WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Imprisonment is central to the Palestinian struggle 01 Imprisonment, and the system of violence and punishment which surround it, is a central tool of Israeli colonial rule to subjugate, discipline and wear down the Palestinian population. Israel’s carceral system is rooted in British colonial policies 02 Israel adopted British mandate-era emergency laws, including administrative detention and military tribunals, to justify indefinite imprisonment without trial. Several prisons built by the British are still in use today. Palestinians are treated as a permanent insurgent threat 03 Israel systematically imprisons Palestinians, including children, as part of a broader policy of control. The Israeli state sees Palestinian resistance as an existential threat, using incarceration as a tool of subjugation. Torture and abuse are widespread and well documented 04 Israeli authorities regularly subject Palestinian detainees to physical and psychological torture, including sleep deprivation, sexual violence, and extreme beatings. This has been officially sanctioned since 1987 and continues today. Palestinian prisoners have a long history of struggle 05 For decades, Palestinian prisoners have protested against their conditions through hunger strikes, legal challenges, and other forms of collective action. Imprisonment, and the system of violence and punishment which surround it, is a central tool of Israeli colonial rule to subjugate, discipline and wear down the Palestinian population. Systematic imprisonment has the effect not only of extracting a cost from Palestinians on an individual basis for any act of resistance, but of disrupting Palestinian political activity more broadly and breaking up families and communities, putting an immense strain on Palestinian society over time. Here are five key things you need to know:
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