The Israeli authorities punish detainees in many ways such as repressing their freedom and suppress them and their families, in additio, they tend to blackmail them with millions of dollars annually.

In this context, the Commission of Detainees' Affairs manifested the crul situation lived by detainees in Megiddo prison, and confirmed that the Israeli authorities intended to turn many central prisons into commercial centres.

The Commission pointed out that detainees in Megiddo prison suffer from high prices imposed by the prisons administration in the canteen, especially that detainees have lack in bed covers and they need to buy 4 covers, where each cover costs more than 100 NIS.

The Commission called on international organisations to intervene and stop the financial exploiting against detainees, which contradicts all international laws and agreements, and oblige the administration of prisons to allow detainees families provide their sons with the stuff they need.

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, Qadri Abu Baker, mourned the former detainee Fatima Bernawi, the first detainee in the modern Palestinian revolution, who passed away today in Egypt.

Major General Qadri Abu Baker extends his condolences to her family and all Palestinian people and its leaders and the Captive Movement .

Abu Baker praised the late struggler, who etched her name in the record of immortal persons of our great people. Fatima Bernawi was born in 1939 in Jerusalem , and she's of a Nigerian father. She was of the first group of Fatah Movement fighters in 1965, where the late president Yaser Arafat delegated her with organisational and martial missions.

She was the heroine of an operation inside a cenima in Jerusalem, and then she has been arrested in October 1967, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

She has been released after ten years in 1977 in accordance with an exchange bargain.

Thirteen women are detained in Israeli prisons, two of them under the administrative detention 26/10/2022 The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated that more than (17000) arrest cases have been recorded against Palestinian women since 1967, including mothers, wives, pregnant women, minors and representatives in the Legislative Council.

(125) Palestinian women had been arrested since the beginning of 2022.

The first Palestinian woman detainee was the militant "Fatima Bernawi" from Jerusalem, who has been arrested in 14/10/1967 and served (10) years in prison.

The Commission pointed out that the Israeli authorities is holding (30) women in its prisons, including the detainees Shurouq Badan and Bushra Taweel under the administrative detention.

Testimonies of detainees showed that the Israeli authorities implement the same measures and abusive practices used against men during detention, and that all women have been subjected to physical and psychological torture and degrading treatment, without taking into consideration their physical and psychological safety.

The Commission stated that the experience of women in prison confirmed that the Palestinian women have maintained their dignity and principles and confronted the brutality and barbarism of the Israeli jailer.

The Palestinian women succeeded in turning the prison into a school and stood firmly in front of the Israeli suppression.

They succeeded in building a cultural and intellectual organisation inside the prisons, making a state of challenge in spite of all restrictions. It is worthy to mention that Palestinian women in Israeli prisons are suffering from difficult health conditions, the hardest of whom is the detainee Israa Jaabees (36 years). She has been arrested in 11/10/2015 and sentenced to 11 years.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs warned of giving authorities to the zionist extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who wants to make a bloody era against the Palestinian people and the strugglers in the Israeli prisons.

The Commission stated that " Ben-Gvir, who's meeting Netanyahu, is striving for taking the Ministry of Internal Security, where the supervision on Prisons Services falls within the responsibilities of this ministry.

This constitutes a real threat on the lives of our detainees over the coming period".

The Commission added " the extremist Ben- Gvir has started his attack and incitement against Palestinian detainees, where he called to cancel the representation of detainees in factions and organisations inside prisons, preventing them from making food in their rooms, decreasing the quantity of water and adding more restrictions against them".

The Commission called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop the brutality of Ben-Gvir and his criminal and racist plans, especially that he's one of the most prominent advocates of extremism and terrorism practiced against Palestinian people.

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, MG. Qadri Abu Baker, paid tribute to the leaders of Arab countries in the wake of the thirty- second session of the Arab summit, which was held on 1st and 2nd of this month in Algeria.

Abu Baker stated : " the presence of the Palestinian detainees cause in this session confirms its fairness and regional and national importance.

It also confirms on the close correlation with arab people and governments, where the recommendations included clear and obvious clauses related to the Palestinians right of self-determination ,ending the occupation and stopping all violations such as detention and other unethical practices".

