On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, the Palestinian Authority (PA) stayed silent about its detention and torture of Palestinians in its prisons. The PA makes some prisoners more worthy of mention than others, further exploiting the Palestinian political prisoners and attempting to create rifts within Palestinian society. “The Israeli judicial system is part of the colonial regime that legitimises discrimination, torture and persecution of the Palestinian people”, the PA’s Foreign Affairs Ministry’s statement partly read. Currently there are 4,900 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, 1,016 of whom are held in administrative detention. The PA is holding more than 30 Palestinian political prisoners in its jails. The statistical discrepancy is no justification for the PA glossing over its role – after all, the … Continue reading On Palestine Prisoners’ Day, the PA is silent about its own detainees