![]() On April 17 of each year, Palestinian Prisoner's Day is marked to highlight the plight of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and call for their freedom. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, Israel has imprisoned over 1 million Palestinians and continues to employ its policy of mass arbitrary detention through daily military raids and incursions. Administrative Detention is widely used to imprison Palestinians with no charge or trial for indefinite periods of time. Since 1967, Israeli occupation authorities have issued over 60,000 administrative detention orders. Most Palestinian prisoners are held in prison facilities located inside Israel and not in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a grave violation of the 4th Geneva Convention amounting to forcible transfer. All Palestinians are tried in military courts which have a conviction rate of 99%. Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including women and children, are also subject to various forms of torture and ill-treatment.
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يوم الأسير الفلسطيني 2022
يحيي الفلسطينيون في السابع عشر من نيسان من كل عام يوم الأسير الفلسطيني للتركيز على قضايا الأسرى والمعتقلين في سجون الاحتلال والمطالبة بحريتهم. منذ العام 1967 اعتقلت سلطات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي أكثر من مليون فلسطينياً، وما تزال تمارس الاعتقال التعسفي بشكل يومي من خلال الاقتحامات. كما تعرض سلطات الاحتلال الفلسطينيين على محاكم عسكرية تبلغ نسبة الإدانة فيها 99% من الحالات. وتستخدم سلطات الاحتلال الاعتقال الإداري دون تهم أو محاكمة لمدد مختلفة، فمنذ عام 1967 اصدرت سلطات الاحتلال أكثر من 60 ألف أمر اعتقال إداري. ويتعرض الأسرى الفلسطينيون من بينهم النساء والأطفال إلى أشكال عدة من التعذيب وسوء المعاملة خلال مدة اعتقالهم في سجون الاحتلال.
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By: MIFTAH in cooperation with Women's Studies Centre
Date: 28/06/2022
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Factsheet on impact of Israeli violations against the right of education for girls in Jerusalem
Palestinians in general, face attempts by the Israeli occupation to “Israelize” the curriculum in Jerusalem and to stifle the Palestinian national identity, through various measures. This is amid scarce financial resources, substandard buildings, and largely unsuitable educational facilities, in addition to the multitude of references associated with education in Jerusalem. This factsheet focuses on the status of education in the city in terms of student and school distribution and approved curriculum, with a focus on the right of girls to education. Facts and figures:
Palestinian students in occupied Jerusalem in general, suffer from repeated attacks by Israeli occupation authorities, resulting in lost classes, especially in the morning.
Interviews with students, experts and parents: Interviews were individually conducted with 20 students and 10 students in a focus group. The individual interviews were intentional in that the researcher approached students who were subjected to one form of harassment. However, during the interviews, it became apparent that most of the girls had been subjected to more than one form of harassment. The interviews also included 17 involved individuals: six school principals, two counselors, three experts (one male and two female) and six parents (two men and four women). Interview results:
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By: MIFTAH
Date: 25/06/2022
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Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners: Systematic cruelty in a climate of total impunity
Background: Since the beginning of its illegal occupation in 1967, Israel has detained over 1 million Palestinians. This policy of mass arbitrary arrest is one of the tools that aim at maintaining Israel's illegal occupation and apartheid regime. Every year, Israeli occupation forces detain thousands of Palestinians, including women and hundreds of children. As of today, there are 4,700 political prisoners in Israeli jails, including 640 administrative detainees, 32 women and 170 children. Every year, June 26 marks the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture. Despite the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment under international law, Israeli occupation forces and prison authorities employ various torture and ill-treatment techniques against almost all Palestinian political prisoners and detainees, including women and children, leaving grave physical and psychological damage. Israeli prison authorities, occupation forces and interrogators feel emboldened to commit such acts of torture with full impunity knowing that neither the complicit Israeli legal system nor the international community will hold them accountable. Recommendations: MIFTAH calls on the international community to:
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By: MIFTAH in cooperation with WCLAC
Date: 21/06/2022
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Family rights for Jerusalemite women under discriminatory Israeli policies
Introduction: Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem continue to enforce punitive and discriminatory measures against Palestinians and to violate their human rights. These include: house arrest of minors, restrictions on the freedom of movement, ID revocation, forced displacement, home demolitions and rejection of family reunification applications, all of which have disproportionate impact on women, who endure the most responsibility in caring for the family. Women with Palestinian IDs who are married to Jerusalemite ID holders are faced with numerous measures that restrict their movement, thus preventing them from exercising normal lives. Palestinian women, holding Palestinian IDs, in Jerusalem are prevented from living with their Jerusalemite husbands who have “blue IDs’ and, in the case of divorce, are also prevented from remaining in Jerusalem, putting them at risk of losing custody over their children, not living in the same city or even being able to visit them. This is because entry into occupied Jerusalem requires permits that can only be obtained with approval from Israeli authorities, particularly residency permits for women with Palestinian IDs. These require renewal by their husbands, which is not feasible in the case of divorce. These discriminatory Israeli measures towards Palestinian women based on their IDs, which in any case, is determined by Israeli authorities, is one reason for domestic violence. The accumulated hardships on women pose risks for them and oftentimes forces them to endure marital relations rife with violence. What makes matters worse is that they do not always report this violence for fear they will be deported from Jerusalem, lose custody of their children in the case of divorce, or have their residency revoked. This leads to further subordination and control by the husband over the fate of women in general. Statistics:
“Citizenship” Law:
Polygamy:
Custody:
Alimony:
Problems in implementing Court Orders:
Statistics:
*This paper was prepared in cooperation between WCLAC and MIFTAH To view the Full Factsheet as PDF The content of this document does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in the study lies entirely with MIFTAH
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