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.
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.
Contrary to Israel’s initial declaration that Jaradat died of a heart attack, the autopsy revealed that he was in fact tortured to death under interrogation.
Abu Mohammed, Jaradat’s father, told the media that he collapsed after seeing his son’s body.
