Pak Sahafat News Agency – Israeli prisoners are a common annoying experience for Palestinians; about one-fifth of the Palestinian population has been imprisoned at some point since the beginning of the occupation.
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the Zionist regime has imprisoned more than 700,000 people; Most of these prisoners were Palestinians. Some died in custody, while others remain in prison.
According to Al-Jazeera, thousands of Palestinians are in “administrative detention” without being charged or even saying what crimes they are suspected of committing.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons live in appalling conditions and are subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment.
Human rights groups have documented various forms of physical and psychological abuse in Israeli prisons; Arbitrary beatings, overuse of solitary confinement and inhibition of family reunions.
The United Nations has concluded that the techniques used by the Shin Bet (Israeli Internal Security Service) during the interrogation of detainees constitute torture.
“The Israelis are doing this (imprisoning you) to transform you from a human being to a creature that is hardly alive,” said one Palestinian prisoner. “A forgotten person.”
In fact, Palestinian prisoners live in dark and crowded cells; every aspect of their existence is governed by a strict procedure; they face deprivation of physical liberty. Palestinian prisoners were initially deprived of pens and paper; Books were also banned.
However, there were some limitations; Zionist prison authorities allowed only approved texts in the library; many books were obtained in poor condition.
Thousands of Palestinians are currently being held in Israeli prisons; many are serving life sentences, and dozens are being held in “administrative detention.”
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The significant escape of six Palestinian prisoners from a high-security prison in the Occupied Territories in 2021 exposed a long-overlooked issue; the situation of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
The Zionist regime keeps about 4,650 Palestinians in prisons, including 200 children, 40 women and 520 administrative prisoners.
Of these, 40 are in custody without charge or trial, 200 are children, 40 are women, 544 are serving life sentences, and 499 are serving sentences of more than 20 years.
According to Palestinian NGOs, since the beginning of 2021, Israeli forces have arrested more than 5,500 Palestinians, including women and children; In May last year, 3,100 Palestinians were held captive by the Zionist regime.
The Israeli army has imprisoned about 12,000 Palestinian children since 2000; Most of these children have been accused of throwing stones.
It is the only Zionist regime in the world to try children in military courts, and most of them are deprived of their basic rights.
In 2020, the UN Save the Children asked 470 Palestinians from across the West Bank who had been detained by the Israeli army for the past 10 years what the situation was like; the answer given by these people is as follows:
81% were physically beaten, 86% were constantly searched, 88% did not receive adequate and timely health care, 89% had blindfolds or hats at the time of their arrest, and 52% were threatened with harm to their families and 47% have been denied access to a lawyer.