There are 4,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, reports Official PA Daily
Headline: “4,500 prisoners in the occupation’s prisons, including 41 female prisoners and 140 children”
“The prisoner institutions said that 4,500 prisoners are in the occupation’s prisons, including 41 female prisoners and 140 children under the age of 18…
The number of veteran prisoners who were arrested before the signing of the [1993] Oslo Accords stands at 25, the most veteran of whom are prisoners Karim Younes and Maher Younes (i.e., terrorist cousins, murdered 1 person together), who have been imprisoned consecutively since 1983. In addition, there are a number of prisoners who were released in the Shalit [prisoner exchange] deal whom the occupation rearrested (see note below -Ed.), and they are among the most veteran prisoners, the most prominent of whom is Nael Barghouti (i.e., terrorist, murdered 1 person together with an accomplice), who has served the longest prison term in the history of the prisoner movements that has reached a total of 41 years, of which he served 34 years consecutively (sic., there have been longer sentences served)…
The number of prisoners who have served more than 20 years in prison consecutively stands at 62 prisoners…
The number of prisoners who were sentenced to life stands at 543 prisoners, and the prisoner with the longest sentence is Abdallah Barghouti (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of 67 people), who is serving 67 life sentences.”
Karim Younes - Israeli Arab terrorist who kidnapped and murdered Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980 together with his cousin Maher Younes. Younes was originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced his sentence in 2012. Younes is serving a 40-year sentence. In May 2017 Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee. Younes was released from prison on Jan. 5, 2023.
The Shalit Exchange - In October 2011, the Israeli government agreed to release 1,027 Palestinian terrorist prisoners including murderers, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years.
Nael and Fakhri Barghouti – Palestinian terrorists who murdered an Israeli army officer in January 1978, near Ramallah. Both were sentenced to life but were released in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal in 2011. Nael Barghouti was arrested again in 2014 for violating the terms of his release by offering Hamas to serve as its minister of prisoners' affairs, and is serving a life sentence plus an additional 18 years.