The organization stressed that activist Aya Khatib, a mother of two, is the latest case to date after she was jailed yesterday for a four-year sentence.
Khatif, originally from the city of Arara in Israel, was found guilty by a court of allegedly collecting funds “in support of terrorism and channeling them to the Islamic Resistance Movement,” which she denied and said the money was intended for the most vulnerable population is determined. of the occupied territories.
The Prisoners Club criticized “the unjust decision against them,” saying it was part of the Israeli authorities’ policy of retaliation against the Palestinian people.
According to the Commission on Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, Israeli security forces have arrested more than 17,000 Palestinian women since 1967, when the neighboring country occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The first woman captured was Fátima Barnawi, who was arrested in 1967 and released ten years later.
The commission stressed that Palestinian women have participated in the fight against the occupation in recent decades and denounced that they and girls are systematic targets of Israeli crimes.
During their arrest and interrogation, they also suffer beatings, ill-treatment and various torture methods, he warned. In this context, he criticized the harsh living conditions in prison facilities in this country.
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