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Still interesting that prisoners are increasing ...
Human rights organizations claim that Palestinians from the Occupied Territories, who are in prisons and detention centres in Israel itself, are being held in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. Israel consistently maintains that this constitutes a legitimate exercise of its legal rights as the Occupying Power under the Convention.
For example, in 1977 a few hundred Palestinian prisoners were released on the occasion of religious festivals, and in 1985 some 1500 Palestinian political prisoners were released in exchange for three Israeli soldiers held by the PFLP (Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Command) of Ahmad Jibril.
Indeed, during certain periods, the numbers of Palestinians held in custody by the Israeli Army were much higher than those held in civil custody. For example, in 1989, during the peak year of the Intifada, some 4000 Palestinian prisoners were held in the IPS prisons and nearly 9000 were imprisoned in various army prisons and detention centres (Cohen, 1989: 194).
An examination of the breakdown of Palestinian security prisoners accord- ing to a more detailed classification of offences shows that in 1993, 56.7 per cent were convicted for terrorist/hostile activity, 27.5 per cent were convicted for violations involving membership in an illegal organization, 5.2 per cent were convicted for production, possession or throwing an explosive, a grenade or a Molotov cocktail and 3.8 per cent were convicted for causing death. No corresponding data have been published for later years.
Palestinian sources provide much higher numbers. For exam- ple, The Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that upwards of 10,000 Palestinians were arrested throughout the course of the military reoccupation of Palestinian cities in April 2002, 5000 of whom remained in detention centres.
Done by 🇮🇱 Bar-Ilan University
Still interesting that prisoners are increasing ...
Human rights organizations claim that Palestinians from the Occupied Territories, who are in prisons and detention centres in Israel itself, are being held in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. Israel consistently maintains that this constitutes a legitimate exercise of its legal rights as the Occupying Power under the Convention.
For example, in 1977 a few hundred Palestinian prisoners were released on the occasion of religious festivals, and in 1985 some 1500 Palestinian political prisoners were released in exchange for three Israeli soldiers held by the PFLP (Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Command) of Ahmad Jibril.
Indeed, during certain periods, the numbers of Palestinians held in custody by the Israeli Army were much higher than those held in civil custody. For example, in 1989, during the peak year of the Intifada, some 4000 Palestinian prisoners were held in the IPS prisons and nearly 9000 were imprisoned in various army prisons and detention centres (Cohen, 1989: 194).
An examination of the breakdown of Palestinian security prisoners accord- ing to a more detailed classification of offences shows that in 1993, 56.7 per cent were convicted for terrorist/hostile activity, 27.5 per cent were convicted for violations involving membership in an illegal organization, 5.2 per cent were convicted for production, possession or throwing an explosive, a grenade or a Molotov cocktail and 3.8 per cent were convicted for causing death. No corresponding data have been published for later years.
Palestinian sources provide much higher numbers. For exam- ple, The Palestinian Prisoner Society reported that upwards of 10,000 Palestinians were arrested throughout the course of the military reoccupation of Palestinian cities in April 2002, 5000 of whom remained in detention centres.
Done by 🇮🇱 Bar-Ilan University