18 apr 2017
Israeli Intelligence and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz demanded on Tuesday the execution of convicted Palestinian prisoners.
Katz tweeted Monday evening that Marwan al-Barghouti should have been given the death penalty instead of been sentenced to life imprisonment, where he is currently leading a hunger strike to improve prisoners detention conditions.
Katz calls on Israeli leaders including Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman to vote for enforcing the law bill that allows the death penalty to be applied against Palestinian prisoners.
On Monday, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners began a mass hunger strike scheduled to coincide with Palestinian Prisoner Day, an annual event held in solidarity with the more than 6,000 Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails.
Katz tweeted Monday evening that Marwan al-Barghouti should have been given the death penalty instead of been sentenced to life imprisonment, where he is currently leading a hunger strike to improve prisoners detention conditions.
Katz calls on Israeli leaders including Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman to vote for enforcing the law bill that allows the death penalty to be applied against Palestinian prisoners.
On Monday, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners began a mass hunger strike scheduled to coincide with Palestinian Prisoner Day, an annual event held in solidarity with the more than 6,000 Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails.
Detainees and Ex-detainees Committee along with Palestinian Prisoner Society announced that lawyers of organizations concerned with Palestinian prisoners' affairs will boycott Israeli courts starting from next Wednesday.
The media committee of both parties revealed that the boycott decision followed a series of Israeli punitive measures including isolating hunger striking captives and denying them the right of seeing their lawyers other than deprivation of family visits and confiscation of private properties.
The media committee of both parties revealed that the boycott decision followed a series of Israeli punitive measures including isolating hunger striking captives and denying them the right of seeing their lawyers other than deprivation of family visits and confiscation of private properties.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) prevented on Monday morning lawyers from visiting Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails to verify reported violations.
According to a joint statement by the Prisoners’ and Ex-prisoners’ Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the Israeli prison authorities at Gilboa jail banned the lawyers from visiting the Palestinian detainees, on the second day of the mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
The ban was issued under the pretext of the state of emergency imposed by the occupation authorities as of Monday, the first day of the mass hunger strike. The Israeli prison service claimed the detainees can neither stand on their feet nor move to visit halls.
PPS and the Prisoners’ Commission said a committee has been appointed by the legal crew to follow up on the hunger strike and make the necessary legal steps so as to enable the lawyers to visit the Palestinian detainees and document the violations perpetrated against the hunger strikers in Israeli lock-ups.
According to a joint statement by the Prisoners’ and Ex-prisoners’ Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the Israeli prison authorities at Gilboa jail banned the lawyers from visiting the Palestinian detainees, on the second day of the mass hunger strike in Israeli jails.
The ban was issued under the pretext of the state of emergency imposed by the occupation authorities as of Monday, the first day of the mass hunger strike. The Israeli prison service claimed the detainees can neither stand on their feet nor move to visit halls.
PPS and the Prisoners’ Commission said a committee has been appointed by the legal crew to follow up on the hunger strike and make the necessary legal steps so as to enable the lawyers to visit the Palestinian detainees and document the violations perpetrated against the hunger strikers in Israeli lock-ups.
Israeli soldiers have adducted, on Monday at dawn, thirteen Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank, after invading their homes and violently searching them, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported.
The PPS stated that the soldiers searched many homes in the Ramallah and al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank, and abducted seven Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Turki, 21, Mohammad Sarafandi, 30, and Osama Nakhla, from Betunia town, Mohammad Abdullah Arar, 35, and Mohammad Abdul-Rahim Asnaf, 24, from Qarawat Bani Zeid, in addition to Ali Soheib Srour and Mustafa Ibrahim Srour, from Ni’lin village.
In Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ayman Monther Thawabta, 21, from Beit Fajjar town, and Mahmoud Khalil Nabhan, 21, from the al-‘Obeyyat town.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Raed Ibrahim Harsha, 20, from Qaffin town.
Another Palestinian, identified as As’ad Nazzal, was abducted from Qabatia town, in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Aysar Bilal Fdeilat, 18, from the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Saleh al-Fakhouri, 60, from occupied East Jerusalem.
The PPS stated that the soldiers searched many homes in the Ramallah and al-Biereh governorate, in central West Bank, and abducted seven Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Turki, 21, Mohammad Sarafandi, 30, and Osama Nakhla, from Betunia town, Mohammad Abdullah Arar, 35, and Mohammad Abdul-Rahim Asnaf, 24, from Qarawat Bani Zeid, in addition to Ali Soheib Srour and Mustafa Ibrahim Srour, from Ni’lin village.
In Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Ayman Monther Thawabta, 21, from Beit Fajjar town, and Mahmoud Khalil Nabhan, 21, from the al-‘Obeyyat town.
In Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Raed Ibrahim Harsha, 20, from Qaffin town.
Another Palestinian, identified as As’ad Nazzal, was abducted from Qabatia town, in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin.
In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Aysar Bilal Fdeilat, 18, from the al-‘Arroub refugee camp.
In addition, the soldiers abducted Saleh al-Fakhouri, 60, from occupied East Jerusalem.
The Israeli Prison Authority has isolated all hunger striking Palestinian detainees, canceled all family visits in addition to illegally confiscating all their belongings, including clothes except for what they are wearing.
The head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Qaddoura Fares has reported that Israel has officially informed The Red Cross of the cancellation of all visits to hunger striking detainees, as a “disciplinary measure.”
Fares added that the Prison Authority has also transferred dozens of detainees from the prisons they are held at, to various detention centers and placed many in solitary confinement, in addition to isolating the rest in one section.
The International Red Cross said that it informed the families of Israel’s decision to cancel all visits until further notice, in addition to the confiscation of their clothes and belongings, and isolating them in their rooms.
It added that Israel has also installed a field clinic in the Negev desert to use for placing the ailing hunger striking detainees after deciding not to move any of them to Israeli hospitals.
Also, the prisons, where the detainees have access to TV, had their satellite receptions blocked from all Palestinian and Arab TV stations.
Furthermore, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoner Society have reported that the prison authority in Galboa’ Israeli prison has prevented the lawyers from visiting with hunger striking detainees.
They also said that the Israeli authorities have declared a state of emergency in all prisons since the hunger strike started, Monday, under the pretext that the detainees “will not be able to walk or move to the visitation rooms and sections.”
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Issa Qaraqe, said that the Israeli Prison Authority has “justified” denying all visits, including the lawyers, by declaring what it called “state of emergency.”
Furthermore, Israeli has moved at least 35 detainees from Section 11 to Section 13, in Nafha Israeli prison, in addition to transferring what it regards as “strike leaders” to various other prisons, and forced many of them into solitary confinement.
Among them are detained leaders, legislator Marwan Barghouthi, and Karim Younis, who were transferred from solitary confinement in Hadarim to solitary confinement in al-Jalama prison.
The head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Qaddoura Fares has reported that Israel has officially informed The Red Cross of the cancellation of all visits to hunger striking detainees, as a “disciplinary measure.”
Fares added that the Prison Authority has also transferred dozens of detainees from the prisons they are held at, to various detention centers and placed many in solitary confinement, in addition to isolating the rest in one section.
The International Red Cross said that it informed the families of Israel’s decision to cancel all visits until further notice, in addition to the confiscation of their clothes and belongings, and isolating them in their rooms.
It added that Israel has also installed a field clinic in the Negev desert to use for placing the ailing hunger striking detainees after deciding not to move any of them to Israeli hospitals.
Also, the prisons, where the detainees have access to TV, had their satellite receptions blocked from all Palestinian and Arab TV stations.
Furthermore, the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoner Society have reported that the prison authority in Galboa’ Israeli prison has prevented the lawyers from visiting with hunger striking detainees.
They also said that the Israeli authorities have declared a state of emergency in all prisons since the hunger strike started, Monday, under the pretext that the detainees “will not be able to walk or move to the visitation rooms and sections.”
The head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Issa Qaraqe, said that the Israeli Prison Authority has “justified” denying all visits, including the lawyers, by declaring what it called “state of emergency.”
Furthermore, Israeli has moved at least 35 detainees from Section 11 to Section 13, in Nafha Israeli prison, in addition to transferring what it regards as “strike leaders” to various other prisons, and forced many of them into solitary confinement.
Among them are detained leaders, legislator Marwan Barghouthi, and Karim Younis, who were transferred from solitary confinement in Hadarim to solitary confinement in al-Jalama prison.
Dozens of Palestinians on Monday evening participated in a vigil staged outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem city in support of the hunger-striking prisoners in Israeli jails.
The participants, including relatives of prisoners and human rights activists, lit candles and carried pictures of detainees and placards to express their solidarity with them.
According to a reporter from the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), speeches delivered during the sit-in called for necessarily supporting the prisoners and standing by them during their hunger strike battle.
Issa Qaraqe, head of the commission for detainees’ and ex-detainees’ affairs, said the current hunger strike unified the Palestinian people from all spectra, stressing the importance of helping the prisoners to win their battle against their jailers.
