7 feb 2019
Director of the Prisoners Media Office Nahed al-Fakhouri on Wednesday said that the deliberate medical neglect that led to the death of the Palestinian prisoner Fares Baroud is a "heinous crime".
Al-Fakhouri said in a press statement that this crime mirrors the criminal policies pursued by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian detainees.
Fares Baroud, 51, died on Wednesday in Israel's Raymond jail after his health worsened due to deliberate medical neglect.
Baroud was transferred on Tuesday to the intensive care unit at the hospital of Raymond jail after he suffered serious health complications.
Hamas holds Israel responsible for death of sick prisoner
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday held Israel responsible for the death of the Palestinian political detainee Fares Baroud in Israeli jails.
Hamas in an official statement accused Israel of killing Baroud by refusing to provide him the necessary treatment despite all the medical reports confirming the serious deterioration in his health.
Hamas said that the deliberate medical neglect policy pursued by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian detainees is a "crime against humanity".
The Islamic Movement called on all concerned humanitarian and legal organizations to act urgently to save the lives of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails and hold Israel accountable for its crimes.
It stressed that Israel's heinous crimes will never break the Palestinian detainees' will, and vowed to continue to resist the occupation until all prisoners are freed and an end is put to their suffering.
Fares Baroud, 51, was pronounced dead earlier on Wednesday at the hospital of the Israeli Raymond jail after his health condition deteriorated due to deliberate medical neglect.
Al-Fakhouri said in a press statement that this crime mirrors the criminal policies pursued by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian detainees.
Fares Baroud, 51, died on Wednesday in Israel's Raymond jail after his health worsened due to deliberate medical neglect.
Baroud was transferred on Tuesday to the intensive care unit at the hospital of Raymond jail after he suffered serious health complications.
Hamas holds Israel responsible for death of sick prisoner
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on Wednesday held Israel responsible for the death of the Palestinian political detainee Fares Baroud in Israeli jails.
Hamas in an official statement accused Israel of killing Baroud by refusing to provide him the necessary treatment despite all the medical reports confirming the serious deterioration in his health.
Hamas said that the deliberate medical neglect policy pursued by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian detainees is a "crime against humanity".
The Islamic Movement called on all concerned humanitarian and legal organizations to act urgently to save the lives of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails and hold Israel accountable for its crimes.
It stressed that Israel's heinous crimes will never break the Palestinian detainees' will, and vowed to continue to resist the occupation until all prisoners are freed and an end is put to their suffering.
Fares Baroud, 51, was pronounced dead earlier on Wednesday at the hospital of the Israeli Raymond jail after his health condition deteriorated due to deliberate medical neglect.
6 feb 2019
Fares Baroud, 51
A Palestinian detainee died on Wednesday evening in Israeli jails after his health seriously worsened due to deliberate medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service.
The Prisoners Media Office said that Fares Baroud, 51, was the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner from the Gaza Strip in Israeli jails.
The Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday transferred Baroud to the intensive care unit at the hospital of Raymond jail after he suffered serious health complications.
A resident of al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Baroud was arrested in 1991 and sentenced to life imprisonment and 35 years on charges of killing an Israeli settler.
He had not been able to see any of his family members in the last 18 years based on an order by the Israel Prison Service.
Baroud was supposed to be freed along with 30 long-serving Palestinian prisoners who Israel had vowed to release as part of attempts to revive negotiations with the Palestinian Authority in late 2013.
However, Israel backtracked on the move and suspended the release for "political reasons".
A year ago, Baroud's mother, who lost her sight before she could see her son after over 18 years of absence, died.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said that the Israel Pirson Service had pursued a deliberate medical neglect policy against Baroud who was suffering from serious health problems.
The commission held the Israel Prison Service at Raymond jail and the Israeli government responsible for the crime, after which the number of Palestinian detainees who died while in Israeli custody jumped to 209.
A Palestinian detainee died on Wednesday evening in Israeli jails after his health seriously worsened due to deliberate medical neglect by the Israel Prison Service.
