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160 Palestinian prisoners suffering chronic diseases


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[ 07/01/2012 – 05:40 PM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails suffering from chronic diseases has reached 160 out of 500 sick prisoners and the number is on the rise, the Palestinian prisoner’s association said.

The association said in a statement on Saturday that the 160 prisoners are either plagued with cancer, diabetes, or hypertension, adding that they need special treatment.

It said that the policy of medical neglect was worsening those prisoners’ condition, championing a Palestinian official policy of “no return to negotiations (with Israel) until all prisoners are freed”.

The association urged the world community and human rights groups to send fact-finding committees to probe the condition of those prisoners, warning that the case of Zakaria Issa, who was released after his condition reached a desperate stage and died a few months later, could recur.
Source and more at the Palestinian Information Center



Articles 55 and 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention clearly establish that Israel, as the occupying power, not only has a duty to ensure medical supplies reach hospitals in the OPT, but to ensure and maintain the services of the hospitals too. As High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, other states not only have a moral duty but also a legal obligation to ensure Israel abides by its commitments to the protected population of the OPT.

UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, As a States Party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Israel is obliged under Article 24 of the treaty to recognise the right of every child under its effective jurisdiction “to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her right of access to such health care services”.


Not only the 7-month old baby, but 173 children died due to lack of a permit:




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Medical care by asked/forced collaboration



Healthcare or neglect of healthcare in Prisons


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VERY IMPORTANT & SHOCKING REPORT ABOUT EFFECTS FOR HEALTH BY POLICIES & DISCRIMINATION OF MEDICAL CARE & ACCESS TO CARE.



While in the horrible holocaust, 1 in 6, so 1 million people died of the Nazi but exactly similar deliberate deprivation, Israel is doing exactly the same to Palestinians. Research (see link below) showed the annual deathrate by violent & passive aggression is about 5000 deaths a year. Called Avoidable mortality or Excess Death.



For the sake of children and ill people in Palestine, share this post as wide as you can and keep sharing it. Health is no choice for many, right to medical care is a Human Right. Infringement of such is a passive form of aggression which policies Israel deliberately deploys with the intention to ethnic cleanse.


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How many more dead corpses of Palestinians and their children does the international community need to see in order to act?
How many more cruelties and violations of Human Rights, Regulations and International Law will be needed?
How long so the world intervenes in this ongoing warcrime and it will be stopped once and for all?