Qaraqe said the prisoners’ demands are natural and legitimate under international law.
“They are only defending their dignity and rebelling against the injustice and humiliation they are exposed to in prisons,” he added.
The participants, including relatives of prisoners and human rights activists, lit candles and carried pictures of detainees and placards to express their solidarity with them.
According to a reporter from the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), speeches delivered during the sit-in called for necessarily supporting the prisoners and standing by them during their hunger strike battle.
Issa Qaraqe, head of the commission for detainees’ and ex-detainees’ affairs, said the current hunger strike unified the Palestinian people from all spectra, stressing the importance of helping the prisoners to win their battle against their jailers.
Qaraqe said the prisoners’ demands are natural and legitimate under international law.
“They are only defending their dignity and rebelling against the injustice and humiliation they are exposed to in prisons,” he added.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) late on Monday evening kidnapped two Palestinian youngsters near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank province of al-Khalil, claiming they were holding knives.
Reporting from the scene, journalist Raed Abu Ermeila told the PIC that the IOF stopped two Palestinian young men at Abu al-Rish military checkpoint, set up near the Ibrahimi Mosque, and subjected them to intensive interrogation before they accused them of carrying knives and transferred them to an anonymous destination.
Over recent years, dozens of Palestinian youths have been kidnapped by the Israeli army at ad hoc military checkpoints pitched across the Palestinian territories on claims of attempting to carry out anti-occupation attacks.
Reporting from the scene, journalist Raed Abu Ermeila told the PIC that the IOF stopped two Palestinian young men at Abu al-Rish military checkpoint, set up near the Ibrahimi Mosque, and subjected them to intensive interrogation before they accused them of carrying knives and transferred them to an anonymous destination.
Over recent years, dozens of Palestinian youths have been kidnapped by the Israeli army at ad hoc military checkpoints pitched across the Palestinian territories on claims of attempting to carry out anti-occupation attacks.
17 apr 2017 prisoner's day page 2
Today, 17 April 2017, marks the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Over 6,500 Palestinian and Arab prisoners have been detained in the Israeli jails and detention centers under cruel and inhumane conditions.
The Palestinians commemorate this day since 1979, supporting the cause of prisoners detained in the Israeli jails, as it marks the anniversary of the first prisoner released in the first prisoners’ exchange deal between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation on 17 April 1974.
This occasion comes in a time whilst the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons has exacerbated due to the Israeli violations and punitive measures taken against them.
These prisoners are regularly subject to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including torture; denial of family visitation; naked search; night raids; solitary confinement; medical negligence; denial of education under a decision issued by the Israeli Prison Service on 20 July 2011[1]; applying the force-feeding law against prisoners on hunger strike[2]; in addition to other violations falling within the Israeli policy against Palestinian prisoners.
The Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails declared today moving to the hardest choice which is starting a hunger strike until their minimum human demands are met.
Statistics available at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) shows that about 1,500 prisoners in a number of prisons and detention facilities has declared starting a hunger strike claiming a number of human demands, the most prominent of which are, inter alia, putting an end to the solitary confinement policy, offering medication to sick prisoners, constant communication with their families, ending arbitrary and degrading measures against female prisoners, receiving magazines and newspapers permanently and the right to education.
It is expected that other prisoners would join them in their hunger strike which was described as a rolling strike.
Furthermore, data and statistics available at PCHR indicate that over 6,500 Palestinian prisoners have been detained in 22 prisons and detention facilities, the majority of which are located in Israel in a clear violation of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that obliges Israel to detain the prisoners of the occupied country in their country until they serve their sentences therein.
The majority of the prisoners are from the West Bank, including 57 women and 300 children. Moreover, the number of sick prisoners reached about 1,800, including 180 suffering from serious illnesses and 26 having cancer.
The Israeli authorities continued to place 500 under administrative detention in the Israeli prisons, including 15 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and former ministers, in a clear violation of their right to fair trial and right to receive adequate defense and be informed of the charges against them.
The violation of the right to fair trial is part of the administrative detention policy implemented upon an administrative without a court ruling in a way that violates the fair judicial procedure.
PCHR, on this day, draws attention to the increasing violations committed against the Palestinian prisoners and the poor conditions under which they live in view of the Israeli authorities’ insistence to violate the rules of the international humanitarian law and principles of human rights to which Israel is a state party.
PCHR further highlights that the international community’s silence encourages the commission of more violations without accountability.
