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SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Each year Palestinian #PrisonersDay comes and goes while the prisoners remain in their cells. The destructive effects that Israel’s imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians has on society cannot be overstated.
By: @mikopeled
#pandemic
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#Israel justifies its treatment of these prisoners with false claims that the Palestinian men, women, and children who languish in its jails are terrorists. These false claims must be rejected in their entirety.
#Palestine #COVID19 #Dubai Image
Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners, they are prisoners of conscience and must be viewed and treated as such by the international community.
#COVID19 #covidsafe #FreedomDay #pandemic
Palestinian human rights organization  Adalah recently echoed the call by the United Nations for “urgent action to ensure the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.” 
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When Israeli police enter the Haredi neighborhoods they do so like violent invaders and not like agencies that are trusted to help the residents.
This is not the first time that Israeli police interfere when Palestinian organizations provide much-needed services to residents of East Jerusalem. They cite Palestinian Authority intervention in the city as the reason. 

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