Palestinian Imprisonment in Israel

Abstract

Abstract In 1967, Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip and dramatically increased the number of Palestinians under its control. The chapter provides background on this imprisonment over time, including an analysis of numbers of those arrested and imprisoned over time, both from 1967 and since the Oslo Accords. It examines how this has affected the ability of the Prisoners Movement to mobilize. The chapter also explains types of prisons, Israeli law on prison, interrogation, and administrative detention, or indefinite detention without known evidence, among other concepts. It explores the restrictive conditions that Palestinian security-classified prisoners are placed under in contrast to Jewish security-classified prisoners.