Libel: PA daily accuses Israel of a “policy of medical neglect” of terrorist prisoners

“The Israeli Prison Service is deliberately transferring sick and wounded prisoners [from place to place] again and again, as this is one of the systematic means of abuse they are using as part of the policy of medical neglect (slow killing) [parentheses in source] (see note below -Ed.). The transfers are conducted with the so-called ‘Posta’ vehicle, which from the perspective of the prisoners, and especially the sick ones, constitutes a journey of suffering.”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 13, 2021]

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."