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Israel is keeping Palestinian prisoners medically ignored: Commission
Palestinian activists sit in a mock prison, during a protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails (File photo)
RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 21, 2021 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Authority’s Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said today that Israeli occupation authorities have maintained the unfair policy of medical negligence of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention.
The Commission said in a statement that the occupation authorities are deliberately neglecting the medical conditions of many sick prisoners, who are only allowed to get painkillers rather than a genuine medical treatment.
It mentioned the case of Jamal Omar, 49, a Palestinian prisoner in the Israeli prison of Nafha, who is suffering a cancer in the kidneys and liver, in addition to problems in the stomach, guts and nerves, and who has thus far been denied medical care.
PA Health Ministry crew testing Arabs in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, January 14, 2021.
IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi and Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue&White) are expected to approve in the coming days a request submitted by the Palestinian Authority for the transfer of tens of thousands of vaccine doses to the Gaza Strip, Walla reported Sunday.
PA officials have contacted Israeli security and NSC officials for approval and assistance in transferring the packages they have purchased or received, and they will most likely receive a positive response, seeing as the Israeli military apparatus has been worried about the high morbidity in the Gaza Strip which it fears could result in a security escalation.
Chairman of Detainees Commission tests positive for COVID-19
RAMALLAH, Sunday, February 14, 2021 (WAFA) - Qadri Abu Bakr, the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority s Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission, has tested positive for COVID-19, the commission said in a press release.
It said Abu Bakr had developed a number of symptoms including bodily fatigue and a dry cough, for which he underwent a coronavirus test that came out positive.
The commission wished him a speedy recovery and called on all those who had come into contact with him to undergo the necessary medical tests.
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