+290 Palestinian Children Being Held in Israeli Prisons

Rasa - A Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said on Sunday that a total of 291 Palestinians are currently in Israeli prisons.

News ID: 438893

Date: 31 July 2018 - 19:55

RNA - "There are currently nearly 5,900 Palestinian prisoners, including 291 children in Israeli prisons," Hanan Ashrawi, a PLO Executive Committee member, said in a statement, Anadolu Agency reported.

The statement comes after teenaged Palestinian resistance icon Ahed al-Tamimi and her mother were released by Israeli authorities after an eight-month long detention.

"Israel persistently violates the rights of Palestinian political prisoners while the international community turns a blind eye to such illegal behavior and inhumane treatment," Ashrawi added.

Al-Tamimi became an international icon for Palestinian resistance after she was filmed slapping an Israeli soldier during a raid on her home to arrest her brother.

Israeli forces arrested the Palestinian girl in December 2017 after a viral video showed her slapping an Israeli soldier; later an Israeli court handed down an eight-month long sentence in March for her “attack” on an Israeli soldier.

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