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The Knesset National Security Committee voted unanimously to extend Israel’s “incarceration emergency” until mid-January, allowing the country’s correctional system to continue housing prisoners in what would otherwise be considered illegally cramped conditions.
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Palestinian women released from Israeli jails over the weekend warned of “brutal” conditions in jails since 7 October.
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The increase in detained Palestinians in Israeli prisons since 7th October has reportedly resulted in overcrowding, deprivation of medical treatment, and restriction of drinking water and food. NGO and media reports also document violent and degrading arrests.
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One in every five Palestinians has been arrested and charged under the 1,600 military orders that control every aspect of the lives of Palestinians living under the Israeli military occupation. That incarceration rate doubles for Palestinian men — two in every five have been arrested.
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Salah Hamouri stages protest against being imprisoned without charge for the last six months
Israël : fin de cavale pour quatre des six Palestiniens évadés d'une prison israélienne
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Israel: Middle East Monitor UN officials call on Israel to release Palestinian children from prison
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In a joint press statement sent to MEMO on Sunday, senior UN officials have called on Israel to release Palestinian children from prison in the light of the spread of Covid-19.
“We are seriously concerned over the continued detention of Palestinian children by the Israeli authorities,” said Jamie M…