PLO libel: Israeli prisons have a "policy of slow murder and execution, as a result of medical neglect" towards Palestinian prisoners
Text posted on the Facebook page of the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs
Posted text: “Director of [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr emphasized that 15 cancer patient prisoners in the occupation’s prisons are dealing with a policy of slow murder and execution, as a result of the policy of medical neglect and non-provision of the treatments that are necessary for them (sic., see note below regarding PA libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners)…
Abu Bakr emphasized that the case of prisoner Nasser Abu Hmeid (i.e., terrorist, responsible for the murder of 7 people) is a living example of the policy of the deliberate murder and slow death of prisoners in prison (sic., Abu Hmeid was provided treatment including surgeries and chemotherapy). He noted that after he underwent surgery, prisoner Abu Hmeid was transferred from the hospital to Ramle Prison clinic, which negatively impacted his health…
Abu Bakr warned against the policy of the Israeli Prison Service, which is based on medical neglect and non-provision of the treatment that is appropriate for the sick prisoners until a stage in which it is impossible to heal them. Afterwards they release them so they will deal with their fate – death – outside of the solitary confinement of captivity.”
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."