WHY ALL THE FUSS OVER SHALIT?

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December 26, 2009 at 2:43 pm (Israel, Palestine)

When a nation has no voice, their pleas for justice go unheard….

Political Prisoners in Israel/Palestine

1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 7,383 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel.

“Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, over 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel. This forms approximately 20% of the total Palestinian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).” – Palestine Monitor

Breakdown of Palestinian Prisoners

Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association
November 2009
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	Palestinian Prisoners
Administrative detainees	335
Female Prisoners	32
Child detainees	340
Palestinian Legislative Council members	25
East Jerusalem prisoners	215
1948 Territories prisoners	188
Gaza prisoners	745

Source: Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association (as of November 2009) and Reuters.
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