Since it was established, PCHR has been following up the prisoners’ cause, offering them and their families the legal aid they need, working on unveiling the Israeli violations, and calling upon:
-The High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations;
-The international human rights organizations to follow up the Palestinian prisoners’ cause and rally international support to pressurize Israel to stop all its arbitrary practices against the Palestinian prisoners;
-The European countries to activate Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which provides that Israel should respect human rights as a precondition for economic cooperation; and
-The UN bodies, International Committee of the Red Cross and international community to pressurize Israel to improve the detention conditions of the Palestinian prisoners, stop torture and open prisons to observers until prisoners are released.
The Palestinians commemorate this day since 1979, supporting the cause of prisoners detained in the Israeli jails, as it marks the anniversary of the first prisoner released in the first prisoners’ exchange deal between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation on 17 April 1974.
This occasion comes in a time whilst the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons has exacerbated due to the Israeli violations and punitive measures taken against them.
These prisoners are regularly subject to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including torture; denial of family visitation; naked search; night raids; solitary confinement; medical negligence; denial of education under a decision issued by the Israeli Prison Service on 20 July 2011[1]; applying the force-feeding law against prisoners on hunger strike[2]; in addition to other violations falling within the Israeli policy against Palestinian prisoners.
The Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails declared today moving to the hardest choice which is starting a hunger strike until their minimum human demands are met.
Statistics available at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) shows that about 1,500 prisoners in a number of prisons and detention facilities has declared starting a hunger strike claiming a number of human demands, the most prominent of which are, inter alia, putting an end to the solitary confinement policy, offering medication to sick prisoners, constant communication with their families, ending arbitrary and degrading measures against female prisoners, receiving magazines and newspapers permanently and the right to education.
It is expected that other prisoners would join them in their hunger strike which was described as a rolling strike.
Furthermore, data and statistics available at PCHR indicate that over 6,500 Palestinian prisoners have been detained in 22 prisons and detention facilities, the majority of which are located in Israel in a clear violation of article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention that obliges Israel to detain the prisoners of the occupied country in their country until they serve their sentences therein.
The majority of the prisoners are from the West Bank, including 57 women and 300 children. Moreover, the number of sick prisoners reached about 1,800, including 180 suffering from serious illnesses and 26 having cancer.
The Israeli authorities continued to place 500 under administrative detention in the Israeli prisons, including 15 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and former ministers, in a clear violation of their right to fair trial and right to receive adequate defense and be informed of the charges against them.
The violation of the right to fair trial is part of the administrative detention policy implemented upon an administrative without a court ruling in a way that violates the fair judicial procedure.
PCHR, on this day, draws attention to the increasing violations committed against the Palestinian prisoners and the poor conditions under which they live in view of the Israeli authorities’ insistence to violate the rules of the international humanitarian law and principles of human rights to which Israel is a state party.
PCHR further highlights that the international community’s silence encourages the commission of more violations without accountability.
Since it was established, PCHR has been following up the prisoners’ cause, offering them and their families the legal aid they need, working on unveiling the Israeli violations, and calling upon:
-The High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligations;
-The international human rights organizations to follow up the Palestinian prisoners’ cause and rally international support to pressurize Israel to stop all its arbitrary practices against the Palestinian prisoners;
-The European countries to activate Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which provides that Israel should respect human rights as a precondition for economic cooperation; and
-The UN bodies, International Committee of the Red Cross and international community to pressurize Israel to improve the detention conditions of the Palestinian prisoners, stop torture and open prisons to observers until prisoners are released.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday afternoon three Palestinian young men in Nabi Saleh town, north of Ramallah.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers erected a military barrier close to the town and searched passing Palestinians.
The three detainees were taken to an unknown destination amid a state of tension prevailing in the town, the eyewitnesses pointed out.
IOF soldiers routinely raid Nabi Saleh town and set up checkpoints at the town's eastern entrance.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers erected a military barrier close to the town and searched passing Palestinians.
The three detainees were taken to an unknown destination amid a state of tension prevailing in the town, the eyewitnesses pointed out.
IOF soldiers routinely raid Nabi Saleh town and set up checkpoints at the town's eastern entrance.
Arab Organization for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) revealed Monday that Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails are being held under inhumane and tragic conditions as part of Israeli policies to deprive prisoners of all the rights they are entitled to under the terms of the Geneva Conventions.
According to the Organization, more than 6,500 Palestinians are currently being held at 22 Israeli jails, including 300 minors, and 62 women.
At least 500 of the prisoners are held under the provisions of the so-called “administrative detention”, it added, noting that more than 248 Palestinians have been administratively held since the start of 2017.
