The Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs clarified that sick prisoners in Israeli jails are subjected to deliberate medical negligence by the prison administration, as a number of them suffer from chronic and dangerous diseases whose symptoms worsen and become more difficult in light of the prison administration’s violation of all international covenants that stipulate the need for prisoners to receive the necessary treatment. The commission held the occupation prisons administration fully responsible for the continuation of the series of medical neglect against the Palestinian prisoners, calling on international institutions, human rights institutions and the Red Cross to play their necessary role towards the prisoners’ issue to the fullest. For further details, click here