Libel : Israel is “tormenting and killing Palestinian prisoners with the Coronavirus in a war crime” – official PA daily op-ed
Headline: “War crime – Tormenting the prisoners with the Coronavirus!”
“The Israeli racist occupation system found a new weapon in the Coronavirus, which it is using [as part of] a plan of tormenting and killing the prisoners slowly and indirectly (sic., see note below regarding PA libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners), while exploiting the world’s preoccupation with finding preventive measures and preventive treatment. The policy of medical neglect has been one of the prison authorities’ measures against the Palestinian prisoners, even after their release, and a way of getting rid of those who they succeed in reaching the weak points in their health, or by physically weakening them while imperceptibly transferring an illness to them. Regarding the Coronavirus, it has made the act of tormenting the prisoners easier for them through its symptoms that cause physical pain and have an emotional impact. This is while using the uniqueness of the illness’ spread and the virus’ quick violent assault in achieving high numbers of infected people among the detained prisoners. Since it is enough for there to be one executioner from the occupation forces who is sick with the Coronavirus in order to infect hundreds of prisoners in mere days – considering the crowded prison rooms, or the inhumane conditions in isolation and when transferring the prisoners to the hospitals – this enables the ideology of imposing terror on the prisoners and their relatives which the occupation authorities are working diligently at, and it appears that the desire of its leaders and officers is to continue committing war crimes against the prisoners and to violate the international laws and treaties under the cover of the Coronavirus epidemic.”