The Prisoners Media Office said that Fares Baroud, 51, was the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner from the Gaza Strip in Israeli jails.
The Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday transferred Baroud to the intensive care unit at the hospital of Raymond jail after he suffered serious health complications.
A resident of al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Baroud was arrested in 1991 and sentenced to life imprisonment and 35 years on charges of killing an Israeli settler.
He had not been able to see any of his family members in the last 18 years based on an order by the Israel Prison Service.
Baroud was supposed to be freed along with 30 long-serving Palestinian prisoners who Israel had vowed to release as part of attempts to revive negotiations with the Palestinian Authority in late 2013.
However, Israel backtracked on the move and suspended the release for "political reasons".
A year ago, Baroud's mother, who lost her sight before she could see her son after over 18 years of absence, died.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said that the Israel Pirson Service had pursued a deliberate medical neglect policy against Baroud who was suffering from serious health problems.
The commission held the Israel Prison Service at Raymond jail and the Israeli government responsible for the crime, after which the number of Palestinian detainees who died while in Israeli custody jumped to 209.
7 oct 2018
Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Jabbarin, 55, was released on Sunday morning after spending 30 years in Israeli jails. video
According to the Palestinian news website Arab 48, some of Jabbarin’s relatives and friends rallied on Saturday outside the Negev prison where he was being held and spent their night there, but the jailers transferred suddenly to an unknown place.
Jabbarin, who was considered one of the most prominent doyens of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, had been arrested on October 8, 1988 and then sentenced to 30 years in jail on charges of his ties with resistance groups and carrying out military operations against Israeli targets.
The prisoner was barred from bidding farewell to his mother who passed away last November 2017 or even phoning her during her illness. video
According to the Palestinian news website Arab 48, some of Jabbarin’s relatives and friends rallied on Saturday outside the Negev prison where he was being held and spent their night there, but the jailers transferred suddenly to an unknown place.
Jabbarin, who was considered one of the most prominent doyens of the Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, had been arrested on October 8, 1988 and then sentenced to 30 years in jail on charges of his ties with resistance groups and carrying out military operations against Israeli targets.
The prisoner was barred from bidding farewell to his mother who passed away last November 2017 or even phoning her during her illness. video
17 mar 2018
The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported, Saturday, that detainee Bashir Abdullah Khatib, 56, who has been imprisoned for 31 years, started a hunger strike seven days ago, protesting being denied medical treatment.
The detainee, from Ramla city, is facing various issues with his teeth, gums and mouth, but has been denied medical treatment, even though his condition has been ongoing for several years.
The Committee stated that the detainee, held in Nafha prison, is also protesting the administration’s refusal to give him meals that he can eat due to his condition.
It added that Bashir is now threatening to escalate his hunger strike, by refraining from drinking liquids, especially water, should the prison authority continue to ignore his legitimate demands.
It is worth mentioning that Khatib, a married father of five (three daughters and two sons), and a grandfather, was taken prisoner on January 01, 1988, and was sentenced to a life term, which was defined by 35 years in prison.
The detainee, from Ramla city, is facing various issues with his teeth, gums and mouth, but has been denied medical treatment, even though his condition has been ongoing for several years.
The Committee stated that the detainee, held in Nafha prison, is also protesting the administration’s refusal to give him meals that he can eat due to his condition.
It added that Bashir is now threatening to escalate his hunger strike, by refraining from drinking liquids, especially water, should the prison authority continue to ignore his legitimate demands.
It is worth mentioning that Khatib, a married father of five (three daughters and two sons), and a grandfather, was taken prisoner on January 01, 1988, and was sentenced to a life term, which was defined by 35 years in prison.
13 jan 2018
Official human rights statistics on Saturday revealed that the number of Palestinian prisoners included in the list of the longest-serving prisoners increased to 48.
According to the statistics issued by the Studies and Documentation Unit at the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, 29 prisoners were arrested before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 and they were supposed to be released in March 2014 under a US-brokered Palestinian-Israeli agreement.
