Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails sent a letter to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warning of bloodshed if he changes their living conditions.
“If they touch our conditions—blood will be spilled,” the letter said, according to Kan News, which reported on Tuesday it had received a copy from the leadership of the security prisoners.
Ben-Gvir recently tightened restrictions on security prisoners, a term generally referring to Palestinians held for nationalistically motivated attacks or membership in terrorist groups.
The minister ordered showering time reduced to four minutes per terrorist prisoner with a total of one hour of running water time for each prison wing where terrorists are held.
In a statement at that time, Ben-Gvir’s office said: “The policies of the minister are designed to deny perks and benefits to imprisoned terrorists as far as the law permits, and most certainly to deny them benefits that for some reason are granted only to terrorists and not to prisoners behind bars for other types of crime.”
The security prisoners in their letter denied they were fighting for pitas and showers. “We are fighting for our liberation and the liberation of our homeland,” they said, warning that the reaction will take place in a “war” outside the prison, in Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.