Kozo Okamoto is a Japanese man who joined the Palestinian resistance after the 1967 war. He carried out the most famous operation that drew the world's attention to the region, and inspired the resistance to the idea of martyrdom operations against Israel.
He was arrested and put on trial, in accordance with the Emergency Regulations Act issued by the British Mandate authorities in 1945. He became the only political refugee in a country that does not implement a political asylum policy. Okamoto spent most of his 13 years in solitary confinement, exhausting his physical strength.