The Organization remarked that it was imperative that the issue of Palestinian prisoners be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) because all of Israel’s oppressive measures against prisoners constitute war crimes and fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC.
The failure of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to file a complaint with the ICC raises a lot of questions about its commitment to the cause, AOHR UK said.
The Organization also urged the international community to intervene with Israeli authorities to ensure prisoners’ demands are met and their rights as prisoners of war, as guaranteed by international conventions, are fully protected.
According to the Organization, more than 6,500 Palestinians are currently being held at 22 Israeli jails, including 300 minors, and 62 women.
At least 500 of the prisoners are held under the provisions of the so-called “administrative detention”, it added, noting that more than 248 Palestinians have been administratively held since the start of 2017.
The Organization remarked that it was imperative that the issue of Palestinian prisoners be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) because all of Israel’s oppressive measures against prisoners constitute war crimes and fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC.
The failure of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to file a complaint with the ICC raises a lot of questions about its commitment to the cause, AOHR UK said.
The Organization also urged the international community to intervene with Israeli authorities to ensure prisoners’ demands are met and their rights as prisoners of war, as guaranteed by international conventions, are fully protected.
As Palestinian prisoners are expected to go on mass hunger strike in all Israeli prisons, Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan decided Sunday to regroup the prisoners in Negev jail and to establish a field hospital outside the prison.
Israeli Second Channel quoted Erdan as saying that “field hospitals are to be established outside the prisons to provide a response to the hunger strikers and thus to prevent the evacuation of prisoners to civilian hospitals.”
“I have instructed the prison service to act in any way to contain the strike within the walls of the prisons,” Erdan said.
Adequate medical support will be provided to prisons to avoid the need to move striking prisoners to civilian hospitals as required by the Israeli Health Ministry, according to his statements.
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons are expected Monday to begin a mass hunger strike called by jailed Fatah senior official Marwan Barghouthi.
The hunger strike coincides with Palestinian Prisoners Day, an annual event held in solidarity with the more than 6,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails including 58 women, 300 children, 500 administrative detainees, and 1,800 sick prisoners.
Israeli Second Channel quoted Erdan as saying that “field hospitals are to be established outside the prisons to provide a response to the hunger strikers and thus to prevent the evacuation of prisoners to civilian hospitals.”
“I have instructed the prison service to act in any way to contain the strike within the walls of the prisons,” Erdan said.
Adequate medical support will be provided to prisons to avoid the need to move striking prisoners to civilian hospitals as required by the Israeli Health Ministry, according to his statements.
Thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons are expected Monday to begin a mass hunger strike called by jailed Fatah senior official Marwan Barghouthi.
The hunger strike coincides with Palestinian Prisoners Day, an annual event held in solidarity with the more than 6,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails including 58 women, 300 children, 500 administrative detainees, and 1,800 sick prisoners.
More than 1300 Palestinian detainees, held by Israel, initiated the first day of hunger strike, on Monday April 17th, which also marks the Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, while hundreds of detainees are preparing to join the “Strike For Dignity.”
All detainees in Asqalan, Nafha, Ramon, Hadarim, Galboa’ and Be’er as-Sabe’ (Beersheba) have returned their meals, declaring the beginning of their open-ended hunger strike.
Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee, stated that the detainees are protesting the escalating Israeli violations, including medical neglect, arbitrary Administrative Detention, denying the family visits and solitary confinement.
He added that hundreds of detainees intend to join the strike in the coming few days.
Israel is holding captive at least 6500 Palestinians, including 300 children, 19 mothers, and 500 who are held under Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial.
Among the detainees are 13 elected legislators, two former government ministers, 28 journalists and hundreds of academics.
1800 detainees suffer with various illnesses, including 180 who are facing life-threatening conditions and 26 cancer patients, in addition to 80 disabled Palestinians.
All detainees in Asqalan, Nafha, Ramon, Hadarim, Galboa’ and Be’er as-Sabe’ (Beersheba) have returned their meals, declaring the beginning of their open-ended hunger strike.
Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee, stated that the detainees are protesting the escalating Israeli violations, including medical neglect, arbitrary Administrative Detention, denying the family visits and solitary confinement.
He added that hundreds of detainees intend to join the strike in the coming few days.
Israel is holding captive at least 6500 Palestinians, including 300 children, 19 mothers, and 500 who are held under Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial.
Among the detainees are 13 elected legislators, two former government ministers, 28 journalists and hundreds of academics.
1800 detainees suffer with various illnesses, including 180 who are facing life-threatening conditions and 26 cancer patients, in addition to 80 disabled Palestinians.
