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June 27, 2024

Haaretz Reports Israel Prison Service Is Starving Palestinian Prisoners
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The Israel Prison Service has significantly reduced food rations
provided to Palestinian prisoners to the point of starvation, with many
prisoners reportedly losing dozens of kilograms of body mass. That's
according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which reports Israeli
officials actively concealed information about Israel's failure to
adequately feed prisoners, as required by international law. In a letter
to Israel's High Court of Justice, far-right Israeli National Security
Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argued in favor of cutting rations to
prisoners, calling the policy a "deterrence." 

Meanwhile, Israel's Cabinet has advanced a bill that seeks to
permanently ban the Al Jazeera Media Network from operating inside
Israel.


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