Important News
- Israeli police prevent Latin patriarch from entering Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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- Palestinian man and his sons detained after colonists grazed livestock on land near Hebron
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- Death toll rises to 9 after Israeli airstrike targets Gaza's Khan Younis last night
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- Occupation forces uproot olive trees, issue demolition notices near Jenin
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- Jordan condemns Israel's prevention of Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch from accessing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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- Seven, including paramedics, in escalating Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
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- ICRC says it facilitated transfer of five released Gaza detainees, reunited them with families
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- Jerusalem Governorate warns against colonists' attempts to bring animal sacrifices to Al-Aqsa Mosque
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- MoFA slams Israel's prevention of Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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- French President affirms support for Christians in the Holy Land, condemns prevention of Palm Sunday Mass at Church of Holy Sepulchre
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- Italian Prime Minister condemns prevention of Latin patriarch from entering Church of Holy Sepulchre
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- Colonists storm Beita town south of Nablus
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- Bread becomes hostage of small-change crisis in Gaza, a new method of starving citizens
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- Fatah Central Committee holds meeting to follow up on preparations for movement’s eighth conference
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- President Abbas extends condolences to Algerian counterpart on passing of former President Liamine Zeroual
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- Occupation forces storm town of Sinjil, colonists establish new illegal outpost on town’s land
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- Israeli authorities force Palestinian to demolish part of his home southeast of Jerusalem City
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- Occupation forces assault young Palestinian man in Qalqilya
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- Environment Quality Authority: Field tests confirm stable air quality in southern Hebron following Negev industrial area incident
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- Lebanese President condemns prevention of Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering Church of Holy Sepulchre
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- 1,238 killed, 3,543 injured in Israeli aggression on Lebanon since March 2
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- Russia: Overcoming repercussions of Middle East conflict will take several months
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- Foreign Ministry condemns attack on residence of Kurdistan Region President in Duhok
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PLO: More than 1000 Prisoners Subjected to Medical Experiments by Israeli Physicians
RAMALLAH, April 16, 2007, (WAFA)-PLO National and International Relations Department said that the Israeli Prisons' authorities subjected more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners for medical experiments at the hands of Israeli physicians.
In a report issued Monday, it revealed that 25 percent of the Palestinian people entered the occupation's prisons since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, adding that 11,000 prisoners are still incarcerated in Israeli jails, some of them spent more than 30 years.
The report pointed out that among those arrested there are 110 female , 398 children , 850 administrative detainees without trial, and 64 spent in prison more than 20 years. There are 41 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, 15 prisoners held in solitary cells since five years ago as well as 187 prisoners died in jails as a result of torture or medical negligence.
As for the sick prisoners, the report showed that 1000 sick prisoners held in Israeli prisons, 150 of whom suffer from chronic diseases, while 30 are still permanently in the hospitals' prisons, simply because of their serious health conditions. All of them have been subjected to medical experiments conducted involuntarily by Israeli physicians.
The report appealed to the United Nations and the International Red Cross and all humanitarian institutions to shoulder their responsibilities towards the prisoners and compel Israeli occupation authorities to apply the Fourth Geneva Convention and stop the daily unjust and inhumane arrests against the Palestinian people.
M.H.(12:35 P)(09:35 GMT)
