On 2 April 2025, in an Italian court in L’Aquila, the political trial of Palestinians Anan Yaeesh, Ali Arar and Mansour Doghmosh will begin. The three Palestinians are accused of “subversive association for terrorist purposes” in a case that began when the Zionist entity, “Israel,” demanded the extradition of Anan Yaeesh, a liberated Palestinian prisoner, from Italy. While Ali and Mansour have been provisionally released pending trial, Anan has been imprisoned in Italy for one year, since January 2024.
Anan Yaeesh is a 37-year-old Palestinian activist from Tulkarem in the West Bank of occupied Palestine. Active in the liberation movement during the Second, Al-Aqsa, Intifada, he was imprisoned for 4 years in Zionist prisons and seriously injured after an ambush by colonial special forces in 2006. In 2013, he left Palestine for Norway before settling in Italy in 2017 and obtaining a residence permit there in 2019. In 2023, he visited Jordan, where he was detained by Jordanian authorities, who maintain normalization and security cooperation with the Zionist regime, for several months; he was able to return to Italy in November 2023.
At the end of January 2024, he was arrested by the Italian police in the city of L’Aquila where he resides at the request of the “Israeli” regime, then transferred to detention in the high-security prison of Terni for alleged collaboration with the Tulkarem Brigades, an organization linked to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (one of the armed groups of Fatah, that continue to uphold Palestinian liberation rather than “security coordination” with the occupier.)
While the L’Aquila court rejected his extradition on 12 March 2024, noting that he would be subjected to torture, Italian prosecutors arrested two more Palestinians one day before, on 11 March 2024 — Ali Irar and Mansour Doghmosh — accusing all of them of supporting the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Tulkarem. In September 2024, the court ordered Ali and Mansour’s provisional release, while the charges remained in place, but Anan has been continually imprisoned in a high-security facility.
On 2 April 2025, his trial in Italy will begin, and we encourage all organizations, supporters, activists and people in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance to support Anan Yaeesh through actions, banner drops, posters, videos of support, etc. We have a sample poster in solidarity with Anan Yaeesh that you can download and use:
On Wednesday, 26 February, Anan Yaeesh addressed the court, emphasizing the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance under international law and the necessity of confronting genocide. (Read his full statement here.) He noted:
“You want me to defend myself against the accusations against me, but I am ashamed to seek acquittal on charges that, for me, represent a source of honor. I do not want to defend myself against the accusation of having rights and having claimed them, or of having tried to liberate my people and my country from colonial oppression. I swear that I have no intention of being acquitted of the legitimate resistance against the Zionist occupation. The Palestinian resistance is one of the noblest phenomena known to history. On the contrary, I am ashamed to find myself in a warm room, even in prison, while children in Gaza die of cold, hunger, and thirst. I am ashamed of the humane treatment received from the prison authorities here, while my fellow prisoners in Israeli jails suffer the worst torture, oppression, and abuse.”
On the same day, Georges Abdallah, Lebanese communist and Palestinian resistance fighter imprisoned in France since 1984 although he has been eligible for release since 1999, will celebrate his 74th birthday. We urge all to join with the call of the Unified Campaign to Free Georges Abdallah for actions on 2 April.
Let’s make 1 and 2 April days for broad mobilization, calling for the release of Georges Abdallah, Anan Yaeesh, Ali Irar and Mansour Doghmosh; Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu Baker of the Holy Land 5; Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Badar Khan Suri, Yunseo Chong and all those targeted for ICE detention; the Filton 18, and all our comrades incarcerated in imperialist, normalizing and reactionary prisons, for their participation in or support for the resistance of the Palestinian people!
Actions you can take:
- Sign the petition by Urgence Palestine to support Anan Yaeesh and his fellow detainees
- Join protests for Anan, Ali and Mansour:
Paris – Tuesday, 1 April, 7 pm, Square D’Ajaccio, Rue de Grenelle and Boulevard des Invalides. Free Anan Yaeesh and his comrades. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHyq4UgCxLR/
L’Aquila – Wednesday, 2 April, 9:30 am, Tribunale de L’Aquila, Via XX Settembre 68, 9:30 am. Rally for Anan, Ali and Mansour at their hearing. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHvf5UDM-io/ - Poster, drop a banner or hand out leaflets in your community about the case of Anan Yaeesh, Ali and Mansour. Use this sample!
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