RAMALLAH, June 10, 2026 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society have strongly criticized the approval by the Israeli Knesset’s National Security Committee of a bill that would prohibit representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross from entering Israeli prisons and visiting Palestinian detainees.

In a joint statement, the two organizations described the move aim to legitimize and legally entrench grave violations against the Palestinian people within the context of the ongoing genocide, of which Israeli prisons are a primary arena.

The two organizations emphasized that the introduction of this bill clearly reveals the occupation regime's determination to transform the exceptional measures imposed in prisons after the start of the genocide into permanent and systematic policies and legislation.

The organizations further stated that the initiative appears aimed at circumventing rulings issued by the Supreme Court of Israel, including a decision that reportedly found the continued denial of Red Cross prison visits to be unlawful.

The two organizations added that recent developments confirm that Israeli judicial decisions, within a legislative framework rapidly enshrining genocidal and punitive policies against Palestinians, lack any real impact unless translated into binding enforcement measures.

This reveals the nature of the relationship between the legislative and judicial institutions in the occupying state, where some judicial decisions are used to improve the image of the legal system before the international community, while legislation is enacted with the aim of entrenching violations and providing legal cover for them.

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