PA libel: Israel has "a systematic policy preventing medical treatment for Palestinian prisoners"

Headline: “The prisoner institutions: The occupation arrested 504 civilians last month”

“The joint monthly report published by the prisoner institutions and human rights organizations… noted that the number of prisoners in the occupation’s prisons stands at approximately 4,500 prisoners as of January 2022, including 34 female prisoners, 180 minors, and approximately 500 administrative detainees…

The occupation is carrying out a systematic policy of preventing medical treatment for the prisoners and deliberate procrastination in providing treatment to the sick and wounded among them (sic., see note below regarding PA libel on medical abuse of Palestinian 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."