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Empty Stomachs, Clenched Fists: How Palestinians Are Fighting Israel's Unaccountable Prison System
By Anna Lekas Miller

Israeli policy toward Palestinian prisoners is now facing unprecedented scrutiny due to a mass hunger strike aimed at ending administrative detention and other harsh policies. Ref. Source 6

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Hunger strike, riots by Palestinian inmates following death at Israeli jail:

The Israeli Prison Service turned to the pardons committee to carry out the inmate's release a week ago when his condition worsened drastically, but he died at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba before the procedure was complete Ref. Source 8

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Shin Bet documents show illegal interrogation methods used against Palestinian prisoner:

The Shin Bet admitted that it has used the methods of torture the petition describes, methods that the High Court of Justice has already prohibited, the petition says. Ref. Source 2

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Israel Prisons

Are Prisons well kept in Israel?

How are convicts treated in Prisons within Israel?

Who oversees the penal code for Israel Prisons?

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Palestinian hunger striker 'close to death': lawyer:

A Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail and on hunger strike for 53 days is in a critical condition and could die "At any moment", his lawyer said Saturday. Ref. Source 6i

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Israeli torture of Palestinian children 'institutional'

Confessions by Palestinians who have been tortured are regularly accepted by Israeli judges, rights groups say. Ref. Source 1b.

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Palestinian prisoners go on mass hunger strike:

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners start hunger strike to demand basic rights as Israeli jails' conditions hit 'new low'. Ref. Source 2m.