How many palestinian prisoners are there

Detained until the conclusion of legal proceedings. From the field. Statistics on Palestinians in the custody of the Israeli security forces Updated: 28 April Share: Facebook share Twitter WhatsApp.

B'Tselem petitioned the Central District Court to revoke this policy. Prison facility of:. It also called on all Palestinians to stand in solidarity with those staging the hunger strike.

A total of prisoners from the Islamic Jihad movement continue their fourth day of an open-ended hunger strike, in protest of Israeli punitive measures against them following the Sept. The exact number of prisoners joining the strike has not been specified. Five were from the Islamic Jihad group. The prisoners were recaptured by Israeli forces almost one week after their escape.

Their fate is closely intertwined with that of Palestine. Their stories are a stark reminder of the cost of resisting Israeli oppression. Film Director. The Israelis do this [imprison you] in order to turn you from a human being into a creature barely alive. Someone forgotten. Living only to eat and sleep. I hate to sit facing the wall.

Sitting facing a wall reminds me of jail. It means humiliation and insecurity. I dream about [prison] I see myself in the cell, on strike, reading or writing. The picture [