Palestinian "prisoners are determined to fight the Israeli policy of medical neglect that threatens the lives of more than 900 sick prisoners”
Headline: “The prisoners intend to implement protest measures in order to deal with the medical neglect”
“The prisoners in Nafha Prison intend to announce protest measures in the coming days in order to speak out against the policy of medical neglect that the prisoners in all the prisons are suffering from (sic., see note below regarding PA libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners).
After three days of escalation measures implemented by the prisoners of Nafha Prison, they announced that they intend to fight the policy of medical neglect, whose latest victim was prisoner Sami Al-Amour (PMW was unable to determine the nature of his crimes; Al-Amour reportedly had a congenital heart defect -Ed.).
Fatah Movement representative at the conference of [Palestinian] National and Islamic Forces’ prisoners Nashat Al-Wahidi also said that the prisoners are determined to fight the policy of medical neglect that threatens the lives of more than 900 sick prisoners.”
Libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners - The PA claims that Israel abuses Palestinian prisoners through medical neglect, medical experiments, and by intentionally infecting them with diseases. However, the International Red Cross regularly visits these prisoners and has not documented or accused Israel of any of these claims. Likewise, lists of demands occasionally issued by the prisoners during hunger strikes—such as during one in 2011—include no demands relating to these claims. PMW has documented prisoners talking about how they "lack nothing" in the prisons and that "the worst thing about Israeli prison" is riding in a prison vehicle that has no padding on the seat. When PMW contacted the Israeli Ministry of Health in 2007 regarding PA claims of medical experiments on prisoners, the ministry responded: "Clinical testing on prisoners in prison was never approved, never performed, and is most certainly not taking place at present."
Palestinian National and Islamic Forces - an unaffiliated coordinating body comprised of representatives from factions in the PLO and outside the PLO. The Palestinian National and Islamic Forces were established in 2000 shortly after the start of the PA terror campaign (the second Intifada, 2000-2005), under the authorization of Yasser Arafat and the leadership of terrorist Marwan Barghouti. During the PA terror campaign it played an active role in coordinating political efforts and terror attacks against Israel, but since the end of the campaign it has been less significant and its activity is primarily centered in Gaza.