It pointed out that 25 of the prisoners were arrested over a quarter of a century ago including 11 prisoners who have been held in Israeli jails for more than 30 years, the longest-serving of whom are Karim and Maher Younis who have been detained for 36 years now.
Some prisoners spent 20-25 years in Israeli jails, while others spent more than 30 years, in two rounds. Those are the prisoners who were re-arrested after being freed in the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal including Nael al-Barghouti, who spent a total of 37 years in Israel jails, and Alaa al-Baziyan, who spent nearly 35 years.
The Palestinian Commission stressed the need to keep the prisoners issue a top priority and give it more media attention.
There are 6,500 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails including 56 female prisoners, 350 children, 12 MPs and 500 administrative detainees.
According to the statistics issued by the Studies and Documentation Unit at the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, 29 prisoners were arrested before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 and they were supposed to be released in March 2014 under a US-brokered Palestinian-Israeli agreement.
It pointed out that 25 of the prisoners were arrested over a quarter of a century ago including 11 prisoners who have been held in Israeli jails for more than 30 years, the longest-serving of whom are Karim and Maher Younis who have been detained for 36 years now.
Some prisoners spent 20-25 years in Israeli jails, while others spent more than 30 years, in two rounds. Those are the prisoners who were re-arrested after being freed in the 2011 Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner swap deal including Nael al-Barghouti, who spent a total of 37 years in Israel jails, and Alaa al-Baziyan, who spent nearly 35 years.
The Palestinian Commission stressed the need to keep the prisoners issue a top priority and give it more media attention.
There are 6,500 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails including 56 female prisoners, 350 children, 12 MPs and 500 administrative detainees.
6 jan 2018
Prisoner Kareem Younis, a 60-year-old citizen from Ara village in Haifa, has spent 36 years of steadfastness in detention, which makes him the longest-serving Palestinian captive in Israeli jails.
He was arrested on January 6, 1983 and sentenced to life imprisonment, which was later made 40 years. He was charged then with murdering an Israeli soldier.
He went on hunger strike several times and has been exposed to suppressive measures, violations and inter-prison transfers more than any other prisoner.
Israel excluded him from all prison swap deals that were brokered with the Palestinians and also from the initiatives that occurred as part of the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.
Detainee Younis managed to pursue his higher education and to supervise prisoners' studies inside jail. Moreover, he authored two books on politics and the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.
He was arrested on January 6, 1983 and sentenced to life imprisonment, which was later made 40 years. He was charged then with murdering an Israeli soldier.
He went on hunger strike several times and has been exposed to suppressive measures, violations and inter-prison transfers more than any other prisoner.
Israel excluded him from all prison swap deals that were brokered with the Palestinians and also from the initiatives that occurred as part of the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.
Detainee Younis managed to pursue his higher education and to supervise prisoners' studies inside jail. Moreover, he authored two books on politics and the Israeli-Palestinian struggle.
5 oct 2017
The son of the Palestinian prisoner Mohamed al-Tous, held for 33 years running in Israeli jails, has launched a cry for help, saying he has been feeling lonely without his father by his side.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, al-Tous, a native of al-Khalil’s town of Jaba’a, is the longest serving Palestinian detainee in the occupied West Bank and the third in Palestine.
Life-sentenced al-Tous has been jailed since October 6, 1985 after the Israeli authorities charged him with carrying out anti-occupation operations.
He is the sole survivor of a bloody attack by the Israeli occupation forces near the Jordanian borders in 1985 against a Palestinian commando unit. At the time, al-Tous was injured and arrested.
His son Shadi said that the family has gone through hard times due to the absence of their father.
“Our situation has gone from bad to worse after my mother died of a stroke. My brothers and I have been gone orphaned ever since”
Shadi expressed hope that his father would be released in a new prisoner swap deal with the Israeli occupation.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, al-Tous, a native of al-Khalil’s town of Jaba’a, is the longest serving Palestinian detainee in the occupied West Bank and the third in Palestine.
Life-sentenced al-Tous has been jailed since October 6, 1985 after the Israeli authorities charged him with carrying out anti-occupation operations.
