Israeli prisons are "a true cemetery for the living" lies PA, claiming Israel doesn’t give Palestinian prisoners proper medical treatment

Headline: “A slow execution threatens the lives of 12 prisoners: the Ramle Prison clinic – when the doctor fills the role of the prison guard”

“It is called ‘the Ramle clinic.’ There the sick and wounded Palestinian prisoners are taken in. Every prisoner who enters it has his health deteriorate, as if the Ramle Prison clinic were a true cemetery for the living (see note below regarding PA libel on medical abuse of Palestinian prisoners -Ed.)…

The prison guard is the nurse there, and the doctor fills the role of the prison guard. The paracetamol tablet is the only thing that relieves the pains and groans of the prisoners who are sick… with diseases that require special treatment, treatment protocols, and specific medicines, but the occupation treats them as if they have ‘a regular headache.’

For more than a decade, prisoner Mu’tasim Raddad (see note below -Ed.) from Tulkarem, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, has been lying on one of the beds in the so-called ‘Ramle clinic.’ He is included in the list of prisoners whose condition is most severe, and cancer is gnawing away at his body. He takes 50 pills of medicine each day and receives chemotherapy treatment once every two months.”

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."

Mu’tasim Raddad - Palestinian serving 20 years in prison. PMW has been unable to determine the specific nature of his crimes.