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Political Prisoners in Israel/Palestine
1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 7,383 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel.
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“Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian
territories in 1967, over 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by
Israel. This forms approximately 20% of the total Palestinian
population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).”
– Palestine Monitor
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Source: Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association (as of November 2009) and Reuters.
Breakdown of Palestinian Prisoners
Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association
November 2009
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Palestinian Prisoners |
| Administrative detainees |
335 |
| Female Prisoners |
32 |
| Child detainees |
340 |
| Palestinian Legislative Council members |
25 |
| East Jerusalem prisoners |
215 |
| 1948 Territories prisoners |
188 |
| Gaza prisoners |
745 |
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