He is the sole survivor of a bloody attack by the Israeli occupation forces near the Jordanian borders in 1985 against a Palestinian commando unit. At the time, al-Tous was injured and arrested.
His son Shadi said that the family has gone through hard times due to the absence of their father.
“Our situation has gone from bad to worse after my mother died of a stroke. My brothers and I have been gone orphaned ever since”
Shadi expressed hope that his father would be released in a new prisoner swap deal with the Israeli occupation.
30 apr 2017
Lawyers of the Prisoners Affairs Commission, Yamen Zidan and Tamim Younis, said on Sunday that the health condition of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Kareem Younis started to deteriorate.
The media committee of the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike said that Younis appeared on Sunday in a hearing held at Haifa District Court to consider the petition submitted by the two lawyers to allow lawyers to visit him.
The media committee said that no decision has been reached so far on the petition.
The two lawyers told the media committee that signs of fatigue were clearly visible on Younis who lost 10 kg of his weight since the start of the strike on 17th April 2017.
They pointed out that Younis was exhausted as a result of the repeated transfers imposed by the Israel Prison Service on him during the previous 14 days.
In a video showing Younis in the court's hearing, Younis affirmed that the prisoners would go on with the hunger strike even if they ended as "dead bodies".
The media committee held the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of Younis and his striking mates.
The Israeli occupation authorities still prevent the lawyers of human rights organizations from visiting the hunger-striking prisoners.
The media committee of the Freedom and Dignity hunger strike said that Younis appeared on Sunday in a hearing held at Haifa District Court to consider the petition submitted by the two lawyers to allow lawyers to visit him.
The media committee said that no decision has been reached so far on the petition.
The two lawyers told the media committee that signs of fatigue were clearly visible on Younis who lost 10 kg of his weight since the start of the strike on 17th April 2017.
They pointed out that Younis was exhausted as a result of the repeated transfers imposed by the Israel Prison Service on him during the previous 14 days.
In a video showing Younis in the court's hearing, Younis affirmed that the prisoners would go on with the hunger strike even if they ended as "dead bodies".
The media committee held the Israeli government fully responsible for the life of Younis and his striking mates.
The Israeli occupation authorities still prevent the lawyers of human rights organizations from visiting the hunger-striking prisoners.
28 feb 2017
Palestinian brothers Ibrahim and Mohamed Ighbariya entered their 26th year in Israeli occupation jails, a rights group reported Tuesday.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the Palestinian brothers Ighbariya have been held in Israeli jails for 26 years running.
In march 2014, the Israeli prison authorities reneged on their promises to release the two brothers as part of the fourth prisoner batch expected to be freed at the time.
Mohamed, held in Gilboa lock-up, earned an MA degree and wrote four books under Israeli detention. His brother Ibrahim, locked up in Ramon prison, wrote one book.
Ibrahim, aged 51, and Mohamed, 48, are both natives of al-Musheirefa town, in 1948 Occupied Palestine. Both were arrested by the Israeli police on February 26, 1992, and sentenced to life.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), the Palestinian brothers Ighbariya have been held in Israeli jails for 26 years running.
In march 2014, the Israeli prison authorities reneged on their promises to release the two brothers as part of the fourth prisoner batch expected to be freed at the time.
Mohamed, held in Gilboa lock-up, earned an MA degree and wrote four books under Israeli detention. His brother Ibrahim, locked up in Ramon prison, wrote one book.
Ibrahim, aged 51, and Mohamed, 48, are both natives of al-Musheirefa town, in 1948 Occupied Palestine. Both were arrested by the Israeli police on February 26, 1992, and sentenced to life.
5 oct 2016
The Palestinian prisoner Mohamed al-Tus, 58, has entered his 32nd year in Israeli jails, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said Wednesday.
Al-Tus, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, was scheduled to be released in a prisoners deal in 2014.
Al-Tus, a father of three sons, lost his wife while in prison without being able to bid her a final farewell.
Al-Tus, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, was scheduled to be released in a prisoners deal in 2014.
Al-Tus, a father of three sons, lost his wife while in prison without being able to bid her a final farewell.
