PA libel: Israel is “implementing a slow murder policy” against Palestinian prisoners
Headline: “The Ramon Prison management is implementing the slow murder policy against prisoners Daoud and Al-Zaghal”
“The [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs said that the Ramon Prison management is implementing the slow murder policy (sic., see note below regarding PA libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners) against prisoners Muhammad Daoud (PMW was unable to determine the nature of his crimes -Ed.) and Salam Al-Zaghal (i.e., terrorist, murdered 1 person).
In a statement yesterday [Nov. 29, 2021], the commission added that prisoner Daoud, 34, from the Qalqilya district is in a severe health condition and suffers from psoriasis and problems with his teeth and stomach. In 2019 he underwent surgery at Assaf Harofeh Hospital due to a stomach rupture…
Prisoner Salam As’ad Al-Zaghal from Tulkarem, who was sentenced to life, suffers from a stomach wound after he was shot during his arrest, in addition to a wound to his left leg.”
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."
Salam Al-Zaghal - Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and murdered Israeli citizen Evyatar Borovsky on April 30, 2013, at Tapuach Junction in the West Bank. Zaghal is serving a life sentence and an additional 20 years.