PA TV accuses Israeli prisons of adopting a "policy of deliberate medical neglect"
Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, hosting Public Relations Manager of the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Thaer Shreitah
Official PA TV host: “Good morning mister Thaer. First, so that it will be clearer to the viewers, update us about the condition of prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’er (i.e., terrorist, involved in murder of at least 4) – in other words, after he was infected with the Coronavirus – and the policy of deliberate medical neglect in the occupation’s prisons. What is his condition currently?”
Public Relations Manager of the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Thaer Shreitah: “Prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’er was subjected to a hostile medical crime by the Israeli occupation. [He is] a prisoner who is sick with throat cancer. He has been suffering for a number of months and [he hasn’t received] any attention from the prison management or the Israeli occupation government. His condition was not treated seriously. On the contrary, there was deliberate medical neglect and this led to his infection with the Coronavirus. This is a result of the Israeli racism against our sick prisoners, and therefore prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’er is a potential Martyr, if the international community won’t take a step to save him.”
Note: The PA claimed that this terrorist had suffered Israel's alleged deliberate medical neglect in prison.
However, later, the PLO Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs announced that “cancer patient prisoner Kamal Abu Wa’er has recovered from the Coronavirus after having become sick with it approximately two weeks ago.” [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 7, 2020]