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Mistreatment of Palestinian Inmates Provokes More Anger, Protests

Arafat Jaradat is not the first Palestinian to die in Israeli prisons, highlighting Israel's general mistreatment of Palestinian detainees, Linah Alsaafin writes.
A Palestinian uses a slingshot to hurl a stone towards Israeli troops during clashes outside Israel's Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah February 28, 2013. The death of a Palestinian prisoner in disputed circumstances in an Israeli jail on Saturday, together with a hunger strike by four other Palestinian inmates, have touched off violent protests over the past several weeks outside the prison and in West Bank towns. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - R

The death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat in Israel’s Megiddo prison on Feb. 23 sparked widespread protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

A team of forensic doctors, including Dr. Saber Al-Aloul, a Palestinian, performed the autopsy at 10 a.m. the following day at Tel Aviv’s Abu Kbeer Institute. Members of Jaradat’s family were also present. 

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