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"The assassination of prisoners in their prison is nothing but a war crime"

Headline: "Jericho: Muslim and Christian clergy prayed for the brave prisoners" "The Jericho and Jordan Valley district called on the sheikhs and priests to hold a prayer in solidarity with the prisoners who have been hunger striking these 20 days. [PA] Mufti of Palestine and the Islamic..."

Headline: “The Prisoner’s Day events in Beit Rima and Deir Ghassaneh were completed” “Deputy District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Hamdan Barghouti said: ‘The prisoners have sacrificed years of their lives so that we will live in dignity. The solidarity events must continue in order to support...”

“A delegation from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine [DFLP] in the Salfit district visited the district’s Ministry of Released Prisoners’ Affairs branch yesterday [Dec. 9, 2013] to congratulate new director, Nadhir Al-Salkhi, who stood at the head of the reception of the...”

Headline: "During press conference held at the Ministry of Information – Karake: The situation in the prisons is on the verge of exploding" "Chairman of the Doctors' Association, Dr. Jawad Awad…. condemned the Israeli measure against the prisoners [DNA tests] as an immoral and irresponsible step..."

Headline: "Palestinian Prisoners' Movement in a predicament" "Everyone can ask: Which party is sabotaging the [prisoner exchange] deal for [Gilad] Shalit? It is the distorted Israeli criteria which declare that prisoners fighting for liberty of their people and the independence of their homeland..."

"[There is] an entire system called 'slow death,' which the Israeli establishment uses against Palestinian prisoners, from the moment of their arrest until they are released... The 'experiments' stage is perhaps one of the most dangerous stage in the slow death of released prisoners, who suffer..."

“Israeli doctors also carry out medical experiments on prisoners… There are prisons which fall under the military administration – in other words, [they are] directly under the army, and soldiers armed from head to toe are spread out among them. Often these soldiers shoot live ammunition at...”

Newspaper editorial citing report by Abd Al-Nasser Farawna, director of department of statistics in PA Ministry of Prisoner Affairs: "We have many examples of experiments conducted by the Nazis, but we shall bring one example that exhibits a great similarity [to the alleged Israeli experiments]:..."