After his release last night after eight months locked up, Dweik, 75, said that the Negev prison, located in southern Israel, is the worst in the world.
Unfortunately, we are faced with a rogue State, which abuses prisoners in every way, said the politician, quoted by the Al Quds news portal.
Dwik stressed that the treatment of prisoners in these penitentiaries indicates that Israel “has lost its temper and moral balance.”
Now, after the outbreak of the new cycle of violence, on October 7, the treatment is truly terrible, unlike previous times, in which there was a certain respect for people’s humanity, said the legislator, who suffers from diabetes and other diseases.
Precisely, he explained that on this occasion they did not take his health situation into account.
In the Etzion Detention Center, where I spent more than 15 hours, I confirmed the death of young Arafat Hamdan due to lack of medical attention, he stressed.
Abd al-Rahman Mar’i, who asked that his parents not be insulted, was killed in Megiddo prison and his body transported in a black bag, he said.
He indicated that all prisoners are hungry, without exception, due to the small amount of food provided.
During my stay there I did not receive medical attention, although my captors knew of my health problems, nor did I receive visits since we are cut off from the outside world, he noted.
Dweik, who suffers from anemia and lack of hemoglobin, explained that the jailers’ response when prisoners ask for any medication or treatment is: “Hamas must send you the medicine.”
This week, the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights revealed testimonies of Palestinians tortured in Israeli prisons and detention centers in recent months.
Quoted by the organization, Samir Abdullah Jamal Marjan, 23, said he suffered beatings, electric shocks, insults and an attempt to inject him with unknown substances.
In Ashkelon prison the situation was worse. I was in an isolation cell and went 12 days without food, he indicated.
Fattah Al-Aklouk, who has been arrested three times since October 7, reported that a compatriot, named Muhammad Al-Kahlot, died as a result of torture.
A 65-year-old man, identified as S, confirmed the torture methods and forced disappearance of people while he was confined.
“The 20 days in prison seemed like 20 years, each day was a story of torture, beatings and humiliation,” he stressed.
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