1. The withdrawal of“privilege”rather than the recognition of rights is evident in Israel's treatment of “security prisoners,” termed prisoners of war (asrain Arabic) by Palestinians.
2. Mahmoud Abbastold the General Assembly that peace required“the release of political prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons without delays…. The time has come for the thousands of prisoners to return to their families and their children to become a part of building their homeland, for the freedom of which they have sacrificed”(Ha'aretz2011).
3. Adalah, Al Mezan Gaza, andPhysicians for Human Rights-Israel2012Update on the Current Situation of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees in Israeli Custody, Six Weeks after the Conclusion of an Agreement between Hunger-Strike Leaders and the Israel Prison Service.June26.