LEBANON: PRISONERS NOT RELEASED BY EID AL FITR
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(27 Dec 2000) Arabic/Nat XFA
(27 Dec 2000) Arabic/Nat
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The families of Lebanese prisoners still held inside Israeli jails welcomed the first day of Eid al-Fitr with grief and sorrow for their loved ones.
It was supposed to be an Eid in which the 15 families would celebrate the release of their sons and fathers.
Lebanese media has been reporting that negotiations for a swap of Arab and Israeli prisoners were underway between Hezbollah and Israel, and that an agreement might be reached before the end of Ramadan.
But the release was postponed.
German mediation failed to win a compromise agreement satisfying the two sides' conditions.
Hezbollah, which captured three Israeli soldiers in an ambush near the border in southern Lebanon on in October, announced the operation was to exchange them for Lebanese held in Israeli jails.
The two most prominent Lebanese prisoners - Mostafa Dirani and Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid - were kidnapped from their homes in Lebanon by Israeli commandos in 1994 and 1989 respectively.
Dirani is leader of the Believers' Resistance Movement, a group affiliated with Hezbollah.
Kidnapped from his home in Qsarnaba village in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley by a 40-man helicopter-borne commando squad in a pre-dawn raid May 21, 1994.
Israel said it snatched him to seek information on missing Israeli air force navigator Captain Ron Arad, whose F-4 Phantom was shot down in south Lebanon in October 1986.
Dirani was security chief of the Shiite Amal militia when Arad was captured, but later defected to Hezbollah.
Sheikh Abdul-Karim Obeid, a Hezbollah leader in south Lebanon was kidnapped with two aides from his home in the southern village of Jibchit on July 28, 1989, by helicopter-borne commandos.
The motive appeared to be to use Obeid as a bargaining chip in efforts to determine the fate of six Israelis servicemen missing in Lebanon, some since 1982.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"For everyone the Eid means happiness and joy but for us it means tears and pain. So much that children refuse to wear new clothes or visit anyone and when we receive guests they refuse to greet them. The Eid for us is the revival of the tragedy and the trauma of the kidnapping. Now I think that the Eid this year is going to be somehow different from the previous ones, although Hajj Mostafa is still not among us but we now have bigger hopes and that is sending joy to our hearts."
SUPER CAPTION: Zeinab Dirani, wife of Hajj Mostafa Dirani
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"I want to wish my father a Happy Eid and if God permits he'll be among us soon. I want to tell him that we are all fine but we miss him a lot and we are waiting for him and hope he'll be released soon."
SUPER CAPTION: Amal Dirani, daughter of Dirani
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"We hope that he and all the detainees are in a good health condition and we wish them all a happy and blessed Eid and hope they will be among us soon."
SUPER CAPTION: Zeinab Dirani, wife of Hajj Mostafa Dirani
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"I just would like to assure him that we are still following the same path that he drew for us and that is resisting and fighting the Israeli occupation and never to recognize the state of Israel, I also would like to promise him that with God's help we will pray together in Al Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem)."
SUPER CAPTION: Sajed Obeid, son of Cheick Abdel Karim
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"I would love to see my father this Eid and I hope God will gather all of us under the same roof soon and I also wish for Jerusalem to be liberated as well as all the prisoners so that we can all pray in Al Aqsa."
SUPER CAPTION: Moujaheda Obeid, the daughter of Cheick Abdel Karim
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The families of Lebanese prisoners still held inside Israeli jails welcomed the first day of Eid al-Fitr with grief and sorrow for their loved ones.
It was supposed to be an Eid in which the 15 families would celebrate the release of their sons and fathers.
Lebanese media has been reporting that negotiations for a swap of Arab and Israeli prisoners were underway between Hezbollah and Israel, and that an agreement might be reached before the end of Ramadan.
But the release was postponed.
German mediation failed to win a compromise agreement satisfying the two sides' conditions.
Hezbollah, which captured three Israeli soldiers in an ambush near the border in southern Lebanon on in October, announced the operation was to exchange them for Lebanese held in Israeli jails.
The two most prominent Lebanese prisoners - Mostafa Dirani and Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid - were kidnapped from their homes in Lebanon by Israeli commandos in 1994 and 1989 respectively.
Dirani is leader of the Believers' Resistance Movement, a group affiliated with Hezbollah.
Kidnapped from his home in Qsarnaba village in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley by a 40-man helicopter-borne commando squad in a pre-dawn raid May 21, 1994.
Israel said it snatched him to seek information on missing Israeli air force navigator Captain Ron Arad, whose F-4 Phantom was shot down in south Lebanon in October 1986.
Dirani was security chief of the Shiite Amal militia when Arad was captured, but later defected to Hezbollah.
Sheikh Abdul-Karim Obeid, a Hezbollah leader in south Lebanon was kidnapped with two aides from his home in the southern village of Jibchit on July 28, 1989, by helicopter-borne commandos.
The motive appeared to be to use Obeid as a bargaining chip in efforts to determine the fate of six Israelis servicemen missing in Lebanon, some since 1982.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"For everyone the Eid means happiness and joy but for us it means tears and pain. So much that children refuse to wear new clothes or visit anyone and when we receive guests they refuse to greet them. The Eid for us is the revival of the tragedy and the trauma of the kidnapping. Now I think that the Eid this year is going to be somehow different from the previous ones, although Hajj Mostafa is still not among us but we now have bigger hopes and that is sending joy to our hearts."
SUPER CAPTION: Zeinab Dirani, wife of Hajj Mostafa Dirani
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"I want to wish my father a Happy Eid and if God permits he'll be among us soon. I want to tell him that we are all fine but we miss him a lot and we are waiting for him and hope he'll be released soon."
SUPER CAPTION: Amal Dirani, daughter of Dirani
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"We hope that he and all the detainees are in a good health condition and we wish them all a happy and blessed Eid and hope they will be among us soon."
SUPER CAPTION: Zeinab Dirani, wife of Hajj Mostafa Dirani
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"I just would like to assure him that we are still following the same path that he drew for us and that is resisting and fighting the Israeli occupation and never to recognize the state of Israel, I also would like to promise him that with God's help we will pray together in Al Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem)."
SUPER CAPTION: Sajed Obeid, son of Cheick Abdel Karim
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"I would love to see my father this Eid and I hope God will gather all of us under the same roof soon and I also wish for Jerusalem to be liberated as well as all the prisoners so that we can all pray in Al Aqsa."
SUPER CAPTION: Moujaheda Obeid, the daughter of Cheick Abdel Karim
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