Uniindia: Jerusalem, June 17 (UNI/Xinhua) Three Palestinians were killed and eight injured by Israeli soldiers early Friday during clashes in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics and eyewitnesses said.
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PALESTINE has called upon the international community as well as signatories to the Geneva Conventions to take on their responsibilities concerning protection of Palestinian detainees being kept in Israeli prisons and detention centres.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in a statement that Israel must be held accountable for its persecution of Palestinian people, including its mass and arbitrary detentions.
The statement was issued on the occasion of Prisonersâ Day which is marked by the Palestinians on April 17th every year.
The ministry said Israeli courts have proven to be a tool in the hands of the Tel Aviv regimeâs authorities to persecute Palestinian people on ethnic and political grounds. The statement also described the tribunals as âcolonial military courtsâ and called on the international community to work for the immediate release of Palestinian prisoners.
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