of the
prisoners. But still it was very slow."

How dare they even think such things much less say them after 40 people lost their lives in an attempt to move the prisoners. But then again they believe Israel has trained sharks to attack tourist in the Sinai.