Nearly 5K Palestinians in “Israeli” Jails

By Staff, Agencies

Palestinian Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association revealed that more than 4,800 Palestinians are currently behind bars in “Israeli” jails, including over 500 administrative detainees.

In a report on Sunday, the association underscored that the apartheid “Israeli” entity holds 4,850 Palestinians in jails, including 225 children and 41 women.

The figure also includes 540 administrative prisoners.

The so-called administrative detention is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows “Israel” to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months, extendable an infinite number of times.

Some prisoners have been held in administrative detention for up to 11 years without any charges brought against them.

“Israel” has arrested 456 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during the month of January, including 93 minors and eight women, four groups advocating Palestinian prisoners’ rights report.

In order to repress the Palestinian people, the “Israeli” entity routinely uses the "administrative detention", which is illegal under international law, and has over the years placed thousands of Palestinians behind bars for periods ranging from several months to several years.

Addameer further said that among the 4,850 prisoners, there are 12 Palestinian Legislative Council members, 70 Palestinians from the 1948 territories, 350 Palestinians from occupied Al-Quds, and 240 prisoners from the besieged Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the group stated that in June alone, 615 Palestinians, including 92 minors and 24 women, were detained by “Israeli” forces, while 100 administrative detention orders were also issued.

Two rights advocacy groups report on the occasion of International Mother’s Day that “Israel” is holding 12 Palestinian mothers in jail who are subject to various kinds of torture and not allowed to meet with their relatives.

This comes as Palestinian detainees have continuously resorted to open-ended hunger strikes in an attempt to express their outrage at the detentions.