Abu Baker pointed out that " the presence of detainees cause in the summit shall be realistic to all arabs , where the past few years witnessed a retreat in the financial and moral obligations, which affected the status of this cause on regional and international levels".

The head of the Commission stressed on the necessity of creating Arab initiatives to call on releasing detainees of long terms, sick detainees, minors, women and administrative detainees.

Abu Baker paid a special tribute to the republic of Algeria, the president, people and government, especially the media system that publishes the cause of our detainees to the whole world.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs clarified in a statement issued today, the details of health conditions for 4 detainees in Remon and Nafaha prisons, where they are suffering from bad health conditions due to medical ignorance, depriving them of treatment and giving them only painkillers.

A case in point is the detainee Baker Abu Obaid (41 years) from Tulkarem. He suffers from severe headache, and his health condition deteriorated after going on a hunger strike in 2017.

He is just given painkillers and sedative drugs. Another case in point is the detainee Issam Zain Al-deen (38 years) from Nablus.

He is currently held at Nafaha prison, and suffering from skin allergies and he is in need for medical checkups to have the appropriate treatment. Moreover, the detainee Iyad Qawasmeh (55 years) from Hebron, is suffering from back pain, and he is waiting for having a surgery, but the administration of Remon prison procrastinate in conducting medical checkups to diagnose his case.

The last case in point is the detainee Ali Sbaih (45 years) from Jenin. He suffers from severe toothache since 2012 , where he cannot sleep out of pain. The clinic of Remon prison only provides him with painkillers.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs stated today that the list of "senior detainees " to (293) with the join of (10) detainees of long-term last October.

The term of "senior detainees" refers to detainees who spent more than (20) years in Israeli prisons.

This list includes (38) detainees who spent more than 25 years in Israeli prisons, and they are called "generals of patience".

Moreover, there are (25) detainees who have been imprisoned since before the Oslo Accord.

The Commission pointed out that the list of "detainees icons" refers to detainees who spent more than (30) years in Israeli prisons, which risen to (18) detainees after Deyaa Al- Agha has joined the list.

There are (8) detainees who spent more than (35) years in prisons, the oldest of whom are the detainees Kareem Younis and Maher Younis, who are imprisoned since 1983.

The Commission stated in its report that there are tens of detainees who have been released under exchange bargains "the shalit deal" in 2011 and got rearrested in 2014, such as the detainee Nael Barghouthi, who spent more than 42 years in Israeli prisons.

The Commission confirmed that these numbers are unprecedented and have not been recorded, it is also might rise in the upcoming months. Thus, the cause of detainees shall be put on priority in order to highlight their suffering, and work ti release them.

The head of the Commission of Detainees' Affairs, M.G Qadri Abu Baker, condemned the fierce campaign of arrests launched by the Israeli authorities against our people in many cities of the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Abu Baker said the Israeli army tend to use excessive force, torture and abuse during arrests in the Palestinian cities and refugee camps, where they are subjected to severe beating, degrading treatment, storming their homes and destroying their belongings.

In addition, Palestinian detainees are exposed to physical and psychological abuse during arrests and in interrogation centers.

Abu Baker confirmed that implementing these measures against our detainees contradicts all international charters and agreements that guarantee human rights.

Abu Baker pointed out that these procedures won't break the will of Palestinians, but it actually increases their power a d steadfastness until establishing their state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Commission of Detainees' Affairs confirmed that the detainee Sabe' Titi (33 years) from Balata camp/ Nablus, is going through a hunger strike since 9 days, protesting against his isolation and depriving him of using the canteen.

The lawyer of the Commission, Yousef Mateya, stated after his visit to Remon prison that the administration of prisons still isolating the detainee since a month, where the Israeli forces arrested him in 10/4/2022.

The Salem court sentenced him to 6 months under administrative detention, and renewed the sentence for additional 6 months, under the pretext of a confidential file.

It is worthy to mention that the detainee Sabe' Titi is the brother of the female detainee Aseel Titi, who has been arrested during visiting her brother at Remon prison, under the pretext of committing stabbing attack against a jailer.