PLO libel: Palestinian prisoners are "subjected to pre-planned executions by the occupation authorities and the so-called Israeli Prison Service"
Headline: “Vigils supporting prisoner Nasser Abu Hmeid in Jenin, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, and Istanbul”
“PLO Executive Committee member and Head of the [PLO] Human Rights and Civil Society Department Ahmed Tamimi demanded the intervention of the international bodies, and foremost among them the [UN] Security Council and [UN] Human Rights Council, in order to save the life of prisoner [Nasser] Abu Hmeid (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of 7 people) and to release him.
In a statement yesterday [Jan. 14, 2022], Tamimi said that ‘Prisoner Abu Hmeid is being subjected to a pre-planned execution by the occupation authorities and the so-called Israeli Prison Service, which are insisting on leaving him in prison despite his severe medical